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Carnival Sunshine (formerly Carnival Destiny) is a cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line.She debuted in 1996 with several size records. She was the first passenger ship ever built to exceed 100,000 gross tons, and was the world's largest passenger vessel built up to that time (breaking the RMS Queen Elizabeth's 54 year record), holding it until 1998. [5]
Carnival Cruise Line headquarters in Doral, Florida. Carnival is one of ten cruise lines owned by the world's largest cruise ship operator, the American-British Carnival Corporation & plc. [3] In 2021, Carnival Cruise Line was estimated to hold a 7.6% share of cruise industry revenue and 18.2% of passengers. [4]
Carnival Ecstasy (formerly Ecstasy) was a Fantasy-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki , Finland, she was floated out on January 6, 1991, and christened by television hostess , entertainer and long time Carnival spokesperson Kathie Lee Gifford . [ 1 ]
Carnival Sunrise (formerly Carnival Triumph) is a Destiny-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. As she and her three younger sisters ( Carnival Radiance , Costa Fortuna , and Costa Magica ) are each a redesigned version of the lead ship in the class, she is sometimes referred to as the first of the Triumph class of cruise ships.
The three largest cruise operators are Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean International, and Star Cruises/Norwegian Cruise Lines. Many American cruise lines to the Caribbean depart out of the Port of Miami , with "nearly one-third of the cruises sailing out of Miami in recent years". [ 77 ]
Carnival Cruise Line and Costa Cruises would build larger variations based on the Destiny-class ships in the years that followed. In 2013, Carnival began a series of dry-docks which transformed its three ships, Carnival Destiny , Carnival Triumph , and Carnival Victory , almost entirely, resulting in name changes for all three after the refits ...
Mardi Gras is an Excellence-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line.She is Carnival's lead vessel of the fleet's Excel-class, a subclass of the Excellence class, and was built by Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku in Turku, Finland.
Carnival Gross tonnage Homeport Flag Notes Image Current Carnival Elation: 1998: 1998–present: 71,909 GT: Jacksonville, Florida Panama: Originally, Elation. [2] [3] Carnival Elation was the first cruise ship with Azipod propulsion units installed. Carnival Paradise: 1998: 1998–present: 71,925 GT [4] Tampa, Florida Panama: Originally, Paradise.