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What's on your wish list for the new Carnival mega ship coming in 2020?

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Hmm, do you realize that Disney Cruise Line ship have adult only areas?

 

With so many requesting adult only pools and areas, why not simply sail Celebrity, Holland or Princess. Very few kids much of the time. Asking for pools and venues for adults only on "Carnival" is like asking Disney Land to do the same. I don't think people going on the family fun ships would be to thrilled with having so many spaces unavailble to them. Carnival already has the Havana Cabins which is only for adults and kids over 12.
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About the OP's idea of a Central Park. I have been the Oasis class and we really enjoyed it.

 

On our first Oasis class cruise (Oasis of the Seas) toward the end of the cruise, they offered a tour of Central Park with one of the on-board horticulist. It just so happened be the Head horticulist and on top of the that the very first one when the ship launched.

 

All of the plants brought on board had to be approved by the gov't due to concerns about bringing pest to the US. Originally they had palm trees, but after a few months the gov't changed their minds and felt they were a danger so had to be destroyed. Once a plant is brought on board, it can never leave, so it is incinerated.

 

The other interesting thing was the on-shore people designed the planting scheme. However in actuallity some of the plants didn't work out. The head on-board horticulist had to use trial and error to figure out which plants worked where in Central Park. Some that didn't work out in Central Park he was able to move to a different part of the ship, so didn't have to be destroyed.

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P&O have finally released deck plans for IONA, which is the same design as the new Carnival ship. You can view them here.

 

https://www.pocruises.com/global/deckplans/Iona/Iona_Deckplans_2019-20.pdf

 

 

 

While there will be differences of course with the Carnival ship, you can expect the layout to be very similar as well as the cabin design.

 

Looking at the deck plan, I'm guessing the LNG tanks will be located on Decks 17 & 18 just forward of the midship pool and glass dome. There is a large space there that is not public, and it would be an odd place for crew cabins. Also on the exterior of the ship I can see a exhaust funnel located at this very spot, probably some kind venting system for the tanks. Again just a guess but it's fun to speculate.

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I couldn’t imagine tanks being located that high up - remember that at least initially, a barge will be delivering fuel to the ship - although I agree with you that the forward stack is probably a functional exhaust. Part of Deck 18 is likely open to Deck 17 (and Deck 16) below.

 

My hunch is that the deck plan is still missing a ton of features that have not been announced.

 

It actually would not surprise me to see some crew cabins among the upper decks - Carnival likes to have crew bunk near where they work.

 

 

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I couldn’t imagine tanks being located that high up - remember that at least initially, a barge will be delivering fuel to the ship - although I agree with you that the forward stack is probably a functional exhaust. Part of Deck 18 is likely open to Deck 17 (and Deck 16) below.

 

My hunch is that the deck plan is still missing a ton of features that have not been announced.

 

It actually would not surprise me to see some crew cabins among the upper decks - Carnival likes to have crew bunk near where they work.

 

 

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I personally don't think that area would be for crew cabins. I also think the deck plans are complete. I've compared the deck plans of IONA, COSTA SMERALDA, and AIDAnova which are all sister ships to the new Carnival ship. They all share that blank space on Deck 17 and 18 with the exhaust funnel. Since this is not normally where I would find a blank space, and the exhaust funnel is located there, my assumption is that the LNG tanks will be located there.

 

On VIKING GRACE, the first passenger carrying ferry using LNG the tanks are located aft and are exposed. There is the exhaust pipe for them as well, so I guess it's a necessity for venting. I know Carnival Corp. doesn't want their tanks exposed, so they will be enclosed. I don't know enough about LNG storage to know the optimum storage location, but apparently LNG doesn't have the weight of a normal heavy bunker traditional fuel, so unlike normal cruise ships, the fuel tanks don't have to be located low and center for stability. I've attached a pic of VIKING GRACE for reference.

 

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Joebucks

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So many good ideas here!

 

I thunk the solo cabins are a great idea. I like the balconys that overlook the park and I'd love an escape room. :D

 

According to the Iona plans, solo cabins are coming! I have a feeling they will cost 75% of a normal cabin/double booked. Still, I'll take it!

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According to the Iona plans, solo cabins are coming! I have a feeling they will cost 75% of a normal cabin/double booked. Still, I'll take it!

 

Based on what I saw on AIDA’s deck plans, the solo staterooms are around 135 square feet. A typical balcony cabin on current Carnival ships is 185 square feet. Solo cabins on Norwegian are 99 square feet.

 

 

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I personally don't think that area would be for crew cabins. I also think the deck plans are complete. I've compared the deck plans of IONA, COSTA SMERALDA, and AIDAnova which are all sister ships to the new Carnival ship. They all share that blank space on Deck 17 and 18 with the exhaust funnel. Since this is not normally where I would find a blank space, and the exhaust funnel is located there, my assumption is that the LNG tanks will be located there.

 

The fuel tanks will be in the same superblock as the engines, which are at the bottom:

 

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/watch-aidanova-engine-room-module-leaves-rostock#gs.6xLg0TQ

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The fuel tanks will be in the same superblock as the engines, which are at the bottom:

 

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/watch-aidanova-engine-room-module-leaves-rostock#gs.6xLg0TQ

 

 

Thanks for the article. I'm still guessing that blank space has something to do with the LNG fuel system, even if it's not the fuel tanks themselves. It doesn't make sense as crew quarters, and that exhaust funnel just above it is obviously for something. All ships in the class have this blank space and the exhaust funnel in the same spot. I'll look forward to more technical information when both Cruise Industry News Quarterly and Cruise Business Review have a feature on AIDAnova.

 

One feature IONA has the others don't is an observation lounge called the Crow's Nest. I would love to see this on the Carnival ship as well, but looking at the Carnival rendering it will be cabins just like AIDAnova and COSTA SMERALDA. What a shame, but it's in keeping for the Carnival brand as none of their ships have observation lounges. They are a favorite feature of mine.

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Is that 5200 based on double occupancy or maximum occupancy?

 

To be honest I am not a big mega ship fan. Been on most of them and the only class that is sufficiently different and innovative is Oasis. Everything else no matter which cruise line is just a busier and more crowded version of their slimmer predecessors, designed to cram in as many pax as possible and if you want less crowd and quality sea view you better cough up a fortune for a full suite.

 

Not enough to put me off completely if the itinerary is right but I don’t particularly look forward to any of them.

 

That said, my wish list is simple enough, a full go around promenade deck and a full top deck with forward, aft and side ocean views for everyone.

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Is that 5200 based on double occupancy or maximum occupancy?

From what I have read, that is at double occupancy.

 

Full capacity is 6500.

 

"The ship will have a capacity of 5,286 passengers, based on double-occupancy of its cabins, and a maximum capacity of 6,500. It is likely to have an onboard crew of about 2,000."

 

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https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2018/08/21/carnival-bring-its-largest-ship-port-canaveral/1049946002/

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Most, I would like better smoke control in the casino. Ideally, it would be a smoke free casino, however I doubt that Carnival will ever do that. So, outside of a smoke free casino, then I would like to see a casino with a real separation between smoking and non smoking areas, and at very least a better air filtration in the casino.

 

I would love to see some solo cabins (inside is fine with me), and those rooms to be priced a bit more favorably for solo cruisers, then the current 200pc pricing in regular cabins.

 

I would love to see a Tandoor station in the buffet. However it seems Carnival is bent on getting rid of Tandoor, if not a dedicated Tandoor station, I would love to see some consistent offers of Indian food at the buffet, both with meat and vegetarian.

 

Last, I would like to see a theaters like in the older ships (the ones where the chairs cant be moved around), and better shows than playlist, somehow I don't see that happening either.:(

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On ‎8‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 5:47 PM, cynt said:

An open air casino at the back of the ship on the Lido deck. On the days when it's inclement weather and of course on days when it's closed they close the top with a roof and close the sides with those sliding glass partition kind of like sliding glass doors. They could even have stationary walls, that are solid from the ground to about 4 feet and then glass on that top portion that could slide into the walls. So it's still an open air concept when you open the windows and the roof.

I vote for this, for so many reasons! 👍

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On ‎7‎/‎24‎/‎2018 at 9:16 AM, Joebucks said:

 

You may be right, but inversely, how many people don't sail because there are no solo fares? I'd be interested to know.

 

I know personally, I'm not too fond of sailing solo on Carnival with the current pricing setup. Cut that fare in half, and now we're talking.

My son, granddaughter & I cruise together - share balcony cabins.  If Carnival offered solo fares, I would get my own cabin in a heart beat!  I also believe some people don't cruise Carnival because they don't offer solo fares.

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