UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) September 19, 2005


        Carnival Corporation                            Carnival plc
      (Exact name of registrant                   (Exact name of registrant
    as specified in its charter)                as specified in its charter)

         Republic of Panama                           England and Wales
    (State or other jurisdiction                (State or other jurisdiction
          of incorporation)                           of incorporation)

               1-9610                                      1-15136
      (Commission File Number)                    (Commission File Number)

             59-1562976                                  98-0357772
          (I.R.S. Employer                            (I.R.S. Employer
         Identification No.)                         Identification No.)

        3655 N.W. 87th Avenue                Carnival House, 5 Gainsford Street,
      Miami, Florida 33178-2428                London SE1 2NE, United Kingdom
        (Address of principal                       (Address of principal
         executive offices)                          executive offices)
             (Zip Code)                                  (Zip Code)

           (305) 599-2600                            011 44 20 7940 5381
   (Registrant's telephone number,             (Registrant's telephone number,
        including area code)                        including area code)

                None                                        None
   (Former name or former address,             (Former name or former address,
   if changed since last report.)              if changed since last report.)

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Section 2 - Financial Information

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

      On September  19, 2005  Carnival  Corporation & plc issued a press release
entitled  "Carnival  Corporation & plc Reports Record Third Quarter Earnings." A
copy of this press  release is furnished  as Exhibit  99.1 to this report.  This
information  shall not be deemed  "filed"  for  purposes  of  Section  18 of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  as  amended,  and is  not  incorporated  by
reference  into any  filing of either  Carnival  Corporation  or  Carnival  plc,
whether made before or after the date of this report,  regardless of any general
incorporation language in the filing.

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (c)   Exhibits

            Exhibit 99.1 Press release, dated September 19, 2005 (furnished
            pursuant to Item 2.02).



SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrants  have duly  caused  this  report  to be signed on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

CARNIVAL CORPORATION                       CARNIVAL PLC


By: /s/Gerald R. Cahill                    By: /s/Gerald R. Cahill
    -------------------                        -------------------
Name:  Gerald R. Cahill                    Name:  Gerald R. Cahill
Title: Executive Vice President            Title: Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial and                    and Chief Financial and
Accounting Officer                         Accounting Officer

Date: September 19, 2005                   Date: September 19, 2005