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This special sailing will feature exclusive events, special giveaways, and meet and greet opportunities on the seven-day Caribbean voyage aboardCarnival Freedom.

Based on the incredible success of the Internet blog of Carnivals Senior Cruise Director John Heald - whose humorous and insightful postings have attracted nearly 200,000 visitors since the site was launched last month - Heald will host his first-ever Bloggers Cruiseaboard the Carnival Freedom in January 2008.

The seven-day western Caribbean cruise will operate round-trip from Miami January 19-26, 2008, and will visit three of Heald's favorite ports of call: Ocho Rios, Jamaica; George Town, Grand Cayman; and Cozumel, Mexico.

Healds blog, originally part of the micro-site created for the launch of the Carnival Freedom, can be viewed at http://www.carnival.com/freedom. The only one of its kind in the travel industry, the blog provides Heald with a unique platform to entertain and amuse readers with colorful anecdotes from the Carnival Freedom's inaugural season in Europe, as well as his 20-plus years at sea. One of the more popular features is a Q&A section in which Heald fields readers' inquiries on a wide variety of topics.

"Who would have thought that in less than two months, nearly 200,000 readers have visited this blog. To celebrate, I invite all of our readers to sail on this special Bloggers Cruise which, in addition to some fun activities, offers a great chance for us to meet and have an incredible time. I hope this cruise will be the first of many," Heald said.