Carnival Cruise Line signs five-year deal with Norfolk, Virginia

Carnival Cruise Line signed a deal to offer cruises seasonally from the Half Moone Cruise Center in Norfolk, Virginia through 2025.

The agreement was announced between the cruise line and the City of Norfolk at a press conference by Norfolk Mayor Kenneth Alexander who was joined by Carnival’s Senior Vice President of Nautical and Port Operations Terry Thornton.

Carnival Magic will become the largest ship to ever sail from Norfolk when she begins offering 12 sailings from the port in 2021.

Carnival Magic’s 2021 schedule from Norfolk offers vacationers a variety of options, from short getaways to The Bahamas and Bermuda to longer length voyages to the Caribbean, all departing from this convenient and centrally located homeport.

The schedule includes:

• May 16 and June 5: six-day cruises to Freeport, Nassau and the private Bahamian island of Half Moon Cay
• May 22 and 31, June 11, and Oct. 4 and 30: five-day voyages featuring Freeport and Nassau
• May 27: four-day long weekend sailing to Bermuda returning on Memorial Day
• Sept. 29: five-day voyage to Bermuda
• Oct. 9: eight-day cruise to Grand Turk, San Juan and St. Thomas
• Oct. 17: six-day voyage to Bermuda
• Oct. 23: seven-day sailing visiting Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay and Nassau.

Prior to the start-up of its Norfolk schedule in 2021, Carnival Magic will offer a series of sailings in the Mediterranean and undergo a two-week dry dock in Cadiz, Spain, before repositioning to the U.S.

As part of the agreement, the City of Norfolk has agreed to make investments at the Half Moone Cruise Center to accommodate larger vessels and provide an enhanced guest experience including a new boarding bridge that will streamline the embarkation and debarkation process and a host of other improvements.