Carnival Inspiration

{{Short description|Scrapped cruise ship}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2015}}

Carnival Inspiration (formerly Inspiration) was a {{Sclass|Fantasy|cruise ship}} operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland, she was floated out on April 1, 1996, and christened as Inspiration by Mary Anne Shula.{{sfn|Smith|2010|p=41}} During 2007, in common with all of her Fantasy-class sisters, she had the prefix Carnival added to her name{{cite journal |last=Dake |first=Shawn J. |title=Cruise Ships 2007 the year in review |journal=Ocean Times |date=January 2008 |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=2–8 |url=http://www.shawnandcolleen.com/sshsasocal/docs/ocean%20times%2008%20january%20v12.1.pdf |publisher=Steamship Historical Society of America: Southern California Chapter}} and had some passenger areas and facilities were refurbished.{{cite web |title=A "Fun Ship" Reborn |url=http://johnhealdsblog.com/2007/10/15/a-fun-ship-reborn/ |date=October 15, 2007 |access-date=2013-09-01}}

In July 2020, Carnival sold Carnival Inspiration, along with her sister ship Carnival Fantasy.{{cite web |title=CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE ANNOUNCES UPDATES TO FLEET PLAN – Carnival Cruise Line News |url=https://carnival-news.com/2020/07/23/carnival-cruise-line-announces-updates-to-fleet-plan/ |website=Carnival |access-date=23 July 2020}} Cruise Radio reported that Carnival Inspiration would likely be scrapped at Aliağa in Turkey.{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Doug |title=Carnival Inspiration Reportedly Sold, Heads to Cruise Scrapyard |url=https://cruiseradio.net/carnival-inspiration-reportedly-sold-heads-to-cruise-scrapyard/ |access-date=July 29, 2020 |work=CruiseRadio |date=July 17, 2020}} She made her final voyage from Long Beach and arrived at the Aliağa Yard on August 5, 2020[https://cruiseradio.net/21-haunting-images-of-carnival-inspirations-final-day/] and by August 26, was being dismantled.{{cite web|title=Carnival Imagination likely on voyage to cruise ship graveyard|url=https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Carnival-Imagination-likely-on-voyage-to-cruise-ship-graveyard |website=Travel Weekly|access-date=August 27, 2020|date=August 26, 2020}} Scrapping started on 5 April 2021, and concluded around January 2022.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} Initially she was intended to be broken up at the Ege Çelik yard which complied with the European Ship Recycling Regulation, but on arrival she was transferred to a neighbouring yard called Metas which, though belonging to the same owners, did not meet the EU standard. In an accident on 12 July 2021 a massive explosion within the hull instantly killed one worker, Yılmaz Demir, and caused another, Oğuz Taşkın, near total burns from which he died three days later.{{cite web|title=Two workers die while scrapping cruise ship in Turkey|url=https://shipbreakingplatform.org/two-workers-die-in-turkey/|website=NGO Shipbreaking Platform|access-date=March 14, 2025|date=July 27, 2021}}