South America in Carnival's Future

From the article here, it looks like Carnival fans will have some new destinations to choose from. With ports of call in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and a few others, the Carnival Splendor will be offering 14 to 18 day cruises in the beginning of 2009, before it moves the Long Beach to do 7 day Mexican Riviera runs displacing the Carnival Pride which will move to San Diego for 8 day Riviera runs.

The west coast has become a hot commodity for Carnival. They currently have the Carnival Pride doing year long 7 days out of Long Beach, the Carnival Spirit doing three different itineraries depending on time of year (including Alaska, Mexico and Hawaii), the Paradise doing 3 and 4 day baja cruises, and most recently the Elation moving to San Diego to do 4 and 5 day runs to Cabo San Lucas.