Notice of Amendment to Form 10-Q - First Quarte...

April 6, 2009

             RELEASE OF CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q/A
                                FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2009
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     Carnival Corporation & plc is hereby announcing that today it has filed a joint Quarterly 
Report on Form 10-Q/A with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") containing an 
amendment to "Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds." 

     The joint Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A is available for viewing on the SEC website at 
www.sec.gov under Carnival Corporation or Carnival plc or the Carnival Corporation & plc 
website at www.carnivalcorp.com or www.carnivalplc.com.  A copy of the joint Quarterly Report 
on Form 10-Q/A will be available shortly at the UKLA Document Viewing Facility of the Financial 
Services Authority at 25 The North Colonnade, London E14 5HS, United Kingdom.


            MEDIA CONTACTS                      INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT
            US                                  US/UK
            Carnival Corporation & plc          Carnival Corporation & plc
            Tim Gallagher                       Beth Roberts
            [phone], ext. 16000         [phone]


     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 89 ships totaling more than 171,000 lower berths with 16 
new ships scheduled to be delivered between April 2009 and June 2012.  Carnival Corporation & 
plc also operates Holland America Tours and Princess Tours, the leading tour companies 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.

     Additional information can be obtained via Carnival Corporation & plc's website at 
www.carnivalcorp.com or www.carnivalplc.com or by writing to Carnival plc at Carnival House, 
5 Gainsford Street, London SE1 2NE, United Kingdom.