Carnival’s BOLT Roller Coaster Wins Best Cruise Ship Feature

Carnival Cruise Line’s BOLT: Ultimate Sea Coaster has been voted the Best Cruise Ship Feature in Cruise Hive’s 2022 Cruise Ship Awards. The thrill journey garnered extra votes than journey actions on ships operated by competing cruise strains, together with Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line.

BOLT Is Voted Best Cruise Ship Feature of 2022

For the second 12 months in a row, the BOLT curler coaster at present featured on two Carnival Cruise Line ships, Mardi Gras and Carnival Celebration, acquired the highest votes in Cruise Hive’s Annual Cruise Ship Awards. The journey gained the identical award in 2021.

The thrill journey that lets visitors soar 187 toes above the ocean and reaches speeds of 40 MPH netted 41.16% of votes, coming in forward of second-place winner Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate Abyss and Norwegian Cruise Line’s Go-Karts.

Readers have been capable of sort in their very own characteristic if their favourite was not listed, to verify your complete business was coated. Voting opened in September 2022, with readers solely being allowed to solid a single vote in every of the eight classes.

Guests pay $15 per particular person to journey BOLT, which might accommodate as much as two riders. The rider on the entrance controls the velocity to customise the journey expertise alongside the 800-foot monitor. The curler coaster is electric-powered and is situated on the ship’s open deck on the Ultimate Playground zone.

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BOLT was launched on the Mardi Gras when she debuted in July 2021; the ship gained Best New Cruise Ship within the 2021 Cruise Hive Annual Cruise Ship Awards. The journey is also featured on Carnival Celebration, which entered service in November 2022.

Royal, NCL Thrill Rides Take 2nd, third Place

Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate Abyss got here in second place in one of the best characteristic class of the 2022 Cruise Hive Cruise Ship Awards. It’s a twisting, turning 10-story slide that goes from deck 16 aft close to the CirculationRider all the way in which right down to the Boardwalk neighborhood on 4 ships.

Wonder of the Seas, which debuted in 2022, Symphony of the Seas (2018), Harmony of the Seas (2016), and Oasis of the Seas, which was launched in 2008 and later retrofitted with the abyss thrill journey. The Ultimate Abyss is free to visitors.

Norwegian Cruise Line’s Go-Karts earned third place in one of the best characteristic class. The electric-powered race vehicles journey as much as 30 MPH round a multi-level monitor on the ships’ high decks. The journey is obtainable on Norwegian Prima, Norwegian Joy, Norwegian Bliss and Norwegian Encore. Guests pay $15 for 10 laps across the monitor.