Carnival Imagination

Carnival Imagination (formerly Imagination) is a Fantasy-class 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 July 1, 1995, and christened Imagination by Jodi Dickinson.[1] During 2007, in common with all of her Fantasy-class sisters, she had the prefix Carnival added to her name.[2]

MS Imagination
History
 Bahamas
Name:
  • Imagination (1995–2007)
  • Carnival Imagination (2007–present)
Owner: Carnival Corporation & plc
Laid down: June 30, 1993
Launched: October 1994
Sponsored by: Jodi Dickinson
Completed: June 8, 1995
In service: 1995–present
Refit: 2007, 2016
Identification:
Status: Service suspended
Notes: [1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Fantasy-class cruise ship
Tonnage:
Length: 855 ft (261 m)
Beam: 103 ft (31 m)
Draft: 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in)
Decks: 14
Installed power:
  • 2 × Sulzer-Wärtsilä 8ZAV40S
  • 4 × Sulzer-Wärtsilä 12ZAV40S
  • 42,240 kW (combined)
Propulsion: Two propellers
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity:
  • 2,056 passengers (lower berths)
  • 2,634 passengers (all berths)
Crew: 920

Currently, she sails three- and four-day itineraries from Long Beach, California, to Catalina Island, California, and to Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. 3 day cruises depart every Thursday, with a stop in Ensenada, Mexico, 4 day cruises depart every Sunday, with stops in Catalina Island, California and Ensenada, Mexico.

The ship underwent an extensive multimillion-dollar renovation in September 2016.[3]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Carnival Cruise Line suspended all North American itineraries from March 14 to April 10, 2020.[4]

Waterslides aboard the Carnival Imagination

Citations
  1. Smith 2010, p. 40.
  2. Dake, Shawn J. (January 2008). "Cruise Ships 2007 the year in review" (PDF). Ocean Times. Steamship Historical Society of America: Southern California Chapter. 12.1: 2–8.
  3. "Carnival Cruise Line News". carnival-news.com. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  4. Alexander, Curtis Tate and Bryan. "Coronavirus: Royal Caribbean pauses operations globally, major cruise lines suspend US ships". USA TODAY. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20200422081046/https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/cruise-ship/what-cdc-is-doing.html

References


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