October is National Cruise Vacation Month and to celebrate Carnival Cruise Lines is offering a promotion with special savings, shipboard credits, best available upgrades, and 50 percent reduced deposits on bookings made between now and October 27.

The promotion is valid on a wide range of two- to 23-day departures to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii and other destinations through December 31, 2014.

Carnival’s National Cruise Vacation Month promotion includes:

  • Up to $100 savings and $100 shipboard credit per stateroom on two- to four-day cruises

  • Up to $150 savings and $150 shipboard credit per stateroom on five- and six-day voyages

  • Up to $200 savings and $200 shipboard credit per stateroom on seven- to nine-day sailings

  • Up to $300 savings and $300 shipboard credit per stateroom on voyages of 11 days or longer

Offer applies to new individual bookings only.  Upgrades are available within specific stateroom types (i.e. interior to interior, ocean view to ocean view, balcony to balcony).  Certain other restrictions apply.

For additional information and reservations, contact any travel agent, call 1-800-CARNIVAL or visit carnival.com.

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