The Carnival Sunshine is a Panamax - cruise ship of the shipping company Carnival Cruise Line . At the time of commissioning in 1996, the type ship of the Destiny class was the first passenger ship with a gross tonnage of more than 100,000. This made her the largest cruise ship in the world and the first cruise ship to surpass the Queen Mary, built in 1936 . Until her stay in the shipyard in early 2013, when she was rebuilt for around 155 million dollars, she was in service under the name Carnival Destiny .
The ship as Carnival Destiny on the quayside in St. Lucia
Construction and commissioning
The cruise ship was built with hull number 5941 at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone near Trieste , Italy . The interior was designed by Joseph Farcus . The ship was delivered to Carnival Cruise Lines on October 19, 1996 under the name Carnival Destiny and entered in the ship register of Panama. After the baptism , which was carried out on October 24, 1996 in Venice by Lin Arison (wife of the shipping company founder Ted Arison), the transfer to Miami took place .
commitment
The cruise ship has been mainly in the Caribbean since its maiden voyage , which began in Miami on November 24, 1996 . In 2000 there was a change to the shipping register of the Bahamas . During her mission she was stationed in various base ports (e.g. from October 2006 to August / September 2008 in San Juan (Puerto Rico) ). After a brief renovation, the ship was moved to Miami.
From February to April 2013 the ship was rebuilt at Fincantieri and renamed Carnival Sunshine . It was then used in the Mediterranean between April and October and in the Caribbean during the winter months.
Trivia
With a total height of approx. 70 m (keel to the top of the chimney), the Carnival Sunshine is higher than the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor .
Three times more steel was used to build the ship than to build the Eiffel Tower .
The chimney is 23 m high and weighs around 25 t.
Over 200 tons of paint were required for the approx. 600,000 square meter surface of the ship.