“Bermuda is one of the world’s most desirable cruise destinations, and offering three different crui

Carnival Cruise Lines, the world's largest cruise operator, will dramatically expand its Bermuda cruise schedule in 2011, offering 16 departures to the island from four popular eastern U.S. homeports Baltimore, Norfolk, Va.; New York and, for the first time, Charleston, S.C.  Carnival will be the only cruise line offering Bermuda cruises from Charleston.
"Bermuda is one of the world's most desirable cruise destinations, and offering three different cruise lengths from four East Coast homeports provides our guests an unprecedented variety of choices for visiting this beautiful island paradise," said Gerry Cahill, Carnival president riverwalk plaza hotel and CEO.
All 16 voyages will dock at King's Wharf, and while in Bermuda guests can sample the island's many fine restaurants, shops and boutiques, and visit a number of interesting sites and landmarks. Six-day voyages will offer two-day calls at King's Wharf while seven- and eight-day cruises will feature three-day visits.
During their visit to Bermuda, riverwalk plaza hotel guests can relax on the island's legendary pink sand beaches and partake in a wide variety of watersports, including snorkeling, kayaking and scuba diving.  Shore excursions visiting historic sites such as the Royal Naval Dockyard and Gibb's Hill Lighthouse, the oldest cast iron lighthouse in the Western riverwalk plaza hotel Hemisphere, also are available.