Sensation at Nassau, Bahamas in 2006 |
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| Name: | 1993-onwards: Sensation |
| Owner: | Carnival Corporation & PLC |
| Operator: | Carnival Cruise Lines |
| Port of registry: | Bahamas |
| Builder: | Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Helsinki New Shipyard, Finland |
| In service: | 1993-present |
| Refit: | 2009 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8711356 |
| Status: | In Active Service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Fantasy class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 70,367 GT (gross tonnage) |
| Displacement: | 7,180 metric tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Length: | 855 ft (261 m) |
| Beam: | 103 ft (31 m) |
| Draft: | 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in) |
| Decks: | 10 |
| Installed power: | 2 × Sulzer-Wärtsilä 8ZAV40S diesels 4 × Sulzer-Wärtsilä 12ZAV40S diesels 42240 kW |
| Propulsion: | Two propellers |
| Speed: | 21 kn (38.89 km/h; 24.17 mph) |
| Capacity: | 2056 passengers (lower berths) 2634 passengers (all berths) |
| Crew: | 920 |
The Sensation is a Fantasy class cruise ship, which began operation with Carnival Cruise Lines in 1993. She was the third ship to be built in the Fantasy class. The Sensation returned to active cruise service on February 12, 2009 after an extensive drydocking and refit. During the refit, 98 private balconies were added to former ocean view rooms. An adults only sunning area called Serenity was added to Promenade Deck, aft. A children's water park area was installed on Verandah Deck, aft, in an area formerly used as a pool and sunning area. The Sensation's main pool area on Lido Deck, midship, was renovated and the water slide was removed. Other renovations included new carpeting in public spaces and in her main dining rooms. Today, Sensation does 3 and 4 night cruises out of Port Canaveral, Florida to Nassau, Bahamas and Freeport, Bahamas.
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Sensation was one of several cruise ships chartered by the US Government to provide accommodation for refugees and relief workers following Hurricane Katrina. After being released from Federal Emergency Management Agency service, the Sensation began cruising from Port Canaveral, replacing the Fantasy on Carnival's 3 and 4 day cruises from Port Canaveral.
The Sensation was featured in The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the Mystery Cruise (1995).
The Sensation recently underwent refurbishments making it the fourth ship to receive it giving it a 9-hole mini golf course, a children's water park area with waterslides and splash park, a serenity adult only deck,and many more upgrades.
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