Carnival Dream

Carnival Cruise Line · Dream class · 2009

Carnival Dream measures 128,251 gross tons, with room for 3,646 guests. Carnival Dream sails 7-night cruises from Galveston and moves to New Orleans in May 2027.

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Carnival Dream cruise ship sailing past a rocky shore under a blue sky
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BuiltYear built
2009
TonnageGross tonnage
128,251
Decks
14
Cabins
1,823
Guests
3,646
4,533 at full occupancy
Crew
1,367

Carnival Dream cruise schedule

56 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local

Showing 6 of 56 cruises

Where Carnival Dream sails

Homeport and departures by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

All of its sailings are in the Bahamas, Caribbean, Bermuda. Carnival Dream sails from Galveston (Oct 2026 – May 2027) and New Orleans (from May 2027).

GalvestonNew OrleansNumber = cruises starting that month

Ports Carnival Dream visits

19 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How Carnival Dream sails

Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027 · from published itineraries

Sailing mix

Upcoming sailings by length

56sailings

  • Up to 5 nights3054%
  • 7 nights2239%
  • 6, 8 or 9 nights24%
  • 10–14 nights24%
  • 15+ nights0–

Turnaround ports

Port intensity

Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return

Time in port
8 h
median · 6 – 9 h
Port days
48%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
0
none scheduled
Late departures
1
after 20:00 · latest 21:00

Cruise patterns

  • 2 ports · 2 sea days5 nights19 cruises
  • 3 ports · 3 sea days7 nights12 cruises
  • 1 port · 2 sea days4 nights11 cruises
  • 3 ports · 3 sea days7 nights10 cruises
  • 3 ports · 4 sea days8 nights1 cruise

Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown

Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 20:00, local time.

Carnival Dream specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Cruise line
Carnival Cruise Line
Class
Dream class
Year built
2009
Status
In service
IMO
9378474
MMSI
370490000

Size

Gross tonnage
128,251 GT
Length
305.5 m
Beam
37.2 m
Decks
14
Cruising speed
20 knots

Capacity

Guests, double occupancy
3,646
Guests, full occupancy
4,533
Cabins
1,823
Crew
1,367
Guests per crew member
2.7
Space per guest
35.2 GT

How it compares

97th largest of 350 ships in service

Gross tonnage

  • Carnival Dream128,251
  • Carnival Cruise Line average120,665
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • Carnival Dream3,646
  • Carnival Cruise Line average3,322
  • All ships in service2,189

Dream class sister ships

Same design and size as Carnival Dream

See the Carnival Cruise Line fleet

Also from Carnival Cruise Line: Carnival Festivale, Carnival Tropicale, Carnival Celebration, Carnival Jubilee, Carnival Mardi Gras, Carnival Venezia

About Carnival Dream

Carnival Dream is the lead ship of Carnival Cruise Line's Dream class, a 128,251-gross-ton ship delivered by Fincantieri at Monfalcone in September 2009. She has 1,823 staterooms for 3,646 guests at double occupancy across 14 passenger decks, with an outdoor promenade wrapping around Deck 5 and a WaterWorks aqua park on the top deck.