On December 1, 2009, it was announced that Carnival had placed an order for a third Dream-class vessel. A sister ship, Carnival Magic, debuted on May 1, 2011. After several voyages in the Mediterranean, she was set to offer weekly Caribbean cruises from Port Canaveral from December 5, 2009. Carnival Dream entered service on 21 September 2009. In 2009, Carnival released their biggest ship at the time, the Carnival Dream, a new 128,000 GT ship. The ship was cancelled, but they then developed a project called Next Generation. In 2004, Carnival Corporation initiated a development program for Carnival's new ships, the Pinnacle Project, calling for a 200,000 GT prototype, which would have been the world's largest cruise ship at the time. Through the rest of the decade, the line would continue to sell, or transfer the other 1980s built ships to other lines, with the Jubilee in 2004, Celebration in 2008, and Holiday in 2009. In 2001, Carnival transferred their first new build, the 1982 built Tropicale to Costa Cruises. In October 2002, Carnival acquired P&O Princess Cruises for 3.5 billion euro. Dickinson went to work at the lowest crew levels on the Imagination in the Caribbean, where he shadowed a Romanian cleaner, Alina. Dickinson, then President and CTC, participated in a BBC documentary, Back To The Floor. In 2001, the new Panamax size Spirit class debuted with the Carnival Spirit, the first of the four-ship class within the Carnival fleet. The Carnival Magic in Grand Cayman in 2012 The Paradise also debuted in 1998, and was the first completely non-smoking cruise when it originally debuted. In 1998, the seventh ship in the Fantasy class, the Elation, was the first cruise ship to have the innovative azipod propulsion, used on most new cruise ships today. The same year the veteran ship Festivale, the last of the original second-hand fleet, was retired. The Destiny-class platform continued to be used in various iterations all the way to the Carnival Splendor in 2008. At 101,000 GT, it became the largest passenger ship in the world at the time and first to exceed 100,000 tons. In 1996, the new Destiny class was introduced, with the Carnival Destiny. The Carnivale followed the same year, going to newly created Carnival subsidiary Fiesta Marina Cruises. In 1993, Carnival began to get rid of their older second-hand tonnage, and sold their first ship, Mardi Gras, after 21 years of service with the line. After having done design work on all the previous Carnival ships, Joe Farcus continued as the lead designer for the entire class. When completed, the Fantasy was one of the largest ships at the time and had the largest atrium at sea. Thomas in 2006īeginning in 1990, Carnival introduced the popular Fantasy class, beginning with the Fantasy, and completed with the eighth in the class Paradise in 1998. The Destiny-class Carnival Destiny docked in St. The format was very successful financially. He also promoted his cruises to fun-loving younger people. The split enabled Arison to enter into new relationships with independent travel agents. In 1974, due to regulatory issues, Riklis sold AITS's interest in the company to Arison for $1, but subject to Arison taking over the substantial company debts. AITS was to market and promote the new venture. Arison and Riklis set up the new company as a subsidiary of AITS. To finance the venture, Arison turned to his friend Meshulam Riklis, who owned Boston-based American International Travel Service (AITS). History Ĭarnival Cruise Line was founded in 1972 by Ted Arison. The North American division of Carnival Corporation has executive control over the corporation and is headquartered in Doral, Florida. Its headquarters are in Miami, Florida, United States. The ships fly flags of convenience: 17 of the ships fly the Panama flag and seven that of the Bahamas. It has 24 vessels and is the largest fleet in the Carnival group. In 2021, Carnival Cruise Line was estimated to hold a 7.6% share of cruise industry revenue and 18.2% of passengers. Carnival Cruise Line headquarters in Doral, FloridaĬarnival is one of ten cruise lines owned by the world's largest cruise ship operator, the American-British Carnival Corporation & plc.
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