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B M & T ••• November/December 2023 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 36 As Carnival Cruise Line continues to roll out its 2025-26 deployment, the line announced that in the fall of 2025 Carnival Legend will join Carnival Dream, Carnival Breeze and Carnival Jubilee at the Port of Galveston(eb) and offer a variety of four- through 10-day Western Caribbean sail- ings. Additionally, Carnival Legend will offer two Panama Canal cruises. "Carnival Legend's deployment in Galveston strengthens our already robust portfolio of sailings from Texas, adding more variety to the offered itineraries, as well as another ship choice, and more opportunities for cruises to Mexico and other Western Caribbean that fit any vacation length," said Fred Stein, Carnival's vice president of revenue plan- ning and deployment. The following is a look at the newly scheduled Carnival Legend cruises, which began in Oct. 2025: WESTERN CARIBBEAN From the fall of 2025 into early 2026,Carnival Legend will alternate between shorter and longer cruises. Among the available itineraries is a five-day sailing that visits Cozumel and Progreso, Mexico. Cozumel is one of Carnival's most popular destinations, and it's also the feature of eight four- day weekend getaways also opening for sale on various departure dates. Seven newly available 10-day itineraries visit exotic destinations; among the various ports of call are Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; Montego Bay and Ocho Rios, Jamaica; Mahogany Bay, Roatan; Belize and Cozumel, Mexico. Additionally, an eight-day Christmas sailing set for Dec. 18, 2025, will visit Mahogany Bay, Roatan; Belize and Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico. CARNIVAL JOURNEYS/PANAMA CANAL Ahead of its move to Galveston, Carnival Legend will sail a 16- day Carnival Journeys cruise that departs San Francisco on Oct. 6, 2025. The ship will visit Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and Puntarenas, Costa Rica before tran- siting the Panama Canal, and then visiting Cartagena, Colombia before arriving in Gal- veston. A second 14-day Carnival Journeys cru- ise, round-trip from Galveston, departs on Feb. 2, 2026 and visits Montego Bay, Jamaica; Aruba; Curacao; Cart- agena, Colombia; Colon (Panama Canal), Pana- ma; Limon, Costa Rica and Cozumel, Mexico. Additionally, three 10- day Panama Canal cruises departing on Oct. 27 and Dec. 8, 2025 and March 16, 2026. The 2,124-guest Carnival Legend is home to many of the signature venues guests know and love on board – from Guy's Burger Joint to the BlueIguana Cantina, the RedFrog and Alchemy bars, as well as WaterWorks Aqua Park and The Punchliner Comedy Club – and offers several accom- modation options, including 50 suites and more than 630 bal- cony staterooms. For additional information on Carnival Cruise Line and to book a cruise meeting or vacation, planners and travel agents should call 1-800-CARNIVAL, visit www.carnival- .com. C R U I S E N E W S CARNIVAL LEGEND TO HOMEPORT IN GALVESTON IN 2025 AND OFFER VARIETY OF WESTERN CARIBBEAN CRUISES