There's also a game area and plenty of seating. In addition to a large bar, it has a stage that's home to live music nightly and some of the most raucous karaoke sessions I've ever seen at sea (Carnival regulars do like their karaoke). It's not just any RedFrog Pub, mind you, but the biggest one ever in the Carnival fleet. Sunrise now, finally, is also home to a RedFrog Pub - that staple of Carnival ships that serves Carnival's tasty housemade beers on tap as well as plenty of others. New on Carnival Sunrise is the largest RedFrog Pub in the Carnival fleet. For this four-night sailing, TPG paid a media rate of $249, as well as additional fees for extra-charge beverages, food and amenities. However, there are times where - especially with cruise lines - we need to work with travel providers to gain early access to a product.

Here's what to expect.Įditor's Note: TPG always tries to pay full price for any travel its staff takes and usually doesn't inform companies in advance of our plans to review. If you're a Carnival fan, you're going to love the new Sunrise. But the changes (which include the addition of a snazzy new waterslide complex an adult-only top-deck escape multiple restaurants and more cabins) go a long way toward making it one of the most alluring ships in the Carnival fleet.

After testing out Triumph-turned-Sunrise on a quick getaway to Bermuda over the weekend, we're not yet ready to call it as-good-as-new. To put the $200 million price tag of the Sunrise overhaul in perspective, Carnival only spent $420 million building the ship in the first place (although when adjusted for inflation, that number jumps to about $640 million in today's dollars).įor that sort of money, you should expect some major changes. A massive makeover of Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas earlier this year cost a 'mere' $115 million. That's $35 million less than what Carnival spent on Sunrise. Royal Caribbean's just-announced makeover of Oasis of the Seas, billed as its biggest ship overhaul ever, is expected to cost $165 million. Carnival has never spent so much overhauling an older vessel, and we can't think of any other line that has, either.

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