7-450: Carnival Elation (formerly Elation ) is a Fantasy -class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line . Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard in Finland, she was floated out on January 4, 1998, and christened as Elation by Shari Arison Dorsman. Her inaugural cruise began March 20, 1998. During 2007, in common with all of her Fantasy -class sisters, she had
14-568: The Bahamas from Jacksonville, Florida . May 2019-March 2020, October 2021-April 2022: Cruises to the Caribbean and Bahamas from Port Canaveral, Florida . April 2022 and on: Cruises to the Bahamas from Jacksonville, Florida . Fantasy-class cruise ship The Fantasy class is a cruise ship class operated by Carnival Cruise Lines . The first vessel of the class, Carnival Fantasy , entered service in 1990. All eight vessels of
21-467: The aft lounge located on the promenade deck. 1998–2003: Cruises to Mexico from Los Angeles, California . 2003–2006: Cruises to the Western Caribbean from Galveston, TX . 2007–2010: Cruises to Mexico from San Diego CA . 2010–2011: Cruises from Mobile, Alabama to the Western Caribbean. 2011–2016: Cruises to the Western Caribbean from New Orleans, Louisiana . 2016–May 2019: Cruises to
28-571: The class were constructed by Kvaerner Masa-Yards , in Helsinki , Finland , at the Hietalahti shipyard . In late 2006, Carnival Cruise Lines refurbished the Fantasy -class fleet under the program name "Evolutions Of Fun". This was completed in 2010 and cost $ 250 million. This class utilizes a "modern ocean/cruise liner" design, with most of its cabins situated within the hull and only a handful of suites on
35-569: The prefix Carnival added to her name. Carnival Elation is currently sailing 4+5 day cruises to the Bahamas from Jacksonville. Carnival Elation is a 71,909-ton ship and is 855 feet long. She features 11 passenger decks and can accommodate up to 2,190 guests along with 900 crew members. Despite being the smallest ship in the current Carnival fleet, Carnival Elation offers a wide array of activities and amenities. These include 12 lounges and bars, 3 swimming pools, 6 Jacuzzis, and 14 elevators. Elation
42-471: The superstructure, similar to the Holiday -class cruise ships built in the late 1980s. The Fantasy class is the only class currently in service for Carnival initially built with only a few balcony cabins. Carnival Elation and Carnival Paradise differ from the other ships of the class in that they are equipped with Azipod azimuth thrusters for propulsion. They were also the last cruise ships built with
49-667: Was the first cruise ship to be equipped with an Azipod propulsion system. The pods give Elation better maneuverability compared with her sister ships that still used traditional shaft propellers. On November 5, 2011 Carnival Elation was moved from Mobile, Alabama to New Orleans . In October 2017, Carnival Elation completed a month long dry dock during which an extra deck was added and various modifications to her public facilities were made. The ship's next dry dock in March 2020 added additional features found on other Carnival ships. The ship also received an additional 30 cabins that replaced
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