Destiny-class cruise ship

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Carnival Sunshine in Carnival Destiny livery
Class overview
Builders: Fincantieri
Operators: Carnival Cruise Lines
Costa Cruises
Preceded by: Fantasy class
Succeeded by: Spirit class
Built: 1994-1996
In service: 1996-present
Completed: 5
Active: 5
General characteristics
Tonnage: 101,509–102,853 GT
Length: 893 ft (272 m)
Beam: 116 ft (35 m)
Decks: 13
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity: 2,642 passengers
Crew: 1,040

The Destiny class is a class of cruise ships owned by Carnival Cruise Lines. The class was modified after the lead ship, Carnival Destiny, was launched. This is reflected in both the Carnival Triumph and Carnival Victory.

History

The Carnival Destiny was built in 1996. She became the world's largest passenger ship until 1998. She was also the first passenger ship to be built over 100,000 GT. A second similar sister ship, the Carnival Triumph, was launched with one additional deck in 1999. A third and final sister ship, the Carnival Victory, was launched in 2000. The Carnival Triumph and Carnival Victory are part of the Triumph class. After the Destiny class, Carnival Cruise Lines and Costa Cruises have built larger variations based on the Destiny-class ships.

Destiny/Triumph/Fortuna-class ships

Ship Year
Built 		Sailed for
Carnival 		Gross Tonnage Flag Notes Image
Carnival Sunshine 1996 1996- Present 102,853 GT  Bahamas Originally sailed as the Carnival Destiny
World's largest passenger ship (measured by gross tonnage), when built.
First cruise ship over 100,000 GT.

The two ships below have an additional deck.

Ship Year
Built 		Sailed for
Carnival 		Gross Tonnage Flag Notes Image
Carnival Triumph 1999 1999–2013
June 2013 – present 		101,509 GT  Bahamas Identical to the Carnival Victory. On February 14, 2013 the ship was towed to Mobile, Alabama for repairs after an engine room fire and is scheduled to resume service on June 3, 2013, almost 4 months after being out of service.[1]
Carnival Victory 2000 2000–Present 101,509 GT  Panama Identical to the Carnival Triumph.

Two additional ships of the Triumph design were built for subsidiary Costa Cruises:[2]

Ship Year
Built 		Sailed
for
Costa 		Gross
tonnage 		Flag Notes Image
Costa Fortuna 2003 2003–Present 102,587  Italy Identical to Carnival Triumph and Carnival Victory
Costa Magica 2004 2003–Present 102,587  Italy Identical to Carnival Triumph and Carnival Victory

Staterooms

All rooms in the Destiny class feature a bathroom, multiple configuration beds, closets, a television, and a telephone for shipboard use.

Interior

Standard inside room, no window, found ship-wide, includes booking categories 4A through 4G. Uses a framed picture in the place of a window.

Ocean view

Has a window in the place of the picture frame from the inside room. Similar layout and square-footage. Booking category 5A features portholes, while booking category 6E features floor to ceiling windows. Other booking categories in this division are 6A and 6B which feature a normal sized square window.

Balcony

Balcony rooms feature an additional balcony, and larger square-footage than previous two categories as well as the normal beds and a sofa. This category includes booking categories 8A through 8E.

Amenities

All Destiny-class ships feature:

  • A meeting facility
  • A show lounge
  • Multiple bars
  • A nightclub
  • An atrium
  • Multiple restaurants
  • Multiple pools
  • Multiple hot tubs
  • A spa
  • A casino
  • Camp Carnival for teens and children (ages 2-17)

References

  1. ↑ Helen Anders (2013-04-23). "Carnival Triumph to cruise again in June after repairs, upgrades". Seattle Times (online). 
  2. ↑ "Carnival Cruise Lines: Die Kreuzfahrtschiffe" (in German). Retrieved 2012-01-19. 

External links

Ships of the Costa Cruises fleet
Current ships
Out of service
Future ships
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