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NEW YORK (AP) - Carnival Corp., the world's largest cruise operator, lowered its first-quarter profit outlook Tuesday due to unexpected cruise disruptions at its AIDAaura brand and softness in onboard revenue at other brands, but still backed its fiscal 2008 outlook. AP
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Carnival ... pioneered the concept of building regional drive-to ports, expanding its embarkation centers beyond Miami to places like New Orleans, Mobile, Jacksonville, Port Canaveral, Galveston, Norfolk, Charleston and New York. It has built a cruise port in Long Beach, California, to take advantage of sailings to the west coast of Mexico.
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Carnival is currently accepting reservations for the "Bloggers Cruise," with prices starting at $599 per person, based on double occupancy. Special rates for third and fourth guests sailing in the same stateroom are ... available.
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If RCI and P&O Priness merged, as origianlly planned, the new company would overtake Carnival as the world's largest cruise operator and create a company valued at $7 billion. Some doubt whether Carnival is serious about a deal, believing that it simply wants to scupper the merger of two rivals. However, in documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Christmas Eve, Carnival prepared its offer to be posted to P&O's shareholders subject to regulatory approval. P&O Princess has rejected talks with Carnival, saying that under the terms of its merger deal with RCI, it cannot talk to other parties.
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In addition to visits to popular eastern Canada cruise destinations, guests sailing aboard the Carnival Victory can enjoy the ship's wide-range of dining, entertainment and activity choices. These include three restaurants -- twin two-level main dining rooms and a 1,200-seat poolside eatery with a 24-hour pizzeria -- a 15,000-square-foot health and fitness center, an on-board duty-free shopping mall, full casino gambling, and 18 lounges and bars with dramatic interiors inspired by the world's great bodies of water.
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Carnival officials said that the temperatures recorded by Dr. Nash are not violations of U.S. sanitation or food codes. Carnival ... questioned Dr. Nash’s expertise on cruise ship sanitation. The company told Inside Edition, “Food handling and sanitation is strictly and effectively monitored by the CDC” and said its fleet has “a positive CDC record and our ships provide one of the cleanest and most sanitary vacations environments available.” The company also said the inspections are so intensive and detailed few restaurants would be able to pass them.
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