CARNIVAL DREAM cruise vessel

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Built as a cruise vessel under yard No 6151 by Fincantiere Cantieri Navali S.p.A., Monfalcone, Italy for the Carnival Corporation.
2006 Ordered.
04 February 2008 laid down.
24 October 2008 floated out.
Tonnage130,000 grt, 112,127 net, 13,815 dwt. Dim. 306 x 37.2m., length bpp. 269.2m
Powered by 6 Wärtsilä 12V46 diesel engines, 75,600 kW. twin propellers and two rudders.
Three bow thrusters and two stern thrusters.
Accommodation for 3,652 passengers. Crew 1,369.
12 September 2009 delivered to owners under the name CARNIVAL DREAM.
Building cost US$ 741,1000,785.
Panama flag and registery .

21 September 2009 maiden voyage to New York where on 13 November 2009 the ship was christened by the actress Marcia Gay Harden.
CARNIVAL DREAM is a Dream class cruise ship. At 130,000 tons, she was the largest ship yet built for the Carnival Cruise Lines. Her sister ship, CARNIVAL BREEZE is the latest in the line’s ships, entering service on June 3, 2012, while her other sister ship CARNIVAL MAGIC entered service in May 2011.
CARNIVAL DREAM and her sisters, CARNIVAL MAGIC and CARNIVAL BREEZE are expected to have the widest variety of activity, dining, and entertainment options of the entire fleet, and are currently the biggest ships ever built in Italy, by Fincantieri.
Cabins
The ship has an array of cabins to choose from. The cabins ranges from interior staterooms to suites. In addition, the ship introduced newer forms of cabins for Carnival Cruise Lines. One new type of cabin is a deluxe ocean view stateroom. The deluxe ocean view stateroom has two separate washroom facilities. Another new cabin for the cruise line is cove balcony stateroom. The cove balcony stateroom has a partially enclosed veranda. The ship features special spa staterooms that are currently available on CARNIVAL SPLENDOR.
Facilities
CARNIVAL DREAM is the first Carnival Corporation ship to feature a water park with multiple slides as a newbuild. The ship uses a larger variation of the water park that was recently added to the Fantasy class ships. The ship features a 2-deck miniature golf course. The ship also features a wide outdoor promenade deck that includes an outdoor cafe and a whirlpool jacuzzi in four places along the outside edge of the deck.
Comparisons to other cruise ships
While the largest cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Lines, the ship will not be the largest in the world, being surpassed by Royal Caribbean International's Oasis and Freedom classes, as well as Cunard Line's RMS QUEEN MARY 2 and Norwegian Cruise Line's NORWEGIAN EPIC. By comparison, CARNIVAL DREAM is roughly equal to Royal Caribbean International's Voyager class. However, CARNIVAL DREAM is 17 feet shorter.
Exterior
CARNIVAL DREAM is an all new class of ships for Carnival Cruise Lines. She features facilities similarly designed and used on the previous generations of Carnival ships while presenting a few new features. Significant alterations have been made to the public access areas of the ship like deck 5, which has an exterior promenade that runs the entire perimeter of the ship.
Appearances in film
The first 20 minutes of the film Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked mostly took place aboard this ship.
2013 In service, same name and owner. IMO NO 9378474..
St Maarten 2012 170c sg?, scott? (she is the third ship from the left facing landwarts.)
Guinea-Bissau 2012 850 FCFA sg?, scott?

The stamp inscription gives that she is the CARNIVAL DREAMSEA but not any cruiseship under that name exist, it must be the CARNIVAL DREAM.
Central African Republic 2013 900F sg?, scott?

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_Dream

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(St. Maarten 2013, 180 c. StG.?)