URGENT NOTICE

ELATION DEPARTURES

FROM SEPTEMBER 11, 2005 THROUGH FEBRUARY 26, 2006

September 3, 2005

Dear Carnival Guest:

Carnival Cruise Lines has chartered the Ecstasy to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as part of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. As a result, we have cancelled the Elation departures from September 11, 2005 through and including February 26, 2006. 

The Elation will take over the Ecstasy’s four- and five-day Western Caribbean cruises departing from Galveston for all departures from September 10, 2005, through and including March 2, 2006. In addition, the Carnival Conquest is being repositioned to Galveston to operate her existing seven-day itinerary to Montego Bay, Grand Cayman and Cozumel.

We sincerely apologize for this cancellation and hope that you will choose to rebook another Carnival cruise. Please note that the Ecstasy, along with the Holiday and the Sensation that are also being chartered to MSC, will undergo extensive refurbishment following this charter.

We will provide guests that were fully deposited on September 3, 2005, and that rebook prior to December 31, 2006, with $100 per person shipboard credit valid on all future Carnival cruise departures.

All guests will receive a full refund of their cruise fare and these refunds will be processed in two to four weeks. 

Again, we sincerely apologize for this cancellation. We hope you will understand that the decision to enter into these charters was the right one as it will provide desperately needed housing for thousands of individuals affected by this natural disaster. 

Sincerely,

Vicki L. Freed, CTC

Senior Vice President - Sales and Marketing