Carnival Corp plans to pull up anchor on seven brands by this summer, maybe even eight.

The world's largest cruiseship owner with 87 vessels expects to have 14 ships providing revenue sailings in European waters by July.

The Arnold Donald-led behemoth has already been holding itineraries since 20 March on AIDA's 3,300-berth AIDAperla (built 2017) to the Canary Islands.