On January 22, 2015, Carnival Cruise Line held an event in New York to unveil some of the features that it plans for its forthcoming ship Carnival Vista.
The ship will be the largest in the Carnival Cruise Line fleet at 133,500 gross tons with a guest capacity of 3,936 (based on two per cabin). Technologically, she will be a slightly larger but enhanced version of Carnival’s Dream class ships (Carnival Dream, Carnival Magic and Carnival Breeze), which measure 130,000 gross tons.
Carnival Vista is being built by Fincantieri, the shipyard in Italy,. Carnival has a long relationship with Fincantieri, which has built nearly all of the larger Carnival ships excepting the Spirit class ships.
She is scheduled to enter service on May 1, 2016 and will spend her first summer season cruising the Mediterranean. By that time, Carnival will not have had a ship cruising in Europe for three years and to celebrate the occasion, Carnival Vista will call at a number of ports that the line has never visited before including Crete (Heraklion), and Corfu, Greece; Valletta, Malta; Palermo, Sicily; Cagliari, Sardinia; and Gibraltar.
Then after a transatlantic crossing. Carnival Vista will do a season of cruising from New York City beginning November 3, 2016.
“Carnival Vista celebrates the connection to the oceans on which we sail and gives our guests amazing seascapes around every corner and more ways to enjoy every moment of sun and fun during their cruise vacation,” said Mark Tamis, Carnival’s senior vice president of guest operations. “From our exhilarating new high-altitude SkyRide to the Kaleid-O-Slide water tube slide to our IMAX anchored Carnival Multiplex to the multitude of dining and bar options, we are thrilled to share the details about our largest and most innovative ship with our guests while providing our valued travel agent partners with an exciting new option to offer to their clients.”
As mentioned earlier, the purpose of the January 22, 2015 event was to unveil some of Carnival Vista's features. In the sections below, we present some of what Carnival had to say about those features. The renderings are courtesy of Carnival Cruise Line.
The ship will be the largest in the Carnival Cruise Line fleet at 133,500 gross tons with a guest capacity of 3,936 (based on two per cabin). Technologically, she will be a slightly larger but enhanced version of Carnival’s Dream class ships (Carnival Dream, Carnival Magic and Carnival Breeze), which measure 130,000 gross tons.
Carnival Vista is being built by Fincantieri, the shipyard in Italy,. Carnival has a long relationship with Fincantieri, which has built nearly all of the larger Carnival ships excepting the Spirit class ships.
She is scheduled to enter service on May 1, 2016 and will spend her first summer season cruising the Mediterranean. By that time, Carnival will not have had a ship cruising in Europe for three years and to celebrate the occasion, Carnival Vista will call at a number of ports that the line has never visited before including Crete (Heraklion), and Corfu, Greece; Valletta, Malta; Palermo, Sicily; Cagliari, Sardinia; and Gibraltar.
Then after a transatlantic crossing. Carnival Vista will do a season of cruising from New York City beginning November 3, 2016.
“Carnival Vista celebrates the connection to the oceans on which we sail and gives our guests amazing seascapes around every corner and more ways to enjoy every moment of sun and fun during their cruise vacation,” said Mark Tamis, Carnival’s senior vice president of guest operations. “From our exhilarating new high-altitude SkyRide to the Kaleid-O-Slide water tube slide to our IMAX anchored Carnival Multiplex to the multitude of dining and bar options, we are thrilled to share the details about our largest and most innovative ship with our guests while providing our valued travel agent partners with an exciting new option to offer to their clients.”
As mentioned earlier, the purpose of the January 22, 2015 event was to unveil some of Carnival Vista's features. In the sections below, we present some of what Carnival had to say about those features. The renderings are courtesy of Carnival Cruise Line.
Outdoor Sports
Skyride
"With SkyRide, the cruise industry’s first pedal-powered open-air aerial attraction, Carnival is creating some of the best and highest outdoor vistas ever offered on a cruise ship. Adventurous riders can climb aboard hanging recumbent-like bikes to cycle their way around the 800-foot suspended track with panoramic views from 150 feet above the sea. Nearby will be SkyCourse, an exhilarating suspended ropes course. Both are part of the expanded outdoor activity park that also includes a new indoor sports hangout, The Clubhouse at SportSquare¸ featuring mini-bowling, ping-pong, arcade basketball, sports video gaming and more."
"In the largest WaterWorks water park in the fleet, kids and kids at heart will find a thrilling array of splash-tastic fun including Kaleid-O-Slide, the line’s first-ever water tube attraction. Riders will hop on inflatable one or two-person rafts taking them on a fun-filled 455-foot adventure of exhilarating twists and turns with stunning kaleidoscopic visual effects."
"In the largest WaterWorks water park in the fleet, kids and kids at heart will find a thrilling array of splash-tastic fun including Kaleid-O-Slide, the line’s first-ever water tube attraction. Riders will hop on inflatable one or two-person rafts taking them on a fun-filled 455-foot adventure of exhilarating twists and turns with stunning kaleidoscopic visual effects."
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