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Carnival Cruise Line

Page 3 - The Fantasy Class Cruise Ships


These pages are devoted to postcards and photographs of the Carnival Cruise Line. An alphabetical list of ships covered on this page is shown below. The Table beneath gives links to complete postcard history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table are official postcards of the fleet in chronological order.

On the Carnival Header Page there is an Alphabetical List and a Chronological List of all ships in that have been in the Carnival Fleet. Links to other Carnival Pages:- Header Page - Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 4

Carnival began operations with the ex-British liners Empress of Britain, Empress of Canada and Transvaal Castle, and went on to become the world's largest cruise line, owning Holland America, Cunard, Princess, P&O and Costa. They also bought a 25% interest in Airtours, although this share was subsequently sold. In 2007 it was announced that the ships on this page would receive the Carnival prefix to their names as they were refurbished.

Carnival-Page 1 shows the secondhand ocean liner tonnage which Carnival began operations with. Carnival-Page 2 shows the four first generation cruise ships of between 35000 and 47000grt. This page shows the eight second generation 70000grt cruise ships of the Fantasy Class, delivered between 1990 and 1998. Carnival-Page 4 shows the third generation Mega-Ships, beginning with the Carnival Destiny of 1996.


Ships on This Page:-
Fantasy/Carnival Fantasy - 1990
Ecstasy/Carnival Ecstasy - 1991
Sensation/Carnival Sensation - 1993
Fascination/Carnival Fascination - 1994
Imagination/Carnival Imagination - 1995
Inspiration/Carnival Inspiration - 1996
Elation/Carnival Elation - 1998
Paradise/Carnival Paradise - 1998

Carnival Web Pages:-
Carnival Header Page
Carnival - Page 1 - Secondhand ocean liner tonnage
Carnival - Page 2 - The four first generation cruise ships of between 35000 and 47000grt
Carnival - Page 3 - The eight second generation 70000grt cruise ships of the Fantasy Class - This Page!
Carnival - Page 4 - The third generation Mega-Ships, beginning with the Carnival Destiny of 1996
Airtours - Postcard Gallery of complete fleet. At one time 25% owned by Carnival.
Costa Ocean Liners - The original ocean liner fleet. Costa is now owned by Carnival.
Costa Cruise Ships - Current Costa cruise ship fleet.
Cunard - Cunard is now owned by Carnival.
Holland America - HAL is now owned by Carnival.
P&O/Princess Cruises - P&O and Princess are now owned by Carnival.

Associated Web Pages:-
Simplon Carnival Releases - All the Simplon Carnival postcards released so far
Simplon Holland America Line Releases - Holland America are part of the Carnival Group
Carnival Cruise Lines - The official Carnival website

References:-
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Table of Ship Histories
Name Other Names Built Carnival Conquest 2002 Carnivale Empress of Britain, Queen Anna Maria, Olympic, Topaz, PeaceBoat 1956 Festivale Transvaal Castle, SA Vaal, IslandBreeze 1962 Mardi Gras Empress of Canada, Olympic, Star of Texas, Lucky Star, Apollon 1961





Fleet List - Part 3

A German advertising postcard of one of the Fantasy Class (name removed).






Fantasy - Carnival Fantasy (1990)

Early official Carnival postcard of Fantasy.
Scan: Rudy Friederich



Official Carnival postcard of Fantasy.



Official Carnival postcard of Fantasy.



Official Carnival postcard of Fantasy.
Scan: Rudy Friederich



Official Carnival postcard FAN-? of Fantasy.
Scan: Rudy Friederich
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Official Carnival postcard FAN-2 of Fantasy.
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Official Carnival postcard of Fantasy.



Official Carnival postcard F-11 of Fantasy.
Scan: Rudy Friederich
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Official Carnival postcard F-10 of Fantasy.
Scan: Rudy Friederich
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Official Carnival postcard of Fantasy.



Official Carnival postcard of Fantasy.
Scan: Rudy Friederich



Official Carnival postcard of Fantasy.
Scan: Rudy Friederich
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Official Carnival postcard PCUSA4216 of Fantasy.
Scan: Rudy Friederich
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Official Carnival postcard of Fantasy.
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: Ecstasy - Carnival Ecstasy (1991)

Official Carnival postcard of Ecstasy.
Scan: Rudy Friederich



Official Carnival postcard of Ecstasy.



Official Carnival postcard of Ecstasy.



Official Carnival postcard of Ecstasy.
Scan: Rudy Friederich
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Official Carnival postcard of Ecstasy.
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Official Carnival postcard of Ecstasy.
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Official Carnival postcard of Ecstasy.
Scan: Rudy Friederich



Simplon Postcards issue sc2010, released March 1992.
Photographed at Helsinki, 1991, by M.Pietikainen.






Sensation - Carnival Sensation (1993)


Official Carnival postcard of Sensation.



Official Carnival postcard of Sensation.




Official Carnival postcard of Sensation.
Scan: Rudy Friederich
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Official Carnival postcard of Sensation.
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Official Carnival postcard of Sensation.
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Official Carnival postcard of Sensation.
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Official Carnival postcard of Sensation.
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Official Carnival postcard of Sensation.
Scan: Rudy Friederich



Simplon Postcards issue sc2063, released March 1995
Photographed at Grand Cayman, 1994, by Mike Ralph
This card was reprinted using a different photograph. Both versions are shown.









Fascination - Carnival Fascination (1994)


Official Carnival postcard of Fascination.



Official Carnival postcard of Fascination.



Official Carnival postcard of Fascination.



Official Carnival postcard of Fascination.
Scan: Rudy Friederich






Imagination - Carnival Imagination (1995)


Official Carnival postcard of Imagination.



Official Carnival postcard of Imagination.



Official Carnival postcard of Imagination.
Scan: Rudy Friederich



Simplon Postcards issue sc2084, released September 1996
Photographed at Cozumel, 1995, by Mike Ralph



Florida Keys Wholesalers postcard 00C0004 of Imagination at Key West, with OceanBreeze.
Photo: © Terrell Creative.






Inspiration - Carnival Inspiration (1996)


Official Carnival postcard of Inspiration.



Official Carnival postcard of Inspiration.



Official Carnival postcard of Inspiration.




Official Carnival postcard of Inspiration.
Scan: Rudy Friederich
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Simplon Postcards issue sc2085, released September 1996.
Photographed at San Francisco, 1996, by Marvin Jensen.






Elation - Carnival Elation (1998)


Official Carnival postcard of Elation (serial: Ela-1)



Official Carnival postcard of Elation (serial: Ela-2)
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Official Carnival postcard of Elation (also serial: Ela-2)
Scan: Rudy Friederich



Official Carnival postcard of Elation (serial: Ela-4)



Official Carnival postcard album of Elation.
Scan: Rudy Friederich



Simplon Postcards issue sc2133, released December 1998.
Photographed at San Francisco, by Marvin Jensen.






Paradise - Carnival Paradise (1998)

Paradise is 70367 gross tons, 855 ft long and has a double occupancy capacity of 2040, looked after by 920 crew. Her cruising speed is 21 knots. Paradise was originally the fisrt non-smoking ship in the fleet.


The Kvaerner Masa-Yards builders' card Paradise is shown below.
The card has her specification on the reverse, shown on this link.



Carnival official postcard (serial PARA-1) of Paradise.



Carnival official postcard (serial PARA-1 - same as card above) of Paradise.



Carnival official postcard of Paradise.



An oversized Carnival official postcard of Paradise.



An oversized Carnival official postcard of Paradise, promoting the benefits to non-smokers.
An enlargement of the ship is shown below.



Carnival official postcard of Paradise.
This is an enlargement from the postcard above




Carnival official postcard of Paradise.
scan: Rudy Friederich
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Simplon Postcards sc2147 of Paradise, released June 1999
Photographed at Nassau, December 1998, by Mike Ralph.



Paradise in drydock at San Francisco.
Photo: © Marvin Jensen, January 2006.






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Name	Other Names	Built
Carnival Conquest		2002
Carnivale	Empress of Britain, Queen Anna Maria, Olympic, Topaz, PeaceBoat	1956
Festivale	Transvaal Castle, SA Vaal, IslandBreeze	1962
Mardi Gras	Empress of Canada, Olympic, Star of Texas, Lucky Star, Apollon	1961