TIM eMagazine Vol.3 Issue 9
Carnival Panorama, and for Fincantieri, Antonio Quintano, Director of
the Marghera shipyard.
The new unit will be a sister ship of “Carnival Vista”, delivered in
Monfalcone in April, 2016, as well as of “Carnival Horizon”, built in
Marghera and delivered this year in March.
At 133,500 gross tons and 323 meters long: these are the figures
of the “Vista” class, which includes the largest ships that Fincantieri
has ever built for the Carnival Cruise Line’s fleet. She will have 2,004
passenger cabins added up to the 770 of the crew, being able to
accommodate more than 6,500 people onboard, including staff.
The units of the “Vista” class are a new technological benchmark,
in Europe and worldwide, in terms of cutting-edge layout, extremely
high performance and high quality technical solutions. The interior
fittings are of an extremely high level quality comfort, offering a
wide range of onboard entertainments, restaurants, theatres, shops
and wellness centers. On this ship as on the previous ones of the
“Vista” class, there will be the Havana Area, a themed private and
exclusive area, with cabins, open bars and an Infinity Pool. The ac-
cess to this area is limited, during the day, only to those passengers
whose cabins are in the Havana Area.
In addition to Carnival Panorama, launched today, Marghera ship-
yard has in its order book the second ship for the Costa Asia brand
and the third "Pinnacle" class unit for Holland America Line, respec-
tively scheduled to be delivered in 2020 and 2021.
Fincantieri has built 87 cruise ships since 1990 (of which 64 from
2002) and other 53 ships are currently being designed or built in the
Group's yards.
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