Why Is Carnival "Taking" Ships from Costa? The Real Story Behind Venezia & Firenze
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It's a story about money. the global cruise market, the collapse of the Chinese market, the American market that went wild after COVID
the Costa Venetsia and Costa Fenz ships were not originally built for the European market at all. They were built specifically for the Chinese market
Carnival realized it couldn't just take ships that were designed for the Chinese market in a classic upscale European style and simply place them in the American market
Carnival Corporation currently prefers to downsize Costa and strengthen Carnival Cruise Line
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Why is Carnival Cruise Line taking ships from Costa Cruises? In this video, I explain the full story behind: Carnival Venezia, Carnival Firenze, Carnival Luminosa, and even Carnival Splendor. We’ll talk about: ✔ Why these ships were transferred from Costa to Carnival? ✔ The collapse of the Chinese cruise market? ✔ Why Venezia & Firenze were originally built for China? ✔ What Carnival Fun Italian Style actually means? ✔ Why Luminosa was handled differently? ✔ And what all of this says about the future of Costa Cruises? We’ll also cover: The story of Costa Magica, Why Carnival Splendor was originally planned for Costa? How Carnival Corporation moves ships between brands? And whether more Costa ships could move to Carnival in the future? 👇 Let me know in the comments: Which style do you prefer? Carnival Fun Italian Style or Classic Carnival? 👍 Don’t forget to Like 🔔 Subscribe for more cruise news, cruise analysis, and cruise ship content.