Carnival Cruise Line has added two transatlantic crossings to Carnival Freedom’s 2023 schedule.
Currently offering short cruises to the Bahamas and Eastern Caribbean departing from Port Canaveral, the ship will sail to Europe in September before arriving in North America in early November.
Sailing between Florida and Spain, the maiden voyage is set to depart Port Canaveral on September 29. A 14-night itinerary, it includes visits to King’s Wharf, Ponta Delgada, Málaga and Valencia before arriving in Barcelona on October 4.
Returning to North America, Freedom is sailing from Barcelona on October 23 and will visit Valencia, Málaga and Las Palmas. Before arriving at Port Canaveral, the 14-night cruise also includes a visit to King’s Wharf.
Showing a dry spot at a European shipyard, the ship’s schedule currently shows a month gap between the two voyages.
In addition to regular maintenance and class work, the 2007-built vessel will probably receive the new Carnival white, red and blue livery, in addition to rebuilding the funnel to its original form.
After experiencing a fire inside her hull earlier this year, the Conquest-Class ship underwent technical repairs at the Grand Bahama Shipyard, in Freeport, before resuming her regular sailing schedule in June.
At that time, instead of being rebuilt, Carnival’s trademark “whale tail” fuselage was shortened to allow for a quicker return to service.
With the modified hull, Carnival Freedom has since offered four- and five-night cruises to the Bahamas and the Eastern Caribbean.
Always departing from her port in Port Canaveral, the 2,974-guest ship sails to destinations that include Grand Turk, Amber Cove, Nassau, Princess Cays, Bimini and Half Moon Cay.
Built in Italy, Freedom entered service in 2007 as the fifth in a series of cruise ships known as the Conquest-Class.
