Fantasy-class cruise ship

The Fantasy class is a cruise ship class operated by Carnival Cruise Lines. The first vessel of the class, Carnival Fantasy, entered service in 1990. All eight vessels of the class were constructed by Kvaerner Masa-Yards, in Helsinki, Finland at the Hietalahti shipyard. Carnival Elation and Carnival Paradise differ from the other ships of the class in fact Carnival Elation have Azipod azimuth thrusters. They were also the last cruise ships built with the lifeboats only on the upper deck.

Carnival Fantasy at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 12 November 2007
Class overview
Builders:	Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki, Finland
Operators:	Carnival Cruise Lines
Preceded by:	Holiday class
Succeeded by:	Destiny class
Planned:	8
Completed:	8
Active:	8
General characteristics
Type:	Cruise ship
Tonnage:	70,367 GT-71,909 GT
Length:	855 ft (261 m)
Beam:	103 ft (31 m)
Decks:	13–14 (10–11 passenger decks)
Propulsion:	2 fixed pitch propellers on the first six ships. 2 ABB Azipod thrusters on the last two ships.
Capacity:	2,052–2,130 passengers
Crew:	920
Notes:	Oldest ships active in the Carnival Cruise Line

This class utilizes a "modern ocean/cruise liner" design, with most of its cabins situated within the hull and only a handful of suites on the superstructure, similar to the Holiday-class cruise ships built in the late 1980s. The Fantasy class is the only class currently in service for Carnival initially built with only a few balcony cabins.