Cruise crazy: Carnival celebrates fan's 1,000th day at sea

Gene Sloan | USA TODAY

For many cruisers, Caribbean-focused Carnival is a starter brand -- a line you sail a few times before you move on to more globe-circling operators such as Holland America or Princess.

Not so for Dennis Coleman, 67, of Baltimore.

Carnival this month celebrated Coleman's 1,000th day on one of its ships during a sailing of the Carnival Sunshine out of Port Canaveral, Fla. It was Coleman's 139th cruise with the line in just 12 years.

Scroll through the carousel above for photos from the celebration, in which the Sunshine's management team presented Coleman with a Carnival ship model and other gifts.

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