Carnival Luminosa arrives, lit up with ‘We Love Queensland’

The former Costa Cruises’ Costa Luminosa has replaced Carnival Spirit, which was permanently home-ported in Australia in October 2012, and was redeployed to Jacksonville, Florida, in March.

As previously reported, Carnival Splendor, which was home-ported in Australia in December 2019, returned to Sydney on September 30 after an absence of almost a thousand days.

First Carnival sailings from Brisbane

The 2,826-passenger Carnival Luminosa, with Carnival Cruise Line crew, will be the first Carnival ship to sail from Brisbane when she commences a programme of 28 sailings from November 6 until April 2023.

She will visit 60 ports around Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific and is expected to inject around A$165m into the Queensland economy this year.

Carnival Cruise Line Australia VP Kara Glamore said Brisbane is the first global market to experience Carnival Luminosa.

Long-time goal

‘Having a Brisbane-based ship has been a goal of ours for quite some time,’ Glamore said.

Carnival Luminosa will reposition to Seattle from May 2023, before returning to Queensland later in the year.