Carnival Fantasy


Carnival Fantasy was a cruise ship formerly operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland, she was floated out on December 9, 1988, completed on January 27, 1990 and formally named on March 1, 1990, as Fantasy by Tellervo Koivisto, wife of the then President of Finland, Mauno Koivisto. During 2007, in common with all of her Fantasy-class sisters, she had the prefix "Carnival" added to her name.
On March 14, 2020, Carnival announced suspension of service for all of its ships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was previously announced that service would resume on April 10, but the suspension was extended to October 1, 2020.
On July 13, 2020, Carnival Fantasy was reportedly sold to be broken up at Aliaga, Turkey, according to sources. On July 23, 2020, Carnival announced the sale of the Carnival Fantasy and Carnival Inspiration. She was beached in Aliaga for scrap on 29 July 2020.

History

Fantasy entered service in 1990 and was by 2020 the oldest cruise ship in the fleet. The ship assisted the US Coast Guard in rescuing 23 people at sea in April 2019.

Areas of operation

Until 1993 she cruised from the Port of Miami when she relocated to Port Canaveral.
In the Fall of 2006, Fantasy was the first Carnival ship to move back to Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina with New Orleans becoming its home port, undertaking cruises to Mexico.
Carnival Fantasy spent a month in drydock being refitted in the Fall of 2008.
On September 17, 2009, Carnival announced that Carnival Fantasy would be based out of Mobile, Alabama.
Subsequently, she was relocated to Charleston, South Carolina.
Carnival Fantasy was refitted in February 2016. The upgrades included being fitted with diesel engine scrubbers as well the alteration of some of the restaurants and child care areas on the ship.
In November 2016, she moved back to Mobile.
Carnival Fantasy was again refitted in January 2019.