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Shipyard: Masa-Yards, Helsinki, Finland
Inaugural cruise: December 6, 1998
Godmother: Paula Zahn, Broadcaster
Country of registry: Panama
Cost: $300,000.000.
Cruising speed: 21.0 knots

Size/Capacity

• Gross tonnage: 71,925 tons
• Length: 855 feet
• Beam: 103 feet; 118 feet at pool deck
• Maximum draft: 25 feet, 6 inches
• Occupancy based on 2 guests per stateroom: 2124 (1062 staterooms)
• Full guest occupancy: 2697
• Passenger decks: 11
• Space ratio: 33:1

Crew

• Total Officers and crew: 920
• Officers: International
• Hotel and cruise staff: International

Accommodations
1062 Total Guest Staterooms (including 33 accessible staterooms)

• 2 Grand Vista Suites with large balcony
• 28 Grand Suites with large balcony
• 48 Junior Suites with standard balcony
• 98 staterooms with standard balcony
• 2 scenic ocean view staterooms
• 464 ocean view staterooms
• 401 interior staterooms
• 19 interior upper/lower staterooms

All staterooms feature: telephone, 110 AC power outlet, individual climate control, Carnival Home™ Signature Bedding Collection, hair dryer, non-stocked mini bar unit, safe and flat-screen TV

Life Saving Equipment
Grand Total Lifesaving Capacity:  4494

• 12 Lifeboats (occupancy each: 150 / total occupancy: 1800)
• 6 Rescue / Water Shuttle Boats (occupancy each: 149 / total occupancy: 894)
• 36 Launchable Life Rafts (occupancy each: 25 / total occupancy: 900)
• 36 Life Rafts (occupancy each: 25 / total occupancy: 900)

Maintenance Schedule

• Dry Dock: 9/19/99-10/03/99
• Dry Dock: 7/16/00-8/12/00
• Dry Dock: 1/19/03-2/01/03
• Dry Dock: 11/28/05-12/18/05
• Dry Dock: 12/01/08-12/14/08
• Dry Dock: 1/28/12-2/11/12
• Dry Dock: 2/26/15-3/12/15
• Dry Dock: 2/22/18-3/25/18 
• Dry Dock: 10/01/21-10/22/21
• Dry Dock: 10/08/23-10/29/23
• Dry Dock: 4/09/26-4/30/26

Ship Refurbishments and Renovations

Completed during dry dock: 10/08/23 - 10/29/23

• Routine hotel maintenance and cosmetic enhancements
• Deck 7: Installed Carnival Adventure Store 
• Deck 9: Bonsai Sushi Express replaced Sushi at Sea
• Deck 9: JavaBlue Cafe replaced Cafe Ile de France
• Deck 9: 1 large hot tub spa replaced 2 hot tub spas in Serenity; additional shaded area added
• Deck 12: Spa Carnival branded as Cloud 9 Spa; 2 saunas converted to 1 sauna; 2 steam rooms convered to 1 steam room
• ADA enhancements throughout the ship

Completed during dry dock 10/01/21-10/22/21

• Routine hotel maintenance and cosmetic enhancements
• New red, white and blue hull design and paint scheme

Completed during dry dock 2/22/18 - 3/25/18

• Routine hotel maintenance and cosmetic enhancements 
• Guy’s Burger Joint (replaced food service, Off the Grill and Rotisserie)
• BlueIguana Cantina (replaced food service, Mongolian Wok)
• RedFrog Rum Bar (replaced pool bar)
• BlueIguana Tequila Bar (replaced pool bar)
• Camp Ocean (replaced Camp Carnival)
• Pixels converted to Digital
• Addition of WaterWorks on Verandah Deck 11
• Mini-Golf Course relocated to new Deck 14
• New deck added - Deck 14 features 36 staterooms

Completed during dry dock 2/26/15-3/12/15

• Routine hotel maintenance and cosmetic enhancements

Completed completed during dry dock 1/28/12-2/11/12

• Routine hotel maintenance and cosmetic enhancements
• Suite U69 converted and now ADA compliant

Completed during for dry dock 12/01/08-12/14/08

• Routine hotel maintenance and cosmetic enhancements
• "Circle C" Young Teens club added added to Atlantic Deck 8 (previously, the card room)
• Serenity Adults-Only Retreat Area
• Children's wading pool moved to Verandah Deck 11 aft section, replacing one of the whirlpools.
• Category 12 Suites refurbished, including bathrooms and flat-screen TV's.
• Internet WIFI access bow-to-stern
• A Mongolian Wok station and Rotisserie added to the Lido Restaurant