Fiesta Marina Cruises
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Fiesta Marina Cruises was an experimental short-lived subsidiary cruise line
of Carnival Cruise Lines
. The cruise line was marketed toward the Latin/Spanish-speaking population, residing in the United States
and abroad. The cruise line sailed out of San Juan, Puerto Rico
and Caracas, Venezuela. The cruise line operated only one ship, the Fiesta Marina. The ship was named in Miami, Florida
on October 18, 1993. The cruise line was total marketing failure and was dissolved in September 1994. The Fiesta Marina was sold to Epirotiki Cruises to be sail as the Olympic. In 2007, the Carnival Corporation started a joint-partnership with the Orizonia Corporación to start a new cruise line called Iberocruceros
. Just like Fiesta Marina, the new cruise line is marketed toward the Latin/Spanish-speaking population. The cruise line operates out of South America and Europe, independently from Carnival.
Cruise line
A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships. Cruise lines have a dual character; they are partly in the transportation business, and partly in the leisure entertainment business, a duality that carries down into the ships themselves, which have both a crew headed by the ship's captain,...
of Carnival Cruise Lines
Carnival Cruise Lines
Carnival Cruise Lines is a British-American owned cruise line, based in Doral, Florida, a suburb of Miami in the United States. Originally an independent company founded in 1972 by Ted Arison, the company is now one of eleven cruise ship brands owned and operated by Carnival Corporation & plc...
. The cruise line was marketed toward the Latin/Spanish-speaking population, residing in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and abroad. The cruise line sailed out of San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
and Caracas, Venezuela. The cruise line operated only one ship, the Fiesta Marina. The ship was named in Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
on October 18, 1993. The cruise line was total marketing failure and was dissolved in September 1994. The Fiesta Marina was sold to Epirotiki Cruises to be sail as the Olympic. In 2007, the Carnival Corporation started a joint-partnership with the Orizonia Corporación to start a new cruise line called Iberocruceros
Iberocruceros
Ibero Cruises is a British-American and Spanish owned cruise line based in Madrid, Spain. The company was founded in 2007 as a joint subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc and Orizonia Corporation, under the executive control of Costa Cruises Group, Carnival Corporation's European division...
. Just like Fiesta Marina, the new cruise line is marketed toward the Latin/Spanish-speaking population. The cruise line operates out of South America and Europe, independently from Carnival.
Formal Fleet
- Fiesta Marina (1993–1994) - Renamed using the same Carnival Cruise Lines funnel livery. She was the former Carnival Cruise ship Carnivale. She was also previously known as the Queen Anna Maria and the Empress of Britain. Later became the Olympic and The Topaz. She was sold for scrap in 2008.