Carnival Names New 130,000-ton SuperLiners

Jason · February 21, 2007

Carnival Cruise Lines Names New 130,000-ton SuperLiners Carnival Dream and Carnival Magic

MIAMI (Carnival Cruise Lines) Ã¢â‚¬â€œ "Carnival Dream" and "Carnival Magic" are the names Carnival Cruise Lines has chosen for its two 130,000-ton SuperLiners scheduled to enter service in October 2009 and June 2011, respectively.

Representing a new class of vessel for the line, the 3,652-passenger "Fun Ships" will be the largest in Carnival Cruise Lines' fleet and offer a host of innovative on-board amenities and facilities.

"Carnival has earned a reputation as a cruise industry innovator by continually upgrading its product and introducing new and exciting features. Carnival Dream and Carnival Magic will epitomize 'Today's Carnival,' offering the widest variety of dining, activity and entertainment options in our fleet," said Bob Dickinson, Carnival president and CEO.

Including Carnival Dream and Carnival Magic, Carnival Cruise Lines has four new ships on order, all of which are being built by Italy's Fincantieri shipyard. The first of these, the 110,000-ton Carnival Freedom, is slated to debut in Europe March 5, 2007; the 112,000-ton Carnival Splendor is scheduled to enter service in July 2008.

These four vessels will join Carnival's current 21-ship fleet which operates voyages ranging from three to 16 days in length to the Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Europe and the Greek Isles.

jacketwatch · February 22, 2007

What amazes me is the sheer weight of these monsters. To put it in perspective the nearly 900 ft. long Iowa class WW II battleships came in at only 50K tons.

Dan · February 22, 2007

Gross tonnage isn't weight, it's space. I don't beleive those battleships were 900 foot long, 100 foot wide 150 foot tall boxes like a cruise ship is. Also, naval ships are usually measured in displacement, while cruise ships aren't (even if some literature sometimes calls it that). Here's a piece from wiki with some interesing comparisons.