Carnival Radiance

{{Short description|Destiny-class cruise ship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox ship | display_title = ital | infobox_caption = ''Carnival Radiance'' |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Carnival Radiance (ex. Carnival Victory) (ship, 2000) Comes Back in Long Beach, California (December 2025).jpg | image_caption = ''Carnival Radiance'' docked in Long Beach, (Los Angeles County) California, USA wearing Carnival’s Blue Bow Livery from Carnival Mardi Gras on 18 December 2025 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = {{ubl |2000–2021:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.faktaomfartyg.se/carnival_victory_2000.htm |title=M/S Carnival Victory (2000) |website=faktaomfartyg.se |language=sv |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> ''Carnival Victory'' |2021–present: ''Carnival Radiance'' }} | owner = Carnival Corporation & plc | operator = Carnival Cruise Line | registry = {{flag|Panama}}<ref name="Ward">{{cite book |title=Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships |url=https://archive.org/details/berlitz2006compl00doug |url-access=registration |last=Ward |first=Douglas |year=2005 |publisher=Berlitz |location=Singapore |isbn=978-9812467393 }}</ref><ref name="carnival">{{cite web |url=https://www.carnival.com/cruise-ships/carnival-victory.aspx |title=Carnival Victory |access-date=28 August 2018 |work=Carnival Cruise Lines}}</ref> | ordered = 30 January 1997<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.carnival.com/pr/97013097.html |title=Carnival Corporation Signs for Third 100,000-Ton Vessel |publisher=Carnival Corporation |date=7 February 1998 |access-date=19 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980207124539/http://www.carnival.com/pr/97013097.html |archive-date=7 February 1998 }}</ref> | builder = Fincantieri, Monfalcone, Italy<ref name="Ward"/> | original_cost = {{ubl |US $410 million<ref name="Ward"/> |US $200 million (2021 refurbishment) }} | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down = 26 June 1998 | launched = 31 December 1998 | completed = 28 July 2000 | acquired = | maiden_voyage = {{ubl |15 October 2000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smartcruiser.com/travel/cruise/ship.rvlx?ShipID=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113110922/http://www.smartcruiser.com/travel/cruise/ship.rvlx?ShipID=10 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 November 2006 |title=Carnival Victory Overview, via WayBack Machine |access-date=7 September 2018 |work=SmartCruiser}}</ref> |13 December 2021 (''Carnival Radiance'') }} | in_service = October 2000–March 2020, December 2021 | identification = *{{IMO Number|9172648}}<ref name="coast guard">{{csr|register=PSIX|id=11531|shipname=Carnival Victory}} </ref> *Call sign 3FFL8<ref name="coast guard"/> *{{MMSI|355263000}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Carnival-Victory-9172648.html |title= Carnival Victory (IMO: 9172648) |access-date=20 August 2008 |work=vesseltracker.com}}</ref> | fate = | status = In service | notes = Sister ship of ''Carnival Triumph'' (now ''Carnival Sunrise'') | homeport = Long Beach, California | sponsor = {{ubl | 16 September 2000 (Mary Frank, wife of Howard Frank, Carnival Corp. Vice Chairman)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://carnivalcruiseblog.com/images/rudy-friederich/carnival-victory-subdued-decor-for-carnival |title=Carnival Victory, Subdued Decor for Carnival |access-date=20 August 2008 |work=Carnival Cruise Lines Blog |date=25 June 2005 |archive-date=8 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708121227/http://carnivalcruiseblog.com/images/rudy-friederich/carnival-victory-subdued-decor-for-carnival |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 12 December 2021 (Lucille O'Neal, mother of Carnival brand ambassador Shaquille O'Neal) }} }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = {{Sclass|Destiny|cruise ship}} | tonnage = {{GT|101,509}}<ref name="carnival"/> | displacement = | length = {{convert|893|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="carnival"/> | beam = {{convert|116|ft|m|abbr=on}} | height = | draught = | draft = {{convert|27|ft|m|abbr=on}} | depth = | decks = 13 decks<ref name="carnival"/> | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | power = {{cvt|34000|kW}} | propulsion = Diesel-electric; two controllable pitch propellers (17.6 MW each)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beyondships.com/CarnivalVictorytour1.html |title=Carnival Victory Tour |work=beyondships.com |access-date=23 December 2009 |archive-date=27 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427154409/http://www.beyondships.com/CarnivalVictorytour1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | sail_plan = | speed = {{convert|21|kn}} | capacity = 2,764 passenger (double occupancy), max 3,470 (with all berths filled)<ref name="carnival"/><ref name=Hernandez/> | crew = 1,100<ref name="carnival"/> | notes = }} }}

'''''Carnival Radiance''''' (formerly '''''Carnival Victory''''') is a {{sclass|Destiny|cruise ship}} operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Ordered by Carnival in 1997, the {{GT|101509}} vessel was the third ''Destiny''-class cruise ship to join the fleet after her debut in 2000 and became one of the largest cruise ships of her era. In 2021, she was renamed ''Carnival Radiance'' after a US$200 million refit was completed in October and she commenced service under her new name in December.<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 September 2021|title=It's official: Carnival Victory is now Carnival Radiance|url=https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/refurb-interiors/its-official-carnival-victory-now-carnival-radiance|access-date=25 September 2021|website=seatrade-cruise.com}}</ref>

==Construction== ''Carnival Victory '' was built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri at its Monfalcone shipyard in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. She was launched on 31 December 1998<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=9172648|shipname=Carnival Victory|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref> and later christened by Mary Frank,{{sfn|Smith|2010|p=53}} wife of Howard Frank, the then vice-chairman of Carnival.<ref>{{cite web|last=Heald|first=John|title=A Cycle of Godmothers|url=http://johnhealdsblog.com/2012/12/03/a-cycle-of-godmothers/|website=John Heald's Blog|publisher=John Heald|access-date=7 June 2015|date=3 December 2012|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402163111/https://johnhealdsblog.com/2012/12/03/a-cycle-of-godmothers/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the time of her launch, she was one of the largest cruise ships of her era.<ref name=Hernandez>{{Citation | last= Hernandez |first= Andy |title= Carnival Victory: Carnival's 'Fun Ship' to the Bahamas |journal= Ships Monthly |pages= 53–55 |date= November 2018 }}</ref>

In October 2018, Carnival announced that ''Carnival Victory'' would undergo a large-scale renovation in 2020 to complete the final phase of Carnival's fleet renovation program, after which the vessel would be renamed ''Carnival Radiance''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 2018 |title=Carnival Victory to Become Carnival Radiance After Huge Refit |url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2018/10/carnival-victory-to-become-carnival-radiance-after-huge-refit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202004300/https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2018/10/carnival-victory-to-become-carnival-radiance-after-huge-refit/ |archive-date=2 February 2023 |access-date=1 February 2023 |website=Cruise Industry News}}</ref> The vessel was originally scheduled to begin the $200 million dry dock in Cádiz, Spain in March 2020 but the refit was postponed into the following year after the COVID-19 pandemic paused shipyard operations at the Navantia shipyard.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kalosh |first=Anne |date=23 March 2020 |title=Carnival Victory-to-Radiance work suspended at Navantia |url=https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/refurb-interiors/carnival-victory-radiance-work-suspended-navantia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519020547/https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/refurb-interiors/carnival-victory-radiance-work-suspended-navantia |archive-date=19 May 2022 |access-date=1 February 2023 |website=Seatrade Cruise News}}</ref> The ship was officially renamed ''Carnival Radiance'' in September 2021 amid the continued renovation and left Cádiz in mid-October on a seven-week trip through the Panama Canal to reach her new homeport of Long Beach, California.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kalosh |first=Anne |date=23 September 2021 |title=It's official: Carnival Victory is now Carnival Radiance |url=https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/refurb-interiors/its-official-carnival-victory-now-carnival-radiance |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126233530/https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/refurb-interiors/its-official-carnival-victory-now-carnival-radiance |archive-date=26 January 2023 |access-date=1 February 2023 |website=Seatrade Cruise News}}</ref> In November, Carnival named Lucille O'Neal, mother of Carnival's brand ambassador, Shaquille O'Neal, as the ship's new godmother,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jainchill |first=Johanna |date=16 November 2021 |title=Shaquille O'Neal's mom named godmother of Carnival Radiance |url=https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Shaq-mom-named-godmother-Carnival-Radiance |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219223145/https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Shaq-mom-named-godmother-Carnival-Radiance |archive-date=19 December 2021 |access-date=1 February 2023 |website=Travel Weekly}}</ref> and she christened the vessel on 12 December in Long Beach, after which the ship commenced operations the following day with a four-day inaugural sailing to Ensenada, Mexico and Catalina Island.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 December 2021 |title=Carnival Radiance Christened by Godmother Lucille O'Neal |url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2021/12/carnival-radiance-christened-by-godmother-lucille-o-neal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202005236/https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2021/12/carnival-radiance-christened-by-godmother-lucille-o-neal/ |archive-date=2 February 2023 |access-date=1 February 2023 |website=Cruise Industry News}}</ref><ref name="Radiancechristening">{{Cite web |last=Jainchill |first=Johanna |date=13 December 2021 |title=Shaq gives mom an assist on Carnival Radiance renaming |url=https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Lucille-ONeal-names-Carnival-Radiance-with-an-assist-from-son-Shaq |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522072452/https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Lucille-ONeal-names-Carnival-Radiance-with-an-assist-from-son-Shaq |archive-date=22 May 2022 |access-date=1 February 2023 |website=Travel Weekly}}</ref>

==Design==

===Machinery=== The ship is powered by four GMT Sulzer 16 ZAV and two GMT Sulzer 12 ZAV diesel-electric engines driving two controllable pitch propellers. She is fitted with two rudders (which can be individually controlled) as well as stabilizers.<ref name=Hernandez/>

===Layout=== ''Carnival Victory'' is themed by American designer and architect Joseph Farcus to depict the different oceans and seas of the world.<ref name=Hernandez/>

Like ''Carnival Sunrise'' (formerly ''Carnival Triumph''), her architecture is different from sister ship ''Carnival Sunshine'' (formerly ''Carnival Destiny''). The two newer vessels have additional balcony cabins on their Lido decks and various changes to placement and architecture of public areas. There are three large pools and a {{convert|214|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=Scull /> waterslide. [[File:Carnival Victory2.jpg|thumb|right|''Carnival Radiance'' as ''Carnival Victory'' departs New York City, New York on 23 June 2008]] She has a nine-deck atrium with four glass elevators, a two-deck lounge with seating for 747, and a total capacity of 3,400 passengers and 1,100 crew members.<ref name="Scull">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ImCzXyYivkkC&pg=PA101 |title=100 Best Cruise Vacations |edition=4th |last=Scull |first=Theodore |year=2006 |location=Guilford, CT |publisher=The Globe Pequot Press |pages=101–2 |isbn=0-7627-3862-6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://help.goccl.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1577|title= Carnival Victory (VI) Fact Sheet|website=help.goccl.com|language= en-US|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref>

==Service history== [[File:Carnival Victory in Cozumel, December 2017.jpg|thumb|right|''Carnival Radiance'' as ''Carnival Victory'' docked in Cozumel, Mexico on 26 December 2017]]

Throughout her service, ''Carnival Victory'' was based at Miami, Florida, sailing year-round on alternating three-night and four-night cruises to Caribbean destinations.<ref name=Hernandez/> In July 2020, Carnival announced that ''Carnival Radiance''{{'}}s new homeport would become Long Beach instead of Port Canaveral or Galveston, Texas, which were previously announced in 2018 and 2019, respectively.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tribou |first=Richard |date=13 November 2018 |title=Carnival Radiance featuring Shaq restaurant to call Port Canaveral home |work=Orlando Sentinel |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/florida-cruise-guide/os-bz-carnival-radiance-port-canaveral-shaq-restaurant-20181113-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=11 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113180146/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/florida-cruise-guide/os-bz-carnival-radiance-port-canaveral-shaq-restaurant-20181113-story.html |archive-date=13 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pulsinelli |first=Olivia |date=15 October 2019 |title=Carnival Cruise Line bringing fourth ship to Galveston, expanding local business by more than 30 percent |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2019/10/15/carnival-cruise-line-bringing-fourth-ship-to.html |access-date=1 February 2023 |website=Houston Business Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 July 2020 |title=Carnival Sells Two Ships, Provides Further Fleet Update |url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2020/07/carnival-sells-two-ships-provides-further-fleet-update/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202012035/https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2020/07/carnival-sells-two-ships-provides-further-fleet-update/ |archive-date=2 February 2023 |access-date=1 February 2023 |website=Cruise Industry News}}</ref> Following her debut in December 2021, she began sailing year-round on alternating three-night and four-night cruises to Catalina Island and Ensenada.<ref name="Radiancechristening"/> [[File:Carnival Radiance in Ensenada 2023.jpg|thumb|center|''Carnival Radiance'' at Ensenada, Mexico on 29 January 2023]]

==References==

===Notes=== {{reflist|30em}}

===Bibliography=== * {{Smith: Cruise Ships 2010}}

==External links== {{commons category|IMO 9172648}} * {{Official website|http://www.carnival.com/cruise-ships/carnival-victory.aspx}} * [http://magicallydigital.com/carnival-victory/ Carnival Victory Photo Gallery]

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