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Carnival ship named the Mirage?

Adventure Girl

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Adventure Girl

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Is anyone aware of.....or is anyone sailing on a Carnival ship called The Mirage? I have heard that Carnival has a new ship called the Mirage making it's maiden voyage in December, and sailing to the Caribbean in January....one of my co-workers is going on that ship, but he can't find any information on the ship from the Carnival site....just thought I would check here to see if anyone has heard of that ship. Thanks

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M.S JAZO

M.S JAZO

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Ya What are you talking about. Thats a good name..... for a future ship. Are you sure they are going on a cruise. Maybe they made up the name or like the last post said are your sure they got a good TA or maybe you got the names mixed up. As far as I know, no major cruise line has a ship named Mirage.

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L2J

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No so far they have not. There past ships were Mardi Gras Tropicale Festivale and Canrivale. They dont use these anymore. For now at least

I think at least one of them was sold for scrap.

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M.S JAZO

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They were old Festivale Mardi Gras and Carnivale were used ships bought and refitted to be cruise ships. Tropicale was there first new ship and was in the carnival fleet until 2000. Then they had the Hoilday class. Hoilday Celebration and Jubilee. They are starting to do this with the Jubilee. I think its this month or next she is being tranfered to P&O Austraila. Little by little they will do this with the rest of the Hoilday class.

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mohavemommy

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You named the three of the ships I was trying to think of: Tropicale, Festivale and Carnivale. I think I remember the Mardi Gras also, now that you named it.

 

Thanks.

 

Why did they take them out of service? Too small? I know the Jubilee was only 2 years old when I was on it.

I sailed on the Carnivale in 1986. It is about 28,000 grt compared to todays 80,000 to 110,000 ships. It was originally built in the 1950's. It is still in service today under the name of the Topaz and is being leased out to the PeaceBoat group now. It was in New York City a few months ago.

 

This is a picture of the Topaz next to the Carnival Legend. You can really see the size difference.

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DeckCadet

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A brief history of Carnival Cruise Lines:

first ship: TSS Mardi Gras (Joined CCL: 1972, left 1993)- Initially served as Empress of Canada. Was sold and has been scrapped at the breakers at Alang, India. Work began on her as work finished on sister Festivale, now very little is left; the keel and some lower decks as of the last update.

Next ship: TSS Carnivale (joined CCL: 1975, left 1994)- Sister ship to Mardi gras, originally Empress of Britain. Last surviving sister.

Third sister: TSS Festivale (joined CCL: 1978, left 1996)- Third of the sisters, originally Transvaal Castle/ S.A. Vaal. Retrofitted with additional decks. First to be scrapped, with the work completed by this summer.

 

Newbuilds begin: M/S Tropicale (Joined CCL 1981, left 2000)- Carnival Cruise Lines built this ship exclusively for themselves. Introduced the classic winged funnel that is CCL's signature. Following a fire on board in 2000, she was refitted and transferred to Costa cruises and sails as Costa Tropicale.

 

Holiday class:

M/S Holiday (Joined CCL 1985, remains in fleet)- first of three ships, measures 729 feet, 46,000 tons, just smaller than the rest. Currently homeported in New Orleans, refurbished 12/03, moving to Mobile, AL to begin year round western caribbean cruises.

M/S Jubilee ( Joined CCL 1986, leaving NOW)- The runt of the litter, I guess. people don't like her or something. Transferring to subsidiary line.

M/S Celebration (Joined CCL 1987, remains in fleet)- also redone, Celebration is regarded as having an excellent crew and will be homeported in jacksonville, FL.

 

The Mega Liners, the most successful in the world: Fantasy Class-

Carnival kicked off the most successful series of ships EVER in 1990 and continued through 1998. During this time, a change in decor occured and the last 2 ships, Elation and Paradise (1998, march/november), were quite toned down designs and also featured the first cruise application of the azipod propulsion system, and Paradise was the first totally smoke-free vessel (ending 9/20/04 if the ship leaves on time)

Fantasy- 1990

Ecstasy- 1991- had a small fire in a laundry area aft, which damaged some equipment and left a big cloud of smoke.......towed back to miami and was repaired. Transiting the canal this month, to be refurbished then cruising the caribbean.

Sensation- 1993

Fascination- 1994

Imagination- 1995

Inspiration- 1996

Elation- 1998

smoke-free PARADISE- 1998

 

Destiny Class:

Carnival Destiny-1996- Destiny was the first cruise liner to break the 100,000 ton mark at 101,353 grt.

Carnival Triumph- 1999- A few years gave time for improvement on Destiny's design. Additional upper decks were created bringing up the tonnage from destiny's 101353 to 101,509.

Carnival Victory- 2000

 

Spirit Class:

Carnival Spirit- 2001- A welcome change back to a smaller ship with fewer passengers, the Spirit class is like the fantasy class able to transit the canal (unlike destiny or conquest classes), and do the line's alaska and many new york- caribbean cruises. Also Azipod- equipped though the system has had some problems on Legend and Miracle. Features an additional dining option: a surcharge gourmet supper club that most cruisers say is a must.

Carnival Pride- 2002- For some time has been based on the west coast, and seems to be staying there for a while.

Carnival Legend- 2003- Does Ft. Lauderdale and New York caribbean cruises.

Carnival Miracle- 2004- Introduced earlier this year, kicked off in Jaxport, went to NYC, will sail year round from Tampa after that.

 

Conquest Class:

Carnival Conquest- 2002- An enlarged and improved version of the Victory, it is 952ft rather than 893, and 110,000 GRT over 101,500. Some people don't like the interior layout claiming it is too broken up. Very large ship. Sails western caribbean out of New Orleans. Like the spirit class features a surcharge gourmet supper club.

Carnival Glory- 2003- sails from Port Canaveral to the caribbean. Sailings have recently been affected by Hurricane Charley's running through the area before docking.

Carnival Valor- 2004- Currently undergoing sea trials/refit, entering service in december out of Miami.

Carnival Libety- 2005- Under Construction in Italy, will do 12 day mediterranean cruises July-october. Transatlantic 16 day end of october- start of november to Ft. Lauderdale, new itinerary not announced.

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NewCruzer1

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Thank you to everyone for the reply....my coworker is going to check again with his DW to see if she has the name of the ship correct.....she won the cruise through the sales company she works for. Thanks for all of the funny comments. :)

 

Try here:

 

http://cruises.about.com/library/cruisereviews/uccrurev180.htm

 

It's a review of a 2-day PortCanaveral-Freeport cruise on a casino-type ship called Mirage.

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