{"id":20670,"date":"2022-12-30T08:42:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T08:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/30\/heres-what-happened-to-carnivals-retired-fantasy-class-ships-cruise-industry-news\/"},"modified":"2022-12-30T08:42:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T08:42:54","slug":"heres-what-happened-to-carnivals-retired-fantasy-class-ships-cruise-industry-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/30\/heres-what-happened-to-carnivals-retired-fantasy-class-ships-cruise-industry-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s What Happened to Carnival\u2019s Retired Fantasy-Class Ships &#8211; Cruise Industry News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/2022\/10\/carnival-ecstasy-sets-sail-on-final-cruise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">With the Ecstasy finishing its remaining cruise final October<\/a>, a complete of six cruise ships have now left the Carnival Cruise Line fleet since mid-2020.<\/p>\n<p>All a part of the eight-ship Fantasy Class, the vessels have been offered off by Carnival Corporation during the last three years. Here\u2019s what occurred to them:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carnival Fantasy<br \/><\/strong><strong>Year Built:<\/strong> 1990<br \/><strong>Original Cost:<\/strong> $225,000,000<br \/><strong>Capacity (at 100% occupancy):<\/strong> 2,044<br \/><strong>Tonnage:<\/strong> 70,367<br \/><strong>Exit Date:<\/strong> July 2020<br \/><strong>Status:<\/strong> Scrapped in Aliaga, Turkey<\/p>\n<p>The Carnival Fantasy was among the many first ships to depart the Carnival Cruise Line fleet in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>At the time the oldest ship within the firm\u2019s fleet, the 1990-built vessel was offered on to Turkish scrappers.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving the United States and crusing straight to the Aliaga Ship Breaking Yard, the Fantasy was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/23322-watch-as-the-carnival-fantasy-is-beached-in-turkey.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beached for scrapping<\/a> in July 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carnival Inspiration<br \/><\/strong><strong>Year Built:<\/strong> 1996<br \/><strong>Original Cost:<\/strong> $270,000,000<br \/><strong>Capacity (at 100% occupancy):<\/strong> 2,040<br \/><strong>Tonnage:<\/strong> 70,367<br \/><strong>Exit Date:<\/strong> July 2020<br \/><strong>Status:<\/strong> Scrapped in Aliaga, Turkey<\/p>\n<p>Sold alongside the Fantasy, the Carnival Inspiration was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/23274-carnival-sells-two-ships-provides-further-fleet-update.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">additionally beached for scrapping after<\/a> leaving the Carnival Cruise Line fleet.<\/p>\n<p>Like its sister ship, the 1996-built vessel sailed on to Aliaga, arriving on the Turkish breakers in August 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carnival Imagination<br \/><\/strong><strong>Year Built:<\/strong> 1995<br \/><strong>Original Cost:<\/strong> $330,000,000<br \/><strong>Capacity (at 100% occupancy):<\/strong> 2,040<br \/><strong>Tonnage:<\/strong> 70,367<br \/><strong>Exit Date: <\/strong>September 2020<br \/><strong>Status:<\/strong> Scrapped in Aliaga, Turkey<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/23513-carnival-cruise-line-confirms-ship-exits-other-fleet-news.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Initially positioned on a long-term lay-up standing<\/a>, the 1995-built Carnival Imagination ended up offered to scrappers in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In September of that yr, the Fantasy-Class ship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/23512-carnival-imagination-beached-in-turkey-for-scrapping.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joined its two sister ships in Aliaga, Turkey<\/a>, beginning its recycling course of.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carnival Fascination<br \/><\/strong><strong>Year Built:<\/strong> 1994<br \/><strong>Original Cost:<\/strong> $315,000,000<br \/><strong>Capacity (at 100% occupancy):<\/strong> 2,040<br \/><strong>Tonnage:<\/strong> 70,367<br \/><strong>Exit Date:<\/strong> September 2020<br \/><strong>Status:<\/strong> Scrapped (February 2022) in Gadani, Pakistan<\/p>\n<p>At first escaping the breakers, the Carnival Fascination <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/23513-carnival-cruise-line-confirms-ship-exits-other-fleet-news.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">left the Carnival fleet in September 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Renamed Century Harmony, the 1994-built vessel was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/23764-former-carnival-ship-heading-to-new-home-in-asia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acquired by Asian pursuits<\/a> who reportedly deliberate to remodel it right into a floating resort.<\/p>\n<p>Following a interval laid-up in Asia, nonetheless, the vessel was offered once more in late 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/2022\/02\/former-carnival-cruise-ship-hits-the-beach-for-scrapping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ending up beached for scrapping in Pakistan just a few months later<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carnival Sensation<br \/><\/strong><strong>Year Built:<\/strong> 1993<br \/><strong>Original Cost:<\/strong> $250,000,000<br \/><strong>Capacity (at 100% occupancy):<\/strong> 2,040<br \/><strong>Tonnage:<\/strong> 70,367<br \/><strong>Exit Date:<\/strong> February 2022<br \/><strong>Status:<\/strong> Scrapped in Aliaga, Turkey<\/p>\n<p>After dropping plans so as to add the ship again to income service, Carnival Cruise Line <a href=\"https:\/\/cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/2022\/02\/two-more-ships-to-leave-carnival-cruise-line-fleet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">determined to retire the Carnival Sensation in early 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following just a few weeks anchored off Bahamas, the Fantasy-Class ship adopted the trail of its former fleet mates, <a href=\"https:\/\/cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/2022\/04\/former-carnival-sensation-beached-for-scrapping-in-turkey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crusing straight to Turkey for scrapping<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carnival Ecstasy<br \/><\/strong><strong>Year Built:<\/strong> 1991<br \/><strong>Original Cost:<\/strong> $275,000,000<br \/><strong>Capacity (at 100% occupancy):<\/strong> 2,040<br \/><strong>Tonnage:<\/strong> 70,367<br \/><strong>Exit Date:<\/strong> October 2022<br \/><strong>Status:<\/strong> Scrapped in Aliaga, Turkey<\/p>\n<p>Unlike its sister ships, the Carnival Ecstasy left the Carnival fleet after <a href=\"https:\/\/cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/2022\/03\/carnival-ecstasy-welcomes-guests-for-farewell-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resuming income service in early 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following a farewell season out of Mobile, the 1991-built ship <a href=\"https:\/\/cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/2022\/10\/carnival-ecstasy-sets-sail-on-final-cruise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">completed its final cruise for the model final October<\/a>, being retired quickly after.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few weeks later, the Ecstasy <a href=\"https:\/\/cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/2022\/11\/former-carnival-ecstasy-beached-for-scrapping-in-turkey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">additionally ended up beached for scrapping in Aliaga, Turkey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] With the Ecstasy finishing its remaining cruise final October, a complete of six cruise ships have now left the Carnival Cruise Line fleet since mid-2020. All a part of the eight-ship Fantasy Class, the vessels have been offered off by Carnival Corporation during the last three years. 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