Cruise Ship Profiles
Ship specifications, photos, itineraries, accommodations, dining venues, notable rooms, activities, children's areas, deck plan, enhancements, incidents, accidents and more.
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Our Home Port is Venice, Florida, a city located on the southwest coast of Florida in Sarasota County.
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Itinerary
Leaves from
Charleston, SC (updated Nov 2011)
5, 6 and 7 day cruises to the Bahamas
Port calls include Nassau, Freeport , Grand Turk, Key West and Half Moon Cay.
Five-day voyages departing Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays will call at Nassau and Freeport in the Bahamas.
Six-day voyages departing Saturdays will visit Freeport, Nassau and Key West, Fla.
Seven-day voyages depart Saturdays and will feature Grand Turk, the private Bahamian island of Half Moon Cay, and Nassau.
Deck Plan
Sun Deck
Jogging track, sports park, mini-golf
Sports Deck
Gym, spa
Veranda
Passenger staterooms, waterworks
Lido
Resort-style pool and bar, grand buffet, sushi bar and pizzeria
Promenade
Main show lounge, clubs, bars, casino
Atlantic
Shopping, main dining rooms
Empress
Passenger staterooms
Upper
Passenger staterooms
Main
Passenger staterooms
Riviera
Passenger staterooms
CDC Ratings
2009 Rating 95 (May)
2009 Rating 89 (Nov)
2010 Rating 95 (Apr)
2010 Rating 98 (Oct)
2011 Rating 95 (Jun)
Adult's Only Serenity Retreat
The Serenity area is designed as an oasis for tranquility and relaxation, offering colorful, oversized umbrellas, comfortable chaise lounges and chairs, whirlpools, and breathtaking sea views.
Carnival Fantasy
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Entering service in 1990, the Fantasy is the oldest ship in the fleet. Fantasy received the "Evolutions of Fun" enhancements in the Fall of 2008.
Upgrades include the addition of the WaterWorks park, Serenity adult's only retreat, resort-style pool. Staterooms have been upgraded with new, flat-screen TVs and restyled bathrooms.
Specifications

Ship Class: Fantasy
Launched: 1990
Refurbished: 2008
GRT: 71,000
Length: 855 ft.
Draft: 25.7 ft.
Speed: 21 Knots
Passengers: 2,052
Accommodations
Carnival Comfort Beds in all staterooms with two twin beds that convert to a queen or king, sitting area, desk, bathroom with shower, phone, and TV with first-run movies and amenity basket displayed in the bathroom. The amenities are subject to change and are only sample sizes. The basket may include such things as: his/her razors; shampoo and conditioner; body wash; Tylenol; deodorant; hard candies. Supplies will be replenished by the room steward, if quantities allow.
Stateroom sizes
| Inside | 195 sq. ft. |
| Outside | 220 sq. ft. |
| Suite | 210 sq. ft. and veranda |
Dining Venues
Main Dining Rooms
Located on decks Celebration (forward) and Jubilee (midship) main dining rooms located on Atlantic deck.
Main Buffet
Windows on the Sea also features a new Mongolian wok where guests can select their choice of meat, vegetables, and noodles and have the dish prepared before their eyes. A rotisserie has been added, as well, with roasted chicken, beef, and lamb, along with a variety of side dishes and accompaniments. Located on Lido deck.
Room Service
24-hour room service menu. Room service orders are delivered to guests’ staterooms any time of the day or night at no charge.
Notable Rooms
Universe Main Show Lounge
Sit back and enjoy musical and stage productions. Sit forward for interactive activities like bingo, trivia and other games. And sit on the edge of your seat while experiencing action-packed, feature-length 3D movies!
Cleopatra's Piano Bar
Live music, sing-alongs located on Atlantic deck.
The Forum Aft Lounge
Cabaret style lounge offering activities during the day and music and comedy in the evenings featuring the Punchliner Comedy Club. Five 35-minute shows on multiple nights during each voyage, with at least two comedians performing each night. The two early-evening shows offer fun for the whole family while the later performances will feature adult-oriented comedy. Located on Promenade deck.
Majestic Cigar Bar
Intimate lounge near the Forum Lounge.
Electricity Disco
Party late-night at this main dance lounge. Located on Promenade deck.
Club 21 Casino
Full gaming casino located on Promenade deck midship.
Outdoor Venues
WaterWorks
An expansive aqua park towering over Verandah Deck. Designed with all-ages appeal, the sprawling, open-air facility includes a 300-foot-long spiral water slide – the longest at sea – along with twin 82-foot-long racing slides and various water spray apparatus.
City Sports Park
9-hole mini-golf course, padded jogging track, volleyball, shuffle board, basketball, ping pong.
Lido Deck
Offers a "resort-style” pool located mid-ship on Lido Deck featuring thatched roofing and large faux palm trees. Vibrant oversized umbrellas, comfortable deck chairs and a colorful tiled “beach” encircling the pool’s edge enhance the decidedly tropical ambiance.
Carnival’s Seaside Theatre
This 270-square-foot LED screen and poolside seating is the perfect spot for guests to sit back, relax and watch classic and first-run movies, sporting events, news, concerts and other programming, either during the day or night. Panorama deck.
Kid's Areas
Camp Carnival (ages 2-11)
Camp Carnival features games, finger painting, story time, movies and more… all in a supervised environment, while their parents can be off having fun of their own. The fun doesn't end at bed time, either; Carnival's babysitting program offers, for a fee, a fun late-night option for kids while their parents stay out until as late as 3 A.M.
Circle C (ages 12-14)
Video games, scavenger hunts, dance parties, sports, pool parties and special shore excursions.
Club O2 (ages 15-17)
Teens can enjoy the latest music with exclusive dance parties… video gaming and movies from the club's comfy seating, with video monitors all over the place. Outside of the club, activities include pool parties, team sports and special teen-only shore excursions.






