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Originally sailed as Carnival Destiny 1996–2013. The ship underwent a major refit in 2013 to become Carnival Sunshine. World's largest passenger ship (measured by gross tonnage), when built. First cruise ship over 100,000 GT. Currently the oldest ship in the Carnival fleet following the retirement of Carnival Ecstasy in October 2022.
The Carnival Spirit, the first Spirit-class cruise ship in the fleet The Carnival Magic in Grand Cayman in 2012. In 2001, the new Panamax size Spirit class debuted with the Carnival Spirit, the first of the four-ship class within the Carnival fleet. In 2001, Robert H. Dickinson, then President and CTC, participated in a BBC documentary, Back To ...
Fantasy entered service in 1990 and was by 2020 the oldest ship in the fleet. [6] Until 1993 she cruised from the Port of Miami when she relocated to Port Canaveral.. In the Fall of 2006, Fantasy was the first Carnival ship to move back to Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina with New Orleans becoming its home port, undertaking cruises to Mexico.
[9] [8] The interiors were also designed by Farcus, evolving Carnival's signature themed lounges. [8] As the company expanded and acquired larger ships, Carnival decided that Tropicale would be their 'test ship' for new cruise destinations, and as such was the first Carnival ship to be based in San Juan, New Orleans, Alaska, and Tampa.
The first ship in the class, the 46,052 gross-ton vessel Holiday, was completed in 1985. A second and slightly larger sister ship, Jubilee, was built in 1986 at 47,262 gross tons. The third and final ship, Celebration, was identical to Jubilee and completed in 1987. All were the biggest ships for Carnival until the Fantasy class was built.
As she is the only Concordia-class ship in the Carnival fleet, she is also referred to as a Splendor-class ship. Her other sister ships are part of the Costa Crociere fleet. The ship was originally designed and ordered for Costa Cruises but she was transferred to Carnival Cruise Line during construction. [7]
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She was the last of three ships to be built in Carnival's Holiday class of cruise ships. She last sailed for Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line between 2015 and 2020. The Grand Celebration was sold for scrap in 2020 with her sister ship, Holiday, precipitated in part by the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2] A third sister ship, Jubilee, was last operated by ...