Anticipation has been building since Carnival announced in late 2025 that they’d be rolling out brand new main dining room (MDR) dinner menus in early 2026. Well the first lucky ships, the Celebration, Magic, Mardi Gras, and Panorama have received them and the Liberty and Sunshine will receive them by the end of March. Are you ready for a first look?
Here are the new menus. You’ll notice many old favorites as well as a new section called “Carnival Crew Favorite” featuring global flavors from the home countries of crew members. I’ll be updating this post as I receive more clarity around the order of the menus for each itinerary (this is the order for the 8-night cruises) and the complete roll out schedule across the rest of the fleet, so keep checking back. But for now, feast your eyes on…
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The rollout schedule for when the new menus are coming to each Carnival ship.
Carnival's Express Dinner Menus (new 2026 menus).
Carnivals new updated gluten free dinner menus for 2026.