Tourism

What is the Carnival Freedom cruise ship and when does it visit Gibraltar?

The cruise ship Carnival Freedom
Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Short answer

Carnival Freedom is a Carnival Cruise Line ship for about 2,980 guests, built in 2007. Its upcoming visits to Gibraltar, with times and expected passengers, are listed on this page.

Upcoming visits to Gibraltar

  • Tuesday 20 October 2026, in port 07:00–16:00

    Also in port: Renaissance. Combined: about 1,258 passengers where known.

From the Port of Gibraltar schedule, last checked 15 October 2026.

Detailed answer

Carnival Freedom is a Conquest-class ship built by Fincantieri in Italy and delivered in February 2007. Carnival gives it a gross tonnage of 110,000, room for 2,980 guests and a crew of 1,150. It is a family ship, with the WaterWorks water park and slides, three youth spaces including Camp Ocean, the Serenity adult-only retreat, Guy's Burger Joint and the BlueIguana Cantina. It has just come out of a 35-day dry dock in Marseille, where it received a new funnel and a redesigned casino.

How busy will town be?

The upcoming visits listed on this page show the passengers expected on each call and any other ships in port the same day. Town is busiest when several ships are in at once or a large ship arrives at a weekend. A ship carrying a few hundred passengers makes little difference on its own.

Can you sail on it from nearby?

Not after this crossing. Carnival Freedom then sails from Port Canaveral and, from May 2027, from Norfolk, Virginia. No further European sailings are listed for 2027.