CARNIVAL EXPANDS 'DREAM' SCHEDULE

Carnival Cruise Lines is expanding Carnival Dream’s year-round schedule from Port Canaveral to include eight-day Caribbean departures along with two new five-day options, and a four-port, seven-day eastern Caribbean itinerary. Carnival Dream’s two new eight-day schedules include stops at Aruba, Curacao and Grand Turk, and an eastern Caribbean itinerary to St. Maarten, Tortola, St. Thomas and Grand Turk. Carnival notes "the two new five-day departures mark the first time that Carnival has offered short-cruise itineraries on a Dream-class ship." One five-day program features Key West, Nassau and Freeport while the other visits Nassau and Grand Turk. -- Gerry