Carnival Cruise Line Launches Shipboard Mobile App

Carnival Cruise Line has launched a new free mobile app that provides travelers aboard Carnival Breeze with a variety of useful information to maximize the fun on their next Carnival cruise. The app also includes an innovative “chat” feature, which allows guests to exchange messages with their traveling companions using their mobile devices throughout the voyage for a low flat fee of $5 for the entire cruise.

The line is also piloting enhanced Internet access aboard Carnival Freedom, Carnival Breeze and Carnival Sunshine that dramatically increases bandwidth and speed and also includes a first-ever social media package providing unlimited access to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and other popular sites for a fee of just $5 per day or $25 per voyage during the testing period.

Currently being piloted on Carnival Breeze, the new free Carnival Hub app is designed to provide guests with a convenient, at-a-glance view of the ship’s many shipboard facilities and features along with updates on events and happenings taking place on board.

The app also includes:

• A day-by-day schedule of hundreds of on-board events, from nightly show times at the Punchliner Comedy Club presented by George Lopez and Playlist Production shows to movies and sporting events on the big screen at Seaside Theatre and Seuss at Sea events.
• A “favorites” feature that allows guests to see what events and activities their sailing companions are participating in.
• Information on casual dining options such as Guy’s Burger Joint, BlueIguana Cantina and The Taste Bar, along with details on the RedFrog Pub and other popular watering holes.
• Searchable deck plans with key areas highlighted, providing a comprehensive layout of the ship’s various on-board offerings.
•  Itinerary details, including current ship time and arrival/departure times for upcoming port calls.
• Real-time information on guests’ current Sail & Sign shipboard account balance.

The app is currently available for the Carnival Breeze for iPhone and Android users via their respective app stores with fleetwide rollout planned within the next 18 to 24 months. During this time, the line will continue to add more features to help guests have an even more personalized and memorable cruise vacation, such as the ability to purchase shore excursions, view photos taken by the ship’s professional photographers on board and more.

Carnival also is piloting new Internet access and plans on Carnival Freedom, Carnival Breeze and Carnival Sunshine including the cruise industry’s first social media package. Consumers are offered a wide range of convenient options as well as increased bandwidth, providing enhanced service and connectivity, all at prices that are significantly lower than previous plans.

With the new social media package, guests can use popular apps or sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat and Pinterest for a flat fee of $5 per day or $25 per voyage during the initial testing period.

Guests also can upgrade to a value package that includes unlimited access to the Web for checking email, sports scores, weather updates and a wide range of other applications. There’s also a premium package that provides the fastest available connection speed allowing guests to access video calling sites such as Skype.

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