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Carnival Sunshine (SH) Fact Sheet
Carnival Sunshine
Shipyard: Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani, Italy
Inaugural cruise: May 5, 2013
Naming Ceremony: November 17, 2013
Godmother: Lin Arison, philanthropist, accomplished author and the wife of the late Ted Arison, founder of Carnival Cruise Lines.
Country of registry: The Bahamas
Cost: $155 million transformation and makeover
Cruising speed: 21 knots
Formerly Carnival Destiny
Shipyard: Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani, Italy
Inaugural cruise: November 24, 1996
Godmother: Lin Arison, wife of Carnival's Chairman Emeritus, Ted Arison.
Cost: $400 million
Size/Capacity
- Gross tonnage: 102,853
- Length: 892 feet
- Beam: 116 feet; 125 feet at pool deck
- Maximum draft: 27 feet
- Occupancy based on 2 guests per stateroom: 3002 (1501 staterooms)
- Full guest occupancy: 3758
- Passenger decks: 14
- Space Ratio: 34:1
Crew
- Total officers and crew: 1040
- Officers: International
- Hotel and cruise staff: International
Accommodations
1501 Total Guest Staterooms (including 32 accessible staterooms)
- 2 Captain Suites
- 8 Grand Suites
- 45 Ocean Suites
- 508 balcony staterooms
- 308 ocean view staterooms
- 6 ocean view (porthole) staterooms
- 28 ocean view obstructed window staterooms
- 586 interior staterooms
- 10 ocean view and interior upper/lower and twin/sofabed staterooms
All staterooms feature: flat-screen TV, telephone, 110 AC power outlet, individual climate control, Carnival Home™ Signature Bedding Collection, hair dryer, safe and non-stocked mini bar units (suites and staterooms on decks 3/5/7/10/11/12 and select staterooms on deck 9)
Life Saving Equipment
Grand Total Life Saving Capacity: 5345
- 18 Life Boats (occupancy each: 150 / total occupancy: 3900)
- 4 Life Boats (occupancy each: 300)
- 2 Rescue / Water Shuttle Boats (occupancy each: 60 / total occupancy: 120)
- 16 Launchable Life Rafts (occupancy each: 35 / total occupancy: 560)
- 5 Marine Evacuation Systems-Rafts (occupancy each: 153 / total occupancy: 765)
Maintenance Schedule
- Dry Dock: 3/29/98-4/12/98
- Dry Dock: 12/05/99-12/12/99
- Dry Dock: 9/04/00-9/16/00
- Dry Dock: 9/08/02-9/28/02
- Dry Dock: 9/11/05-10/02/05
- Dry Dock: 9/07/08-9/20/08
- Carnival Destiny transformation to Carnival Sunshine: 2/22/13-5/05/13
- Dry Dock: 5/08/16-5/21/16
- Dry Dock: 10/07/18-10/20/18
- Dry Dock: 10/21/21-11/08/21
- Dry Dock: 1/04/25-2/10/25
Ship Refurbishments and Renovations
Completed during dry dock 10/21/21-11/08/21
- Routine hotel maintenance and cosmetic enhancements
- New red, white and blue hull design and paint scheme
Completed during dry dock 10/07/18-10/2018
- Routine hotel maintenance and cosmetic enhancement
- Expanded retail space
Completed during dry dock 5/08/16-5/21/16
- Routine hotel maintenance and cosmetic enhancement
- Sports bar re-branded as Skybox Sports Bar
Carnival Sunshine Transformation (from Carnival Destiny) – Completed 5/05/13
- Addition of 182 staterooms
- Ji Ji Asian Kitchen
- Guy’s Burger Joint
- Cucina del Capitano
- BlueIguana Cantina
- JavaBlue Café
- Pizzeria del Capitano
- Fahrenheit 555 steakhouse
- Shake Spot
- Serenity adults-only retreat
- SportSquare
- WaterWorks
- Carnival Seaside Theater
- RedFrog Pub
- BlueIguana Tequila Bar
- EA SPORTS Bar
- Alchemy Bar
- RedFrog Rum Bar
- The Library Bar
- Havana Bar