Captain Carnival Posted April 4, 2014 #1 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Just as the Port of Tampa can only accommodate Fantasy and Spirit class ships due to the low clearance from the Sunshine Skyway Bridge I am wondering what other ports face the same type of clearance/obstruction dilemmas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmaster150 Posted April 4, 2014 #2 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Port of Baltimore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Carnival Posted April 4, 2014 Author #3 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Port of Baltimore What ship class? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtalum Posted April 4, 2014 #4 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Jacksonville can also only take Fantasy and Spirit class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Carnival Posted April 4, 2014 Author #5 Share Posted April 4, 2014 (edited) That's three ports (thus far) that cannot handle the larger/mega ships in the remainder of the Carnival fleet; not a good prospect as it has been "suggested" that the Fantasy Class vessels will be phased out over the next several years. Edited April 4, 2014 by Captain Carnival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maldenmusic Posted April 4, 2014 #6 Share Posted April 4, 2014 That's three ports (thus far) that cannot handle the larger/mega ships in the remainder of the Carnival fleet; not a good prospect as it has been "suggested" that the Fantasy Class vessels will be phased out over the next several years. Oh no-the Fantasy is my favorite class of ships Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnival_Brides Posted April 4, 2014 #7 Share Posted April 4, 2014 What ship class? Baltimore can only accommodate Spirit and Fantasy class ships due to the Key and Bay (Rt. 50) bridges. Per JH and the beards, in order to keep the cruises at 7 days, Baltimore requires Spirit class vessels due to the speed/time ratio from Baltimore to it's ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Carnival Posted April 4, 2014 Author #8 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Oh no-the Fantasy is my favorite class of ships Perhaps not my favorite per se, but very functional! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richstowe Posted April 5, 2014 #9 Share Posted April 5, 2014 (edited) We are limited to HAL's Maasdam (55,000 tons) size ships coming to Montreal. Quebec city being further downstream at the mouth of the St. Lawrence river can handle the big ships. We are stuck with just the smallest. HAL's Eurodam which is about Fantasy class size is supposed to be able to make it to Montreal after some power-line obstructions are raised. Perhaps hope against hope we could even get a Spirit class ship although the port of Montreal's dock is a dirty hole. I guess that needs to be fixed up as well.:o Edited April 5, 2014 by richstowe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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