{"id":218561,"date":"2026-03-13T20:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/218561\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T20:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:15:07","slug":"faster-meals-carnival-cruise-line-launches-express-dining-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/218561\/","title":{"rendered":"Faster meals? Carnival Cruise Line launches \u2018Express Dining\u2019 \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carnival Cruise Line has rolled out a new, quicker dining experience on 15 of its ships, including three that set sail from Long Beach<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dubbed \u201cExpress Dining,\u201d the onboard pilot program offers a \u201cfreshly prepared multi-course dinner experience in under an hour\u201d for groups of six or fewer guests in each ship\u2019s main dining room.<\/p>\n

So far, the faster dining option is available on these ships that sail from Long Beach:<\/p>\n

Carnival Radiance: With capacity for 2,984 guests, this ship<\/a> sails to Hawaii and Mexico on cruises that last 2-5 days, 6-9 days, or more than 10 days.<\/p>\n

Carnival Panomara: This ship<\/a>, which holds 4,008 guests, sails from Long Beach to Mexico on cruises that last 2-5 days and 6-9 days.<\/p>\n

Carnival Firenze: With room for 4,126 guests, this ship<\/a> offers cruises that last 2-5 days, 6-9 days, and more than 10 days to the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada\/New England, the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America. In addition to sailing from Long Beach, Carnival Firenze also sails from: San Antonio, Chile; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Miami; Manhattan; and Florida\u2019s Port Canaveral.<\/p>\n

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In a press release, the company said that while the streamlined service option is designed to reduce service time, Express Dining still features a curated menu that mirrors the main dining offerings, although with a \u201cslightly abbreviated selection.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of the available signature dishes include filet mignon, grilled lambchops, and Chocolate Melting Cake. The program can accommodate guests\u2019 special dietary requests, too.<\/p>\n

Guests booked under Your Time Dining can opt into the service through Carnival\u2019s HUB App.<\/p>\n

Carnival Cruise Line president Christine Duffy said Express Dining is designed to give guests more flexibility and time to enjoy other onboard fun.<\/p>\n

The company plans to implement Express Dining across its full fleet by the end of May.<\/p>\n

For now, it\u2019s also available on these ships:<\/p>\n

Carnival Jubilee<\/p>\n

Carnival Celebration<\/p>\n

Mardi Gras<\/p>\n

Carnival Venezia<\/p>\n

Carnival Horizon<\/p>\n

Carnival Sunrise<\/p>\n

Carnival Vista (this ship also recently piloted a quicker dining service called Family Express)<\/p>\n

Carnival Breeze<\/p>\n

Carnival Conquest<\/p>\n

Carnival Dream<\/p>\n

Carnival Glory<\/p>\n

Carnival Freedom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carnival Cruise Line has rolled out a new, quicker dining experience on 15 of its ships, including three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[100147,1339,131,133,132,2422],"class_list":["post-218561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-cruises","tag-food-drink","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}