Carnival Cruise Lines began accepting reservations on Tuesday for the European and Caribbean itineraries of the Carnival Dream, which is scheduled to enter service in September 2009.
The 3,646-passenger Dream, Carnival's largest ship ever constructed, will debut Sept. 21, 2009, with a 12-day Mediterranean cruise from Civitavecchia, Italy, calling at Naples, Livorno and Venice, Italy; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Messina, Sicily; Monaco; and Barcelona, Spain. Two additional 12-day Mediterranean cruises will be offered on Oct. 3 and 15, 2009.
The Dream will then sail on a 16-day transatlantic crossing from Civitavecchia to New York from Oct. 27 to Nov. 12, 2009, with visits to Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, and Malaga, Spain; Las Palmas, Canary Islands; and King's Wharf, Bermuda. From New York, the Dream will operate two eight-day Bahamas/Florida cruises departing Nov. 15 and 23, 2009, with stops at Port Canaveral, Fla., and Nassau and Freeport, Bahamas.
The ship will then reposition to Port Canaveral, Fla., for year-round, seven-day eastern and western Caribbean cruises beginning Dec. 5, 2009. Eastern Caribbean cruises will call at Nassau; St. Thomas/St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands; and St. Maarten. The western Caribbean route will include Cozumel, Mexico; Belize; Costa Maya, Mexico; and Isla Roatan, Honduras.