Carnival Valor is a post-Panamax Conquest-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Fincantieri at its Monfalcone shipyard in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, she was floated out on March 27, 2004, and christened by American journalist Katie Couric in Miami on December 17, 2004.

History

The 952-foot ship can hold up to 1,200 crew members and just over 3,750 guests despite normal guests capacity is 3,000. The vessel is homeported in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has a "Heroes and Heroics" theme.

Carnival Valor sails 4 and 5-night cruises to Cozumel, Mexico. Some of Carnival Valor's public areas were refurbished during a drydocking from April 23 through May 8, 2016. In 2017, the ship earned a perfect health score of 100 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was part of the agency's Vessel Sanitation Program, whose purpose is to prevent the transmission and spread of gastrointestinal disease.

Port calls

On September 4, 2018, due to heavy rains and floods on Galveston, Texas, Carnival Valor's departure was delayed. On January 23, 2019, the ship lost power at sea for an hour when she left Galveston on her way to Cozumel. On May 10, 2019, the ship repositioned and switched homeports with Carnival Dream to begin short sailings. On July 11, 2019, the ship docked in Mobile, Alabama instead of New Orleans due to a tropical storm.

On April 3, 2020, the ship along with other three cruise ships departed from the port of Gulfport, Mississippi after Governor Tate Reeves announced a “shelter-in-place” order to contain the spread of coronavirus.