Carnival Paradise (PA) Fact Sheet
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 Comfort Bed 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
Ship Refurbishments and Renovations
Planned for 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