Carnival Sensation

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Carnival Sensation Nassau 12-23-11.jpg
Carnival Sensation at Nassau, Bahamas in 2011
History
Name
  • Sensation (1993–2007)
  • Carnival Sensation (2007–present)
OwnerCarnival Corporation house flag.svg Carnival Corporation & plc
OperatorCarnival Corporation house flag.svg Carnival Cruise Lines
Port of registryNassau,  Bahamas
RouteBahamas, Caribbean
Builder
  • Kvaerner Masa-Yards
  • Helsinki New Shipyard
  • Helsinki, Finland
CostUS$250 million
Yard number484
Sponsored by
  • Vicki L. Freed
  • Roberta Jacoby
  • Cherie Weinstein
  • Geri Donnelly
Completed1993
Maiden voyageNovember 1, 1993
In service1993–present
Refit2009
Identification
StatusIn service
Notes[1]
General characteristics
Class and type Fantasy-class cruise ship
Tonnage
Length855 ft (261 m)
Beam103 ft (31 m)
Draft7.80 m (25 ft 7 in)
Decks10
Installed power
  • 2 × Sulzer-Wärtsilä 8ZAV40S
  • 4 × Sulzer-Wärtsilä 12ZAV40S
  • 42,240 kW (combined)
PropulsionTwo propellers
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity
  • 2,056 passengers (lower berths)
  • 2,634 passengers (all berths)
Crew920

Carnival Sensation (formerly Sensation) is the third 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 November 1, 1993, and christened Sensation by four Carnival Vice Presidents: Vicki L. Freed, Roberta Jacoby, Cherie Weinstein and Geri Donnelly.[1][2]

During 2007, in common with all of her Fantasy-class sisters, she had the prefix Carnival added to her name.[3]

Service history[]

Carnival Sensation was one of several cruise ships chartered by the US Government to provide accommodation for residents and relief workers following Hurricane Katrina.[citation needed] After being released from Federal Emergency Management Agency service, the Carnival Sensation undertook cruises from Port Canaveral.

In early 2016, Carnival Sensation moved to Miami, replacing the Carnival Victory, doing 4 and 5 night cruises. Carnival Victory took over the 3 and 4 night cruises to Nassau and Freeport, Bahamas, in the Bahamas.[citation needed]

In February 2018, the company announced that Carnival Sensation would take 17 sailings to Cuba in 2019.[4]

In July 2020, the company announced that Carnival Sensation would move to Mobile, Alabama to replace Carnival Fantasy at the Alabama Cruise Terminal. Carnival Fantasy was retired and sold amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Carnival Sensation will take over itineraries already scheduled aboard Carnival Fantasy and Carnival Fascination.

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Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Smith 2010, p. 48.
  2. ^ Heald, John (December 3, 2012). "A Cycle of Godmothers". John Heald's Blog. John Heald. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  3. ^ Dake, Shawn J. (January 2008). "Cruise Ships 2007 the year in review" (PDF). Ocean Times. Steamship Historical Society of America: Southern California Chapter. 12 (1): 2–8.
  4. ^ Staff, CIN (February 27, 2018). "Carnival Sensation to Sail to Cuba in 2019". Retrieved February 28, 2018.

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