IPort Canaveral yemukele iCarnival Cruise Line iCarnival Freedom ohambeni lwayo lokuqala ethekwini emcimbini osesikhumulweni semikhumbi njengoba umkhumbi ulungiselela uhambo lwawo lokuqala usuka e-Port's Cruise Terminal 6. I-Carnival Freedom, ezothuthelwa ekhaya e-Port Canaveral, izonikela ngezine- kanye nezinhlelo zobusuku obuhlanu eziya e-Bahamas nase-Eastern Caribbean, ezinezitobhi e-Nassau, Princess Cays, Bimini, Freeport, Amber Cove, Grand Turk and Half Moon Cay.
"Sijabule ukwamukela i-Carnival Freedom emkhunjini wemikhumbi ye-Carnival cruise cruise ship e-Port Canaveral," kusho uKapteni John Murray, oyi-CEO yasePort. “Ukufika kwakhe kwengeza amanye amaseyili asezingeni eliphezulu atholakala echwebeni lethu. Siyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokubambisana kwethu isikhathi eside ne-Carnival Cruise Line, kanye nemizamo yethu ehlangene yokuhlinzeka ngolwazi olukhethekile lokuhamba ngomkhumbi.”
“Ukuba Carnival Freedom ukujoyina i-Mardi Gras, i-Carnival Liberty kanye ne-Carnival Magic ehamba ngomkhumbi isuka e-Port Canaveral iya e-Bahamas nase-Eastern Caribbean inikeza enye futhi inketho ezivakashini zethu ukuze zijabulele ubumnandi obunikezwa yi-Carnival cruise kwenye yezindawo zethu zasekhaya ezidume kakhulu," kusho uChristine Duffy, umongameli we I-Carnival Cruise Line. “Lesi isikhathi esijabulisayo seCarnival, njengoba sisanda kufinyelela ingqopha-mlando yesonto lethu elikhulu lokubhuka kanye nokugubha usuku lwethu lokuzalwa lwama-50. Ukubuyela kwethu emisebenzini yezivakashi ngokugcwele kuyaqhubeka nokuba yimpumelelo ngenxa yezivakashi zethu ezithembekile nozakwethu ababalulekile, njengeqembu lasePort Canaveral.”
Ngokuhambisana nesiko, abaphathi basePort banikeze ukapteni weCarnival Freedom uJosip Mladina uqwembe oluphawula ukuvakasha komkhumbi okokuqala ePort Canaveral.
Umkhumbi we-952 foot, 110,000-ton-class cruise-class uthatha izivakashi cishe abagibeli abangu-3,000 abahlala kabili futhi ujoyina imikhumbi emithathu yodadewabo ebizwa ngokuthi ikhaya lasePort Canaveral, iCarnival Mardi Gras, iCarnival Magic kanye neCarnival Liberty.