Vista Spirit hybrid class cruise ship

Carnival Corporation had two competing and very similar ship designs. Italian Fincantieri built Vista-class built for the Holland America and P&O Cruises and Finish STX built Spirit-class built for Carnival and Costa brands; both were Azipod, Panamax ships around 90 000 gross registered tonnes.

The visual differences between the ships include:

Vista class ships had an external observation lift mid-ship on both sides of the ship, a wider forward and aft deck-width and a tiered forward section on the passenger cabin decks. Vista class also tend to have an additional upper deck just forward of the funnel.

Spirit-class ships have an alternate wide-narrow-wide-narrow-wide deck width along their length and a flat forward section leading to the bow of the ship with small windows

The hybrid design was first launched for Queen Victoria in 2007.

The Queen Victoria has a modified stern while the rest has a better modified stern.

The hull, bow, and stern of the Vista Spirit hybrid class are Identical(but the stern of the Queen Victoria is slightly different).

Hybrid Spirit/Vista class

Built	Ship	Operator	Builder	Tonnage	Flag	Notes	Image
2007	Queen Victoria	Cunard Line	Fincantieri	92,700 GT	Bermuda	Hybrid Spirit/Vista Class
2009	Costa Luminosa	Costa Cruises	Fincantieri	92,700 GT	Italy	Hybrid Spirit/Vista Class
2010	Costa Deliziosa	Costa Cruises	Fincantieri	92,700 GT	Italy	Hybrid Spirit/Vista Class
2010	Queen Elizabeth	Cunard Line	Fincantieri	92,700 GT	Bermuda	Hybrid Spirit/Vista Class