Can a cruise still be booked on this ship?

No. This ship no longer exists: she was scrapped at Aliağa, Turkey, from 29 July 2020. No agency can sell her, and the listings or photographs still circulating online describe a vessel that is no longer afloat.

What happened to this ship?

Beached at the Aliağa demolition yard, in Turkey, on 29 July 2020; cutting was finished in September 2021.

Why does this page still exist?

Because the name still circulates and a 404 answers nobody. We keep it to say what happened and to point to the ship that comes closest today.

Which ship comes closest today?

Carnival Elation and Carnival Paradise, the only two survivors of the Fantasy class: same plans, same dimensions, same short formats. If you prefer a recent hull, Mardi Gras is a different generation altogether.

How many ships were in the Fantasy class?

Eight. Six were sold for scrap between July 2020 and November 2022. Two remain, Elation and Paradise.

Where was this ship built?

At the Kværner Masa-Yards yard, in Helsinki. It is the Finnish yard that delivered all eight units of the class.

About 70,367 gross tons for 261 metres, with 2,052 guests at double occupancy and some 920 crew.

Why did Carnival dispose of these ships?

They were thirty years old, had few balconies and returned less per guest than modern tonnage. The worldwide shutdown of 2020 brought forward a decision that was already coming.

Where do scrapped cruise ships end up?

Most often on the demolition beaches of Aliağa, in Turkey, near Izmir. Five of the six in this class ended there. The sixth, Carnival Fascination, was beached at Gadani, in Pakistan.

What if I held a booking on this ship?

All bookings were handled by the line at the time of retirement, several years ago. If you still hold a document naming this ship, bring it to your advisor: it predates 2022.

Was this ship sold to another owner?

No. Carnival sold her straight to the breakers, with no intervening operator. Only one of the six was resold: Carnival Fascination, briefly renamed Century Harmony.

Where did this ship sail?

She spent her career on the short Caribbean and Bahamas formats, out of the southern United States, like the rest of her class.

How many departures does this page sell?

None, and that zero is accurate. It is the first thing this page should have said.

Who protects me if the trip falls through?

Your agency, and it alone. Voyages AquaTerra operates under a licence from Quebec's Office de la protection du consommateur, your payments pass through a trust account, and the compensation fund for travel agency clients covers your departure. That applies to the ship you book instead of this one.

Carnival Fantasy

Q: What place did she hold in her class?

She was the first of her class.

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Carnival Fantasy

The Carnival Fantasy is a Carnival Cruise Line cruise ship offering a resort-style onboard experience focused on leisure, entertainment and family-friendly activities at sea. It features pool areas with hot tubs and water-based recreation, along with a spa and an adults-only Serenity space designed for relaxation. The onboard experience also includes a gym, casino, live shows, a theatre and cinema-style entertainment, as well as sports and recreation options such as mini-golf and other casual activities depending on itinerary. Family and youth programs include Camp Ocean for children, Circle C for pre-teens and Club O2 for teenagers, complemented by themed bars and dining venues, with Wi-Fi available throughout the ship. This ship is suited to families and groups seeking a classic cruise experience combining entertainment, activities and relaxation in a resort-style environment at sea.

Itineraries of the Carnival Fantasy

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decks plans

Deck - 14

Sun

Deck - 12

Sports

Deck - 11

Verandah

Deck - 10

Lido

Deck - 9

Promenade

Deck - 8

Atlantic

Deck - 7

Empress

Deck - 6

Upper

Deck - 5

Main

Deck - 4

Riviera

Technical specifications

Classe: Fantasy Class
Tonnage: 70367
Passengers: 2056
Decks: 13
Length: 261 m
Width: 31 m

History

1990: Année d'inauguration
2019: Année de rénovation

Carnival Fantasy: the ship is gone, scrapped in 2020

The Carnival Fantasy has been dismantled and cannot be booked, here or anywhere else. Withdrawn in the spring of 2020 when cruising stopped worldwide, she left Miami for the last time on 15 July 2020 and was beached at the demolition yard in Aliağa, Turkey, on 29 July 2020; cutting up the hull was finished in September 2021. She was the first of her class: floated out on 9 December 1988 at the Kværner Masa-Yards shipyard in Helsinki, delivered on 27 January 1990, and sailing her maiden voyage on 1 March 1990. About 70,367 gross tons, 261 metres, ten guest decks, 2,052 guests at double occupancy and close to 920 crew.

The ship that invented the three-night cruise

From 1990 Carnival put her on three- and four-night Bahamas runs out of Miami, something no line had yet attempted with a brand-new ship. The gamble defined the short-break product for the next thirty years. Joe Farcus built her indoor promenade to evoke a street in Pompeii, with faux-stone paving, Doric columns, terracotta urns and electric torches. Miami gave way to Port Canaveral for eleven years, then New Orleans, Mobile, Charleston, and Mobile again from 2016. In April 2019 she assisted the US Coast Guard in rescuing twenty-three people at sea. Those who sailed her remember a ship on a human scale, one you could walk end to end in an afternoon without ever getting lost.

Why the Fantasy class was wiped off the map

Eight Fantasy-class ships came out of the Helsinki yard between 1990 and 1998. They carried Carnival on their own through the 1990s, with 70,000-ton hulls, almost no balcony cabins and short itineraries. The March 2020 shutdown was the trigger. Carnival Corporation removed nineteen ships from its brands across 2020 and 2021, and the oldest went first, on fuel burn, on the balcony gap and on lower revenue per guest than modern hulls generate. Six of the eight were sold for scrap between July 2020 and November 2022. Two are still in service.

What still feels like the Fantasy

The Carnival Paradise is the closest match if you want the Gulf of Mexico, as Fantasy did late in her career: same hull, same size, four- and five-night runs to Cozumel out of Tampa. The Carnival Elation does the same job on the Atlantic side, sailing from Jacksonville to the Bahamas. These are the last two of the class, both delivered in 1998, and nobody can say how long that will hold. To weigh them against the rest of the fleet, see Carnival Cruise Line.

If you would rather see what the line does today, on a hull that has nothing in common with this one, Mardi Gras is Carnival's first ship to run on liquefied natural gas, with a roller coaster on the top deck. She does not replace Carnival Fantasy: she shows how far thirty years went.