Carnival Cruises

From: European Cruise Guide

ABOVE: The Carnival Dream cruises down Venice's Giudecca Canal.

Carnival Cruises is the Coca-Cola of  American cruising: Its family-friendly brand is a household name, it has nearly two dozen ships, and it attracts new and experienced cruisers of all ages from all walks of life.

Carnival has pared back its European cruise schedule in the last few years, offering only a handful of shakedown cruises as new ships have made their way from European shipyards to the Caribbean. However, the company increased its European offerings last year, and from June through fall of 2012, Carnival is staging a series of 12-day cruises from Barcelona and Venice aboard the brand-new, 3,690-passenger megaship Carnival Breeze.

Cruise line's Web site:

Carnival Cruises

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