![\"Jennifer](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Jennifer-Hudson.jpg\")
<\/a>The cruise line surely found what was perhaps a reason to cruise on a Carnival ship turned into an additional revenue stream that has the potential to grow.<\/p>\nSo the shows will be back for a third season in 2016.<\/p>\n
But who will the headliners be?<\/p>\n
So far, Carnival representatives are only saying the show will return. Names of performers to come. It’s funny that the 2015 performers were announced last October and here we are in November this year and not a single entertainer for shows on cruises next spring, which many people would be booking by now.<\/p>\n
What’s the delay?<\/p>\n
Nobody’s saying, but maybe there aren’t enough big names yet and Carnival wants to wait until the cast is complete before aligning performers and ports. Or, conversely, The Carnival Live<\/i> alumni includes Jennifer Hudson<\/a>, Chicago<\/a>, Styx<\/a>, .38 Special<\/a>, Foreigner<\/a>, Gavin Degraw<\/a>, Jewel<\/a>, Kansas<\/a>, LeAnn Rimes<\/a>, Olivia Newton-John<\/a>, REO Speedwagon<\/a>, Lady Antebellum<\/a>, Daughtry<\/a>, Martina McBride<\/a>, Trace Adkins<\/a>, Journey<\/a>, The Band Perry<\/a>, Little Big Town<\/a>, Smokey Robinson<\/a>, Rascal Flatts<\/a>, Boston<\/a>, Lionel Richie<\/a>, Heart<\/a>.<\/p>\n Who’s going to be new to this impressive cast? Only Carnival knows…and Carnival’s not saying.<\/p>\n Yet.<\/p>\n In the news…<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n • Norwegian's 20-month deal with The Grammy Experience ends Today at <\/span>portsandbows.com<\/span><\/a>: <\/span><\/strong><\/em>The latest floatout of a 2016 ship<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n News item: Carnival Live will return in 2016. This is good news. Carnival cruisers clearly enjoyed paying modest fees to attend the concerts on ships while in port. Entertainers must have liked the idea of flying into a port, performing for a night or two, and flying home — or they wouldn’t keep coming… Continue reading Carnival Live \u2014 Who\u2019s Next?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,25,31,15],"tags":[137,743,138,912,72,819,35,26,27],"class_list":["post-26011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-people","category-ports","category-stories","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-celebrity-constellation","tag-celebrity-cruises","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruises","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>maybe Carnival Live<\/i> is going to be connected with something big — like the Grammys<\/a> or the CMAs<\/a> (which happened to have been last night) or even the Oscars<\/a> — and the cruise line wants to make a big splashy announcement.<\/p>\n
\n\t• Anthem of the Seas arrives at permanent home in New York
\n\t• Dining room menu items with a fee now on Norwegian ships<\/p>\n
\n\tCelebrity Constellation<\/a>
\n\t5 nights
\n\tDecember 21, 2015
\n\tFort Lauderdale<\/a> (return): Cozumel<\/a>, Key West<\/a>
\n\tInside: $399
\n\tCost per day: $79<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.celebritycruises.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"