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The first large cruise ships were the Voyager-class from Royal Caribbean Group's Royal Caribbean International (RCI). These ships, which debuted in 1998 at over 137,000 GT, were almost 30,000 GT larger than the next-largest cruise ships, and were some of the first designed to offer amenities unrelated to cruising, such as an ice rink and climbing wall. [1]
Carnival Jubilee is a cruise ship built for Carnival Cruise Line. It is the third ship of the line's Excel class , although it was the first built by Meyer Werft at Papenburg , Germany. [ 2 ] It was delivered to Carnival on 4 December 2023, [ 6 ] and entered service on 23 December 2023 out of the Port of Galveston in the United States.
In 2009, Carnival released their biggest ship at the time, the Carnival Dream, a new 128,000 GT ship. Carnival Dream entered service on 21 September 2009. After several voyages in the Mediterranean, she was set to offer weekly Caribbean cruises from Port Canaveral from December 5, 2009.
Nova-class cruise ship For Silversea Cruises [3] [4] 12 April Netherlands: Ferus Smit Westerbroek Arklow Guard: For Arklow Shipping [5] [6] April France: Chantiers de l'Atlantique: Saint-Nazaire: MSC World America: World-class cruise ship: For MSC Cruises [7] [8] [9] April Italy: Fincantieri: Marghera: Norwegian Aqua: Prima-Plus-class cruise ship
Carnival Dream is a cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. She is the lead ship of her namesake class , which includes Carnival Magic , Carnival Breeze , and Costa Diadema . Built by Fincantieri at its Monfalcone shipyard in Friuli-Venezia Giulia , northern Italy, she was floated out on October 24, 2008, and christened by Marcia Gay Harden .
Carnival Celebration leaving Funchal. Carnival Celebration is divided into six zones incorporating themed elements and spaces that host activities and events and also house various dining and shopping outlets. [6] On her top decks, Carnival Celebration hosts the "Ultimate Playground" zone, where the shipboard roller coaster is located, dubbed ...
Sun Princess is a Sphere-class cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc, and is the third ship to sail for the cruise line under this name. Sun Princess was ordered on 23 July 2018 from Fincantieri and were constructed at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, and debuted in 2024.
The term "largest passenger ship" has evolved over time to also include ships by length as supertankers built by the 1970s were over 400 metres (1,300 ft) long. In the modern era the term has gradually fallen out of use in favor of "largest cruise ship" as the industry has shifted to cruising rather than transatlantic ocean travel. [1]