Exhibit 10.8

                      Carnival plc 2005 Employee Share Plan
                                   (the Plan)

                            SHARE OPTION CERTIFICATE

                               (UNAPPROVED OPTION)

                             THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT

                                    <<Name>>

                               (the Option Holder)

holds an Option  over  <<Number  of  Shares>>  ordinary  shares of $1.66 each in
Carnival plc (the  Company) at an exercise  price of <<Option  Share Price>> per
ordinary share. This Option was granted on <<Grant Date>> (the Date of Grant).

For  Option  Holders   assessable  to  UK  income  tax  and  National  Insurance
Contributions:  The Option is granted  under the main part of the Plan which has
not been  approved  by the  Inland  Revenue  under  Schedule 9 to the Income and
Corporation Taxes Act 1988 and is not therefore capable of attracting favourable
tax  treatment.  Exercise  of the  Option  is  subject  to the  Plan  rules  and
compliance with such  arrangements as the Company may specify for the payment of
taxation and any  national  insurance  contributions  due on such  exercise.  In
particular,  the  exercise  of this  Option may give rise to  Secondary  Class 1
National Insurance contributions which arise under Section 4(4)(a) of the Social
Security  Contributions  and Benefits  Act 1992 (the  Employers'  NIC).  It is a
condition  of the exercise of this Option that the Option  Holder  agrees to the
transfer by the Option Holder's  employing  company of the Employers' NIC to the
Option  Holder,  as  permitted  under  paragraph  3B,  Schedule  1 to the Social
Security  Contributions  and  Benefits  Act  1992,  and that the  Option  Holder
authorises  the Company or any other group company to collect an amount equal to
the Employers' NIC by such means as the Company may specify.

Vesting Schedule

Subject to the above,  the Option will vest  equally over a period of five years
and is normally exercisable from <<Vesting Date>> and will normally lapse if not
exercised by <<Lapse Date>>.

The  Company has entered  into a Deed Poll to ensure  that this  certificate  is
legally binding.

Your attention is drawn to the Notice of Exercise and associated notes.

          THIS CERTIFICATE IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE KEEP IT IN A SAFE PLACE