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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2025-02-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000815097</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CARNIVAL CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CCL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0002045316</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Ljoen Lars Jakob</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O CARNIVAL CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>3655 N.W. 87TH AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MIAMI</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>33178</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Chief Maritime Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>31384</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 2,246 restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) granted on February 4, 2022 pursuant to the Carnival Corporation 2020 Stock Plan (the &quot;Plan&quot;). Two thirds of the original grant of 6,738 RSUs vested on February 15, 2023 and February 15, 2024 and the remaining 2,246 RSUs will vest on February 18, 2025.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 2,471 performance-based restricted stock units (&quot;PBS RSUs&quot;) granted on February 21, 2023 pursuant to the Plan.  2,470 of the PBS RSUs vested on February 15, 2024 and the remaining 2,471 RSUs will vest on February 18, 2025. The 2022 Management Incentive Plan bonus payout percentage was applied to the PBS RSU target value to determine the actual PBS RSU grant value.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 14,214 RSUs granted on April 21, 2023 pursuant to the Plan.  One third of the original grant of 21,321 RSUs vested on February 15, 2024 and the remaining 14,214 RSUs will vest on a pro rata basis on the February 18, 2025 and February 12, 2026.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Includes 12,453 RSUs granted on April 8, 2024 pursuant to the Plan.  The RSUs will vest on a 3-year pro-rata basis on April 21, 2025, 2026 and 2027.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Each RSU and PBS RSU represents a hypothetical interest in one share of Carnival Corporation common stock. The RSUs and PBS RSUs accumulate dividend equivalents and may only be settled in shares. The Compensation Committees approved each grant as a total value to be received in the form of RSUs or PBS RSUs, as applicable, and that the number of RSUs or PBS RSUs was to be determined by dividing the grant value by the closing price of a share of Carnival Corporation common stock on date of grant or over a 10-day period ending on the date of grant, as applicable.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Lars Ljoen</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-02-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
