After last month's order to the Meyer shipyard Werft for the construction of the fourth cruise ship of 180 thousand gross tonnage of the "Excel" class, which has interrupted a long period of five years in which the group U.S. has not issued orders for new naval units ( of 14 February 2024), today the American Carnival Corporation has A new order has been announced, again for the plant German shipbuilding, for a fifth ship of the same class which is expected to be taken over in 2028 and will be placed in the fleet of the Carnival Cruise company Line.

The delivery of the fourth ship of the "Excel" class is scheduled for spring 2027 and follows the take-over of the first three ships of the class in 2021 ( Mardi Gras), in 2022 (Carnival Celebration) and 2023 (Carnival Jubilee).

The fifth ship will also be powered by natural gas liquefied and will be able to accommodate more than 6,400 passengers and 1,800 crew members.