Carnival Cruise Lines 1982 Mardi Gras Carnivale Festivale Tropicale

28 page large size (11"x8.75") brochure for the 1982 cruises to the Caribbean and Mexico aboard Carnival Cruise Lines "Fun Ships": the 27,250 ton Carnivale, Mardi Gras, 38,175 ton Festivale, and 30,000 ton Tropicale.  The brochure includes photos and descriptions of the ships and shipboard activities, photos and descriptions of ports of call, sailing schedules, room rates, deck plans for all 4 ships, and fly cruise packages. The brochure is in overall very good condition but the front cover has light wear with creased corners (see photos).The sister ships Mardi Gras and Carnivale were originally built for Canadian Pacific Steamships who operated them as the Empress of Canada (1961-1972) and Empress of Britain (1955-1964).  Carnival purchased the Empress of Canada/Mardi Gras in 1972 and operated it until 1993 when it was sold to Epirotiki (later Royal Olympic) and it sailed as the Olympic and Apollon until 2003.  Canadian Pacific sold the Empress of Britain to Greek Line in 1964 who ope