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Carnival Cruise Line extends contract in Mobile

Associated Press
Carnival Cruise Line’s Fantasy sails out of the Port of Mobile.
Carnival Cruise Line’s Fantasy sails out of the Port of Mobile. Courtesy Carnival Cruise Line Andy Newman/CCL
MOBILE, Ala.

Carnival Cruise Line is extending its contract to base a cruise ship on the Alabama coast in Mobile.

Mayor Sandy Stimpson says the Miami-based company is extending its deal to sail from Mobile through December 2018. That means the city won’t endure a repeat of 2011, when the company ended service from Mobile.

Carnival currently offers four- and five-day cruises aboard the 855-foot Fantasy from the Alabama Cruise Terminal.

The company’s original 13-month contract to operate in Mobile would have ended in December.

Associated Press

This story was originally published August 1, 2017 at 2:02 PM with the headline "Carnival Cruise Line extends contract in Mobile."

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