The American cruise group Carnival Corporation has ordered the German shipyard Meyer Werft of the Meyer Group to construction of an "Excel" class ship, commissioned which is the first relating to a new construction issued by the U.S. company over the past five years. The new ship from cruise, of 180 thousand gross tons, with a length of 344 metres and with a capacity of over 6,400 passengers, it will be destined for the Carnival Cruise Line company, alongside the other three ships of the same class Mardi Gras, Carnival Celebration and Carnival Jubilee. The new ship will be powered by liquefied natural gas and is expected to enter into service in the spring of 2027.

With the new order, the number of "XL" class ships rises to ten which will be part of the Carnival Group's fleet, of which six built by Meyer Werft (AIDAnova, Iona, AIDAcosma, Arvia, Carnival Jubilee and the sixth ship still without name) and four (Costa Smerald, Mardi Gras, Costa Tuscany and Carnival Celebration) by Meyer Turku, the Finnish shipyard of the Meyer Group.