Fiesta Marina Cruises was an experimental short-lived subsidiary

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. It was marketed toward the Latin/Spanish-speaking population, residing in the

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and abroad. The cruise line sailed out of

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and

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. It operated only one ship, the ''Fiesta Marina'', which was named in

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on October 18, 1993 The cruise line was a marketing failure and was dissolved in September 1994. The ''Fiesta Marina'' was sold to Epirotiki Cruises to sail as the ''Olympic''. In 2007, the Carnival Corporation started a partnership with the Orizonia Corporación to launch a new cruise line called

Iberocruceros Ibero Cruises ( es, Ibero Cruceros) was a British-American and Spanish owned cruise line based in Madrid, Spain. The cruise line was aimed at the Spanish and Portuguese speaking markets. Iberocruceros operated voyages from Europe, the Mediterr ...

, also marketed toward the Latin/Spanish-speaking population. The cruise line operated out of South America and Europe, independently from Carnival, but was managed by Costa Cruises. Iberocruceros was closed in 2014 and its ships transferred to Costa or elsewhere.

Former fleet

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{{Members of the Carnival Corporation Carnival Corporation & plc Defunct cruise lines Transport companies established in 1993 Companies disestablished in 1994 1993 establishments in Florida 1994 disestablishments in Florida