The MEYER WERFT team has once again completed a cruise ship and today handed over the Carnival Jubilee to the customer in Bremerhaven on the scheduled date. The newbuilding is the first ship for Carnival Cruise Line (Miami/USA) to be built in Papenburg.

In recent weeks, the Carnival Jubilee has proven its seaworthiness during extensive technical and nautical sea trials and successfully completed numerous tests. At the same time, work continued on board for completion. The ship is 345.4 metres long, 42 metres wide and can accommodate 5374 passengers at double occupancy. The Carnival Jubilee has a wide range of entertainment options and numerous restaurants. The highlight on the upper deck is the "Ultimate Playground" with a water park including large slides and the "BOLT" roller coaster.

"With a strong team effort and a lot of commitment from everyone involved in the MEYER Group and our partner companies, we have once again managed to deliver a particularly innovative cruise ship to Carnival Cruise Line. I would like to thank everyone involved in its completion for their work," says Managing Director Jan Meyer.

"Our first ship built in Papenburg for Carnival Cruise Line is stunning, and I'm proud of the work our team and our partners at Meyer Werft have done together to bring Carnival Jubilee to life. Now we're heading home so we can deliver her to our guests in time for the Christmas holidays," said Christine Duffy, President of Carnival Cruise Line. "Carnival Jubilee's Excel-class sisters, Carnival Celebration and Mardi Gras, have been very well received by guests sailing from Florida, so we have high expectations for this ship when it sets sail from Texas."

"The shipyard and cruise line project teams, the many suppliers and the classification society have once again done an outstanding job on the Carnival Jubilee despite many challenges," said Jürgen Storz, the ship's project manager.

The ship will begin its maiden voyage from its home port of Galveston, Texas, on 23 December.