Port of New Orleans gets new Carnival ship

• By JUDY BERGERON
• Advocate News Features staff
• Published: Nov 22, 2009

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The Port of New Orleans has a new Carnival ship, the 2,758-passenger Triumph.

The ship arrived Nov. 11 and replaces the 2,056-passenger Carnival Fantasy, which will now sail from Mobile, Ala. The ship’s new itinerary, which adds the eastern Caribbean and Bahamas, gives passengers sailing from New Orleans some new options. The Triumph will run a year-round schedule of four-, five- and seven-day departures, which began Nov. 14.

The four-day cruises will leave on Thursdays and stop at Cozumel. Five-day trips leave Mondays and Saturdays and visit Progreso and Cozumel, while seven-day voyages depart on Saturdays, and hit western Caribbean spots Belize City, Isla Roatan (Honduras) and Cozumel. East Caribbean trips call on Key West, Freeport and Nassau.

Triumph has 1,379 staterooms, 60 percent of which offer either an ocean view or balcony.

For more information, call (800) CARNIVAL or go to http://www.carnival.com.

Also in New Orleans

An Apostleship of the Sea Maritime Sunday Mass and Blessing of the Waters of the Mississippi River Ceremony will be celebrated at 11 a.m. today, Nov. 22, at St. Louis Cathedral on Jackson Square.

The Mass and ceremony are being sponsored by the Archdiocese of New Orleans and Stella Maris Maritime Ministry.

Visitors to the Audubon Insectarium, 423 Canal St., over the Thanksgiving holidays can sample some traditional Thanksgiving dishes with an Insectarium touch at the Bug Apetit café.

On the special menu will be turkey with cricket stuffing, green bean multi-legged munchies casserole and pumpkin wax worm pie. The dishes will be available Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 24, 25, 27, 28 and 29.

The Arts Market of New Orleans will be open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 28 and 29. Look for holiday gifts among the handcrafted items by 130 local artists selling everything from paintings, woodwork and ceramics to seasonal décor, jewelry, scented soaps and candles.

There will also be live music, performance and creative arts for children and a food court.

The market is located at Palmer Park, where South Claiborne and South Carrollton avenues meet, the final stop on the St. Charles Avenue streetcar route.