{"id":98080,"date":"2025-12-17T09:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/98080\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T09:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:16:10","slug":"it-issues-prevent-carnival-firenze-from-sailing-cruise-industry-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/98080\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Issues Prevent Carnival Firenze from Sailing &#8211; Cruise Industry News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Carnival Firenze had to delay its Monday departure from Long Beach due to issues related to the vessel\u2019s IT systems.<\/p>\n<p>Offering a six-night cruise to the Mexican Riviera, the ship was originally set to depart from California on Dec. 15, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>With the technology issue preventing it from sailing, the Firenze remained in port overnight and, as of Tuesday afternoon, was still docked in Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Carnival\u2019s Brand Ambassador John Heald confirmed the issue in a social media post, noting that services onboard are still being offered as usual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is Internet connectivity, and I know the teams are working very hard, but I can also say without doubt that the guests are having so much fun,\u201d he said while answering a guest\u2019s question.<\/p>\n<p>Heald added that he had no news on updated departure plans for the ship, <a href=\"https:\/\/cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/2024\/04\/carnival-firenze-arrives-in-long-beach-ahead-of-inaugural-cruise\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">which joined Carnival\u2019s fleet in 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The original itinerary of the Carnival Firenze featured a call to Ensenada, in addition to an overnight visit to Cabo San Lucas.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports from guests onboard, the visit to Ensenada is expected to be cancelled due to the delayed departure from Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Originally built for Costa Cruises, the Firenze was built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy and entered service in Europe in late 2021.<\/p>\n<p>After three years sailing for the brand, the 4,232-guest ship was transferred to Carnival Cruise Line in early 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Joining its sister ship, the Carnival Venezia, the vessel is now offering the Carnival Fun Italian Style concept, which features an Italian-inspired onboard experience.<\/p>\n<p>Sailing on the West Coast since its debut, <a href=\"https:\/\/cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/2025\/09\/carnival-firenze-to-offer-new-itineraries-in-south-america-and-the-caribbean\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Firenze is scheduled to offer new itineraries starting in early 2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ship\u2019s schedule includes repositioning voyages in South America, as well as a spring season in the Caribbean sailing from Miami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Carnival Firenze had to delay its Monday departure from Long Beach due to issues related to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-98080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98080","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=98080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}