Carnival Sensation
{{Short description|Fantasy-class cruise ship}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}}
| {{Infobox ship begin
| display title = ital }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Carnival Sensation at Nassau, The Bahamas (2006).jpg | Ship caption = Sensation at Nassau in 2006 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = *Sensation (1993–2007)
| Ship flag = | Ship owner = 25px Carnival Corporation & plc | Ship operator = 25px Carnival Cruise Lines | Ship registry = Nassau, {{flag|Bahamas|civil}} | Ship route = Bahamas, Caribbean | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = *Kvaerner Masa-Yards
| Ship cruise director = ((Deon)) | Ship original cost = US$250 million | Ship yard number = 484 | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship completed = 1993 | Ship christened = | Ship sponsor = *Vicki L. Freed
| Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = November 1, 1993 | Ship in service = 1993 | Ship out of service = March 19, 2022 | Ship refit = 2009 | Ship identification = *Call sign: C6FM8
| Ship fate = Scrapped in 2022 | Ship notes = {{sfn|Smith|2010|p=48}} }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Fantasy|cruise ship}} | Ship tonnage = *{{GT|70,367}}
| Ship length = {{convert|855|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|103|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draft = {{convert|7.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = 10 | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = *2 × Sulzer-Wärtsilä 8ZAV40S
| Ship propulsion = Two propellers | Ship speed = {{convert|21|kn}} | Ship capacity = 2,052 | Ship crew = 920 | Ship notes = }} |
Carnival Sensation, initially named Sensation, was a {{GT|70,367}} cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. She was built in 1993 in Finland and cruised from Florida, USA to ports in the Bahamas and the Caribbean until the COVID-19 pandemic stopped operations in March 2020. The ship was subsequently sold for scrapping.
Construction
Sensation was the third {{sclass|Fantasy|cruise ship}} operated by Carnival. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland, she was floated out on November 1, 1993, and christened Sensation by four Carnival Vice Presidents: Vicki L. Freed, Roberta Jacoby, Cherie Weinstein and Geri Donnelly.{{sfn|Smith|2010|p=48}}{{cite web|last1=Heald|first1=John|title=A Cycle of Godmothers|url=http://johnhealdsblog.com/2012/12/03/a-cycle-of-godmothers/|website=John Heald's Blog|publisher=John Heald|access-date=May 30, 2015|date=December 3, 2012|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402163111/https://johnhealdsblog.com/2012/12/03/a-cycle-of-godmothers/|url-status=dead}}
Service history
Sensation was one of several cruise ships chartered by the US Government in 2005 to provide accommodation for residents and relief workers following Hurricane Katrina.{{cite news |title=Cruise ships chartered for hurricane refugees |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9188316 |access-date=3 April 2022 |work=NBC News |date=September 3, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403214303/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9188316 |archive-date=April 3, 2022}} After being released from Federal Emergency Management Agency service, the Carnival Sensation undertook cruises from Port Canaveral.
File:Carnival Sensation 2008.jpg
During 2007, in common with all of her Fantasy-class sisters, she had the prefix Carnival added to her name.{{cite journal|last1=Dake|first1=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}}
In early 2016, Carnival Sensation moved to Miami, replacing the Carnival Victory, doing 4 and 5 night cruises. Carnival Victory took over the 3- and 4-night cruises to Nassau and Freeport, Bahamas, in the Bahamas. {{citation needed|date=July 2017}}
In February 2018, the company announced that Carnival Sensation would take 17 sailings to Cuba in 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/18607-carnival-sensation-to-sail-to-cuba-in-2019.html|title=Carnival Sensation to Sail to Cuba in 2019|last=Staff|first=CIN|date=2018-02-27|access-date=2018-02-28|language=en-GB}}
In July 2020, the company announced that Carnival Sensation would move to Mobile, Alabama to replace Carnival Fantasy at the Alabama Cruise Terminal. Carnival Fantasy was retired and sold amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Carnival Sensation was to take over itineraries already scheduled aboard Carnival Fantasy and Carnival Fascination. However, it was announced in February 2022, that Carnival would retire both Carnival Sensation as well as Carnival Ecstasy from the fleet. The latter would remain in service until October 2022, and Carnival Sensation would not return to service.{{cite web|title=Carnival Cruise Line Provides More Updates to 2022 Fleet Deployment Plans|date=February 4, 2022 |url=https://carnival-news.com/2022/02/03/carnival-cruise-line-provides-more-updates-to-2022-fleet-deployment-plans/}} In February 2022 it was reported that the ship had been sold for US$11 million, and on March 18, 2022 sailed from Miami for Aliağa, Turkey, for scrapping.{{cite news|last1=Mayntz|first1=Melissa|title=Carnival Cruise Ship Departs U.S. for Final Journey to Scrapyard in Turkey|url=https://www.cruisehive.com/carnival-cruise-ship-departs-u-s-for-final-journey-to-scrapyard-in-turkey/68282|access-date=22 March 2022|work=Cruise Hive|date=March 21, 2022}}{{cite news|last1=Bretz|first1=Sarah|title=Fifth Carnival Cruise Ship Heads to Scrapyard|url=https://cruiseradio.net/fifth-carnival-cruise-ship-heads-to-scrapyard/|access-date=3 April 2022|work=Cruise Radio.net|date=March 22, 2022}} It was beached on April 5, 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-05 |title=Former Carnival Sensation Beached for Scrapping in Turkey |url=https://cruises-info.com/former-carnival-sensation-beached-for-scrapping-in-turkey/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |language=en-US}}
References
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= Bibliography =
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- {{Smith-Cruise Ships-2010}}
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External links
{{commons category|position=left|IMO 8711356}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20220320065904/http://www.carnival.com/cruise-ships/carnival-sensation.aspx Former official website]
{{Carnival Cruise Line}}