Carnival's Four New FunPacks Bundle Drinks, WiFi and Dining, From $25 to $99 a Day
If you are sailing between October 31, 2026 and December 31, 2027, you have only October 13 to October 30, 2026 to buy a FunPack, and it must be booked online. Before you buy, check who shares your stateroom. Everyone 21 or older must buy the same FunPack, though Kidstarter is exempt. Read the exclusions for Faster to the Fun, Bonsai Teppanyaki and The Chefs Table, and remember that dining and shore excursion choices must be made before sailing.
My read is that FunPacks are a bundling play, and Christine Duffy calls them Carnival's largest collection of packages to date. The headline savings of up to 35-55% depend on using nearly everything. The stateroom rule is the catch: if one adult buys, every guest 21 or older in the cabin must buy the same pack, so a light drinker is paying $60 or $99 a day regardless. Value is also forfeited quietly. Spend less than the $55 dining cap or the $100 excursion cap and the difference vanishes, and unused Social alcoholic credits expire each day. Kidstarter at $25 for ages 3-17 looks like the cleanest deal for families, since the mandatory-purchase rule does not apply. Carnival has not said whether the October 13-30, 2026 window is a test run, so I would not assume a second chance. I would price my actual daily usage before buying.