While there wasn't another Splendor-class ship built, Carnival Magic and Carnival Breeze launched to complete the small, three-ship Dream class in 20.Īfter four years of anticipation, Carnival changed the game when it debuted its newest and largest class, the Vista Class. The two class' namesake ships - 113,300-ton Carnival Splendor and 130,000-ton Carnival Dream - entered the fleet in 20, respectively. But in those two years, the line had been cooking up plans for two new classes: Splendor and Dream. Two years passed before Carnival's fifth Conquest-class ship, Carnival Freedom, made its debut. One year later, Carnival unveiled its third and fourth Conquest-class ships: Carnival Liberty and Carnival Valor. In 2004, the fourth Spirit-class ship, Carnival Miracle, entered service. After the second and third Spirit-class ships launched, it debuted its next class - Conquest class - which marked the return of big ships for the line.Ĭarnival Glory followed the 110,000-ton Carnival Conquest in 2003. The year 2002 was a busy year for Carnival. Carnival Spirit became the first new cruise ship ever positioned in Alaska and Hawaii.įollowing the class' namesake ship were Carnival Pride and Carnival Legend, both of which launched in 2002. A third Destiny-class ship, Carnival Victory, launched in 2000.įun fact: For six years, Carnival operated Paradise as a completely smoke-free cruise ship.Īfter dipping its toes into 100,000-plus-ton ships, they returned to building slightly smaller Carnival ships - with a new Spirit Class spearheaded by the 88,500-ton Carnival Spirit. It wasn't long before Carnival introduced its second Destiny-class ship Carnival Triumph debuted in 1999, one year after Elation and Paradise. Elation became the first new cruise ship to sail from the West Coast after being added to the Carnival cruise line fleet. In 1998, Carnival launched its seventh and eighth (final) Fantasy-class ships: Carnival Elation and Carnival Paradise. The 3,006-passenger ship remains one of the most popular ships in Carnival's fleet. The ship was the first of the Destiny class of Carnival cruise ships as well, which would continue to be slightly larger than those in the Fantasy Class.Ĭarnival Destiny was then retrofitted and renamed Carnival Sunshine in 2013 and placed in its own Sunshine Class. Carnival made history in 1996 when Carnival Destiny launched as the largest passenger cruise ship in the world (at the time) and the first to exceed 100,000 tons.
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