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Carnival Corporation & plc Orders New 68,500-Ton Cruise Ship for  
                              AIDA Cruises Brand 
 
       Third New 2,030-Passenger Vessel to Serve the Rapidly Expanding  
                German Cruise Market Beginning in Spring 2008 
 
    MIAMI, July 13  -- Carnival Corporation & plc  (NYSE: CCL; LSE) (NYSE: CUK) 
has ordered a 68,500-ton cruise ship for its AIDA Cruises brand, which caters 
exclusively to the German-speaking market, marking the third new ship order 
placed for its German cruise line in the past nine months. 
    The 2,030-passenger vessel, which will be constructed by Germany's Meyer 
Werft shipyard at an all-in cost of euro 315 million, is scheduled to enter 
service in April 2008.    
    It will be a sister ship to AIDA's two previously announced 68,500-ton 
cruise ships which will be built at Meyer Werft and are expected to enter 
service in April 2007 and April 2009.    
    Like its sister ships, the new vessel will operate under AIDA's informal 
"club resort" cruise concept which is aimed at younger, more active 
vacationers and offers a host of on-board amenities and facilities.  
    "With an expected passenger base of approximately one million by 2010, the 
German market is expanding at a very rapid pace.  Ordering a third 68,500-ton 
'club resort' newbuild for AIDA continues our European strategy of developing 
this fast-growing market by offering cruises with the most exciting, modern 
ships available for German vacationers," said Micky Arison, Carnival 
Corporation & plc chairman and CEO. 
       
    AIDA Cruises revolutionized the German cruise market with the introduction 
of its first club ships in 1996. By 2009, a total of seven club ships will be 
in service, operating voyages to the Mediterranean, the Canaries, North Sea, 
the Baltic, the Caribbean and Central America.  
 
    Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the 
world, with a portfolio of 12 cruise brands in North America, Europe and 
Australia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess 
Cruises, Seabourn Cruise Line, Windstar Cruises, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, 
Cunard Line, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises, Swan Hellenic, and P&O Cruises 
Australia. 
    Together, these brands operate 78 ships totaling more than 134,000 lower 
berths with 13 new ships scheduled for delivery between July 2005 and April 
2009. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates the leading tour companies in 
Alaska and the Canadian Yukon, Holland America Tours and Princess Tours. 
Traded on both the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & 
plc is the only group in the world to be included in both the S&P 500 and the 
FTSE 100 indices. 
 
SOURCE  Carnival Corporation & plc 
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