Carnival Launches Funnel Faves Wave Arcade for Travel Advisors

Carnival’s arcade-style push shows how cruise lines are gamifying Wave Season to keep travel advisors engaged and loyal as competition for bookings intensifies.

Carnival Launches Funnel Faves Wave Arcade for Travel Advisors
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Carnival Cruise Line has rolled out a Wave Season promotion for travel advisors called Funnel Faves Wave Arcade, an arcade-style program that ties bookings, online games, and trivia to redeemable “arcade tickets” and a grand-prize cruise for two.

The promotion’s ticket-earning window runs through March 15, 2026, with a separate late-March and early-April period for redeeming tickets for prizes.

How Funnel Faves Wave Arcade works during Wave Season

Designed to add daily engagement to the cruise industry’s peak booking period, Funnel Faves Wave Arcade layers incentives on top of Carnival’s existing Loyalty Rocks! Rewards program. Advisors earn arcade tickets through a mix of eligible bookings and online activities, and can track ticket totals through an Arcade Dashboard that updates in real time.

Janet Wygert, Carnival Cruise Line’s senior vice president of trade sales and marketing, said, “We’re bringing the excitement of Wave Season to a whole new level with Funnel Faves Wave Arcade. It’s a fun way for advisors to boost bookings, win amazing prizes, and feel the appreciation they deserve. Travel advisors are at the heart of great vacations, and this program is all about celebrating their success.”

Ways travel advisors can earn arcade tickets

Carnival structured the promotion so tickets can be earned both through core sales activity and through daily online participation.

  • Eligible bookings and Loyalty Rocks! Rewards: For each eligible booking entered into the Loyalty Rocks! Rewards program, advisors receive 100 arcade tickets for every Loyalty Rocks reward point earned.
  • Sea-Ball daily game: Advisors can play a daily online ball-toss game called Sea-Ball, earning tickets based on score from five ball tosses (with points translating into tickets).
  • Carnival Trivia: Advisors can answer three trivia questions per day to earn up to 10 tickets, plus a bonus of 80 tickets for each correct answer.

Carnival said advisors continue to earn their standard Loyalty Rocks! Rewards points for eligible bookings in addition to any tickets and related bonuses tied to the arcade promotion.

Prize redemption window and grand prize

Tickets earned during the promotion can be redeemed during a defined “shopping” window from March 23 through April 6, 2026. Redemption options include Carnival-branded Funnel Faves merchandise, gift cards, bonus Loyalty Rocks! points, and additional arcade tickets that improve the odds of winning the grand prize.

The program culminates in a grand-prize drawing in which one participating travel advisor will receive a Carnival cruise for two departing from any North American homeport.

Eligibility, no-purchase requirement, and where to participate

Carnival is positioning the promotion as no purchase necessary, stating that no purchase is required to enter, participate, or win.

Participation is limited to travel advisors registered in the Loyalty Rocks! Rewards program at the time they participate who also meet residency and age requirements. The company said the promotion is open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Canada (excluding Quebec), and participants must be 21 or older. The offer is void in Quebec and where prohibited.

Advisors can access the program at FunnelFavesArcade.com or via Carnival’s advisor portal at GoCCL.com. Carnival Cruise Line, a division of Carnival Corporation, is the sponsor, and the company directed advisors to the official rules for complete terms governing the promotion.

With ticket earning running from early February through mid-March and ticket redemptions set for late March into early April, the promotion gives advisors a fixed timetable to combine bookings with daily game and trivia participation ahead of the grand-prize drawing.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

How long does the Funnel Faves Wave Arcade promotion run?

The ticket-earning period begins at 12:00:00 AM ET on February 2, 2026, and ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on March 15, 2026. The redemption (shopping) window runs from March 23 through April 6, 2026.

What activities allow travel advisors to earn tickets?

Advisors can earn tickets by entering eligible bookings into Carnival’s Loyalty Rocks! Rewards program (100 arcade tickets for every reward point earned), playing the daily Sea-Ball online game, and participating in daily Carnival Trivia (three questions per day with bonus ticket opportunities for correct answers).

What prizes are available for ticket redemption?

During the March 23 to April 6, 2026 redemption window, tickets can be redeemed for Funnel Faves merchandise, gift cards, bonus Loyalty Rocks! points, and additional arcade tickets that can be applied toward the grand prize drawing.

Who can participate in the Funnel Faves Wave Arcade?

The promotion is open to eligible travel advisors who are registered in the Loyalty Rocks! Rewards program, are at least 21 years old, and are legal residents of the 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, or Canada (excluding Quebec). The offer is void in Quebec and where prohibited.

Is there a purchase requirement to participate in the promotion?

No. Carnival stated that no purchase is required to enter, participate, or win.