Carnival Corrects Quarterly Dividend Record Date

Carnival Corporation & plc Corrects Record Date for Quarterly
                                  Dividend

    MIAMI, April 20 -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK),
today announced a correction to the record date for its quarterly dividend
payment. The quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share is payable on June 11,
2010, to shareholders of record as of May 21, 2010.

    Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the
world, with a portfolio of cruise brands in North America, Europe and
Australia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess
Cruises, The Yachts of Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line,
Ibero Cruises, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises and P&O Cruises Australia.

    Together, these brands operate 95 ships totaling more than 186,000 lower
berths with 10 new ships scheduled to be delivered between May 2010 and May
2012. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Princess
Alaska Tours, the leading tour company in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon.
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

    CONTACT: US/UK - Tim Gallagher, [phone], ext. 16000; INVESTOR
RELATIONS - Beth Roberts, [phone], both of Carnival Corporation & plc