New Orleans "Triumphs" Over Loss Of Fantasy

Carnival Cruise Lines will base the Triumph in New Orleans after it moves the Fantasy to Mobile next year. It carries 2,758 passengers more than the Fantasy.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: August 19, 2008

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans will get a much bigger ship when
Carnival Cruise Lines moves the Carnival Fantasy to Mobile.
The line says its Carnival Triumph will be based in New Orleans. It carries 2,758 passengers - about one-third more than the
Fantasy.
Carnival says it also will add seven-day cruises to the
Caribbean to the current schedule of four- and five-day cruises to
Mexico.
It announced on Monday that it was moving the Fantasy to Mobile.

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