Carnival Cruise Line’s new roller coaster to debut next year, Carnival Jubilee, completed a construction milestone this week with a keel-laying ceremony at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.
Carnival Jubilee will sail from Galveston, Texas offering week-long Caribbean cruises. The cruise ship will be the third from Carnival Cruise Line to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Wearing hard cowboy hats, Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy was joined by Meyer Werft Managing Director Bernard Meyer and Carnival’s Senior Vice President of Newbuilds Ben Clement, among others, to celebrate the milestone of construction by placing coins under a 375-ton coin block. .
The coins mean good luck to the ship and will remain under its foundation while the structure is built. One of the lucky ship coins is an official ship coin, which commemorates an important part of Carnival history while celebrating its future by showing the Carnival Jubilee alongside the original MS jubilee from 1986. The coins will later to be placed in a special compartment near the mast of the Carnival Jubilee as permanent equipment of the ship.
Carnival Jubilee will be the first Carnival Cruise Line ship built in Papenburg, Germany. Meyer Werft has already built four more LNG-powered ships for other cruise lines under Carnival Corporation. Carnival Jubilee will be Carnival’s third ship to operate on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology platform.
Carnival Corporation pioneered the introduction of LNG fuel into the passenger cruise sector as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and reducing emissions. Meyer Turku in Finland delivered sister ship Mardi Gras last year and will deliver Carnival Celebration later this year.
As the newest cruise ship in the Excel Class, Carnival Jubilee will share many of the same features that Mardi Gras guests love – including the award-winning BOLT, The Ultimate Sea Coaster. It will also feature unique experiences and its signature venues, with more details to be shared about those aspects closer now that construction is underway.
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Carnival Jubilee will begin sailing from Galveston in November 2023 and will offer seven-day Western Caribbean cruise vacations with stops in Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico, as well as Mahogany Bay (Isla Roatan), Honduras.
