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Carnival Festivale vs Carnival Tropicale

The verdict

Which should you choose?

Carnival Festivale is a mega Carnival Cruise Line ship carrying 5,356 passengers. Carnival Tropicale is a mega Carnival Cruise Line ship carrying 5,200 passengers, due to enter service in 2028. Carnival Festivale has no Bliss scores or specs yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.

Choose Carnival Festivale if you want more cruises to choose from: it has 13 cruises on sale (vs 5).

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Specifications

marks the better figure where more, or less, is plainly better.

Carnival FestivaleCarnival Tropicale
Cruise line Carnival Cruise Line Carnival Cruise Line
Ship size Mega Mega
Maiden voyagenewer highlighted — 2028
Gross tonnage — 180,000
Passengers 5,356 5,200
Crew — 1,735
Passengers per crew memberfewer is better — 3.0
Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier — 34.6
Decks — 18
Length — 1,128 ft
Beam — 138 ft
Speed — 26 mph
Cruiseable ratingout of 10 — 8 / 10
Cruises on sale 13 5
Upcoming sailings 52 56
Cruise lengths 4 to 15 nights 4 to 8 nights
Fares fromlower highlighted $497 (better) $519

Bliss scores

How they rate, out of 10

Cruiseable rates ships out of 10 on ten parts of a cruise holiday.

Carnival Festivale has no Bliss scores yet.

  • Active Carnival Tropicale: 8.0
  • Adventure & nature Carnival Tropicale: 5.5
  • Cultural Carnival Tropicale: 4.0
  • Dining Carnival Tropicale: 8.0
  • Entertainment Carnival Tropicale: 8.0
  • Family friendly Carnival Tropicale: 9.0
  • Party Carnival Tropicale: 8.0
  • Romantic Carnival Tropicale: 5.0
  • Spa & fitness Carnival Tropicale: 6.5
  • Staterooms Carnival Tropicale: 7.0

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