Carnival Dream - Cruise Liner

Carnival Corporation is the world's largest cruise operator with a portfolio of 12 cruise brands and a total of 81 vessels. The company currently has two of its largest ships on order from Fincantieri Navali SPA in Italy: the Carnival Dream and the Carnival Magic, which will be delivered in September 2009 and June 2011, respectively.

The 130,000t vessels will feature a range of facilities not seen before in the fleet. There will be a dining and entertainment complex called the Piazza, four 'scenic' whirlpools, a ½ mile promenade, the largest Carnival WaterWorks park with multiple slides and the line's largest ever spa at 23,000ft². The estimated cost of each vessel is $740m.

Technical

The Carnival Dream will be 306m (1,004ft) in overall length with a beam of 37m (121.3ft). It will have 14 decks and will be able to accommodate 3,646 passengers in 1,823 cabins. There will be 1,145 outside cabins, each with a private terrace. The ship will have 1,367 crew members. The ship will be powered by a diesel-electric azipod propulsion system, allowing a cruising speed of 22.5k.

Facilities

The Piazza is a dining and entertainment complex that will feature a wide variety of cuisine choices, a multi-media café with high-speed internet connection, a bandstand for live music, and a dance floor. A curved glass wall will partition the room, and both indoor and outdoor seating will be available.

A ½ mile promenade is part of the extended deck space and will feature four ‘scenic Jacuzzis’ extending over the ship’s beam to provide ocean views.

The ship will also offer a tropical, resort-style main pool with a Seaside Theatre; giant LED screen; nine-hole golf course covering two decks; outdoor café; and a Serenity adults-only retreat. The ship’s dance club will allow access to outside decks during good weather.

Staterooms

The Deluxe Ocean View staterooms have a full bathroom with shower, plus a separate washroom sink and junior tub. Cove Balconies are a new category of stateroom, located on the lower Riviera Deck, which are close to the waterline and offer smaller terraces with excellent ocean views as an alternative to larger balcony staterooms.

Itinerary

Carnival Dream began operations on 21 September 2009 with an inaugural 12-day Grand Mediterranean cruise from Rome (Civitavecchia). Following two more 12-day Grand Mediterranean cruises, the vessel will then sail a 16-day trans-Atlantic crossing to New York.

The Carnival Dream will then be made ready for two eight-day Port Canaveral (Orlando) and Bahamas cruises from New York. Carnival Dream will return to Port Canaveral and operate year round seven-day Caribbean cruises starting 5 December 2009. The ship will leave port every Saturday and will alternate between eastern and western Caribbean itineraries.