Intinerary: Seven-day Mexican Riveria cruises on Carnival Splendor sail round-trip from Long Beach with ports of call in Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas. Cost: Starts at $379, based on ...

• Cruisers looking for ship-wide solitude on an intimately-sized vessel. Christened in 2008, Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Splendor is the only vessel of its class in the fleet. Its exterior is ...

Carnival's largest ship at its July 2008 debut, the Splendor weighs an impressive 113,300 tons and carries 3,012 passengers on cruises to the Bahamas, Caribbean and Eastern Seaboard. The Splendor ...

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Within five minutes of boarding, the penny dropped. There was a clear shift in the way Australians were travelling — and I was late to the party. Clawing through weekends away with a toddler in tow ...