Carnival Miracle
{{Short description|Cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
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| display title = ital }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:Carnival Miracle.jpg | Ship caption = Carnival Miracle off the coast Santa Catalina Island on February 14, 2024 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = Carnival Miracle | Ship flag = | Ship owner = Carnival Corporation & plc | Ship operator = Carnival Cruise Line | Ship registry = Panama City, {{PAN}} | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = {{unbulleted list|Kvaerner Masa-Yards|Helsinki New Shipyard|Helsinki, Finland}} | Ship original cost = US $375 million | Ship yard number = 503 | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = June 5, 2003 | Ship completed = 2004 | Ship christened = February 27, 2004 | Ship sponsor = Jessica Lynch | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = February 27, 2004 (Bahamas) | Ship in service = 2004–present | Ship out of service = | Ship identification = {{unbulleted list|Call sign: H3VS|{{IMO Number|9237357}}|{{MMSI|354277000}}}} | Ship fate = | Ship status = {{Ship in active service}} | Ship homeport = Long Beach, CA }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{Sclass|Spirit|cruise ship}} | Ship tonnage = {{GT|88,500}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|963|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|105.7|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = {{convert|25.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = 12 decks | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = *Six diesel engines
| Ship propulsion = Two ABB Azipods (17.6{{nbsp}}MW each) | Ship speed = {{convert|22|kn}} | Ship capacity = 2,124 passengers | Ship crew = 930 }} |
Carnival Miracle is a {{Sclass|Spirit|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 June 5, 2003, and christened by United States Army soldier Jessica Lynch in Jacksonville, Florida, on February 27, 2004.{{cite web|title=Jessica Lynch Christens Carnival Miracle In Jacksonville|url=http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=1064|website=Cruise Critic|publisher=The Independent Traveler, Inc|accessdate=June 4, 2015|date=February 28, 2004}}{{cite journal|last1=Seldon|first1=Lynn|title=Carnival Miracle: Wherein Farcusian Fiction Becomes Reality|journal=Cruise Travel|date=October 2004|pages=46–49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RDEDAAAAMBAJ&q=carnival+miracle+jessica+lynch&pg=PA47|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}{{sfn|Smith|2010|p=45}} Soon after the conclusion of the christening ceremony, she departed on her maiden voyage, a three-day cruise to the Bahamas.
Carnival Miracle has an eleven-story atrium with a ruby-red glass ceiling, which is also part of the "whale tail" funnel.{{cite web|url=http://www.destinationoceans.com/Cruise-Resources/Lines/Carnival-Cruise-Lines/Carnival-Miracle.cfm |title=Carnival Miracle - Destination Oceans |accessdate=July 28, 2008 |work=Destination Oceans |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106133833/http://www.destinationoceans.com/Cruise-Resources/Lines/Carnival-Cruise-Lines/Carnival-Miracle.cfm |archivedate=January 6, 2009 }} Next to every room is a large picture of a famous fictional character, such as Long John Silver or Sherlock Holmes.{{cite web |url=http://hanbanphotos.com/Carnivalmiracle/ |title=Carnival Miracle |website=HanBanPhotos |accessdate =February 22, 2014}}
File:Carnival Miracle1.jpg on November 28, 2007]]
Service history
File:Carnival Miracle Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki - 16 June 2003.jpg
Prior to April 2012, Carnval Miracle undertook Caribbean cruises from Fort Lauderdale and Tampa Bay, Florida during the winter months and during the summer months from New York City. From April 2012 to March 2013, Carnival Miracle sailed year-round from New York City, New York to the Bahamas and the Caribbean.{{cite web |url=http://carnival-news.com/2011/06/15/carnival-miracle-to-offer-year-round-eight-day-caribbeanbahamas-cruises-from-new-york-beginning-in-april-2012/ |title=Carnival Miracle to Offer Year-Round Eight-Day Caribbean/Bahamas Cruises from New York Beginning in April 2012 |date=June 15, 2011 |website=Carnival-News |access-date =February 22, 2014}} In March 2013, Carnival Miracle sailed through the Panama Canal repositioning to the West Coast sailing alternating cruises from Long Beach, California and Seattle, Washington.
On March 8, 2015, Miracle entered "Drydock #2" operated by BAE Systems at Pier 70 in San Francisco, California to be refurbished. In October 2015, Carnival announced that Carnival Miracle, would be repositioned to China in 2018 offering year-round short cruises. This plan was subsequently cancelled in May 2016{{Cite web|url=http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=7000|title=Carnival Spirit to Offer Winter Season in Shanghai for Carnival's First China Cruises|website=Cruise Critic|access-date=May 7, 2016}} and in November 2016, Carnival announced that the vessel would instead relocate to Tampa, Florida in January 2018 to undertake cruises to the western Caribbean.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2016/11/03/carnival-cruise-panama-canal-locks/93241726/|title=Carnival to offer sailing through new Panama Canal locks|website=USA Today|access-date=November 4, 2016}}
On January 27, 2018, Carnival Miracle departed on her first sailing from the new homeport. Before reaching Tampa, the ship transited the Panama Canal.{{Cite web|url=https://carnival-news.com/2018/01/26/carnival-splendor-carnival-miracle-transit-panama-canal-en-route-to-new-homeports/|title=Carnival Cruise Line News|website=carnival-news.com|date=January 26, 2018 |access-date=January 30, 2018}} In June 2018, the cruise line announced that Carnival Miracle would reposition to San Diego, California, in late 2019 operating until February 2020. However, when {{ship||Carnival Splendor}} repositioned from Long Beach to Sydney, Australia, in October 2019, Carnival Miracle was temporarily homeported at the Port of Long Beach. She did seven-day Mexican Riviera cruises, serving as a placeholder for {{ship||Carnival Panorama}} until the latter took over the itinerary on December 11, 2019. Carnival Miracle also performed seasonal repositionings to San Francisco during the spring and summer months beginning March 19, 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://cruisefever.net/carnival-cruise-line-moving-cruise-ship-from-florida-to-california/|title=Carnival Cruise Line Moving Cruise Ship from Florida to California|website=cruisefever.net|date=June 28, 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=July 4, 2018}}
In March 2023, it was announced that Carnival Miracle would reposition to Galveston, Texas, in October 2024 and will be the fourth ship based out of that homeport. The ship will offer longer nine to twelve day sailings to the Western and Eastern Caribbean.{{cite web |title=Carnival Miracle Repositioning to Galveston |url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2023/03/carnival-miracle-repositioning-to-galveston/}}{{cite web |title=Fourth Carnival Cruise Ship Will Be Based Out of Galveston, Texas |date=March 2, 2023 |url=https://www.cruisehive.com/fourth-carnival-cruise-ship-will-be-based-out-of-galveston-texas/95527}}
References
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- {{Smith-Cruise Ships-2010}}
External links
{{commons category|IMO 9237357}}
- [http://www.carnival.com/cruise-ships/carnival-miracle.aspx Official Website]
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