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Carnival Venezia
Carnival Veneziaat theRoyal Naval DockyardinBermuda,2023
History
Bahamas
Name
  • Costa Venezia(2019–2023)
  • Carnival Venezia(2023–present)
NamesakeVenice, Italy
OwnerCarnival Corporation & plc
Operator
Port of registry
OrderedApril 2016
Builder
Cost$780 million[2]
Yard number6271
Laid down1 November 2017
Launched22 June 2018
Sponsored by
  • Gan Beiye(Costa Venezia)
  • Jay Leno(Carnival Venezia)
Christened
  • 1 March 2019(Costa Venezia)
  • 14 June 2023(Carnival Venezia)
Completed28 February 2019
In service
  • 8 March 2019(Costa Venezia)
  • 29 May 2023(Carnival Venezia)
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class and typeVista-classcruise ship/ Venice-class
Tonnage135,225GT[3]
Length323.6 m (1,061 ft 8 in)[3]
Beam37.2 m (122 ft 1 in)[3]
Draught8.55 m (28 ft 1 in)[3]
Depth11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)[3]
Decks14 passenger decks
Installed power
  • MAN 2x14V48/60 CR kW
  • +3x8L48/60 CR kW
  • 62,400 kW (83,700 hp) (Total power)[4]
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (service)[4]
Capacity
  • 4,208 (double occupancy)[4]
  • 5,260 (max)
Crew1,278 crew

Carnival Veneziais aVista-classcruise shipoperated byCarnival Cruise Line,a subsidiary ofCarnival Corporation & plc.Originally intended to serve the Chinese market, she debuted asCosta Veneziafor sister brandCosta CruisesinShanghaion 18 May 2019.[5]At 135,225gross tonnage(GT) and with a capacity of 4,208 passengers, she became the largest ship commissioned for the Costa fleet upon her delivery.

In 2023, amid a corporate fleet reshuffling in the wake of theCOVID-19 pandemicand its impact on the industry,Costa Veneziawas transferred to Carnival under a new sub-brand named "Costa as Carnival" operating as "Carnival Fun Italian Style". The new concept was designed to integrateCosta Veneziaand sister shipCosta Firenzeinto Carnival in a bid to boost domestic American capacity after the cruise line had sold numerous older vessels while Costa contended with operational challenges in its core markets. In March 2023, she was officially renamedCarnival Veneziaduring her pre-delivery renovation and debuted for Carnival the following May as the lead vessel for the new sub-fleet ofVenice-class ships.

Planning and construction (2015–2019)

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Carnival Corporationentered a strategic agreement withFincantieriin March 2015 about five cruise ships for delivery between 2019 and 2022.[6]TheEnchanted Princesswas ordered in April 2016.[7]In December 2015 Carnival and Fincantieri signed a memorandum of agreement about four cruise ships of them.[8] In January 2016, Carnival Corporation announced that they had made firm their commitment with Fincantieri to expand Costa Cruises' Asia fleet, with two vessels at 135,500gross tonnage(GT) each, with a guest capacity of approximately 4,200 passengers.[9]The contracts were finalized in April 2016, which were built off of a memorandum agreed upon between the cruise line and the shipyard earlier in 2015.[10]The ships, comprising a new class of vessels in Costa's fleet, were planned to carry an interior design that would focus on Costa's Italian traditions for their Asian clientele to experience.[9]

On 1 November 2017, Costa Cruises announced that the first of the two vessels built specifically for the Chinese market would be namedCosta Venezia.The announcement came at the coin ceremony for the ship at the Fincantieri shipyard inMonfalcone.[11]On 22 June 2018,Costa Veneziawasfloated outfrom the shipyard[12]and additional details were also announced about the ship's interior design and facilities, revealing that many of the key features of the ship would be inspired byVenetianlandmarks and their architecture, including the ship's main atrium, theatre, and restaurants.[12]She completed her first round ofsea trialson 27 December 2018 and began the second round on 18 January 2019.[13]Fincantieri officially deliveredCosta Veneziato Costa Cruises on 28 February 2019 in Monfalcone.[14]

Costa Cruises (2019–2023)

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Carnival VeneziaasCosta VeneziainCorfu,2019

On 1 March 2019, Costa frequent cruiser Gan BeiyechristenedCosta Veneziaat the naming ceremony inTrieste.[15]The ship operated avernissagecruise on 3 March, departing from Trieste toGreeceandCroatia,before arriving back in Trieste on 8 March,[16]after which she sailed her official inaugural voyage, a 53-day cruise from Trieste toTokyo.[5]Beginning on 18 May 2019,Costa Veneziawas homeported year-round inShanghai,serving exclusively Chinese guests on itineraries aroundEast Asia.[5]After several years of inactivity, in May 2022, she was redeployed toIstanbulto sail in theMediterraneanbefore she halted service for Costa on 1 December.[17]

Carnival Cruise Line (2023–present)

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On 22 June 2022, Carnival Corporation announced thatCosta Veneziaand sister shipCosta Firenzewould be transferred to Costa's sister brand,Carnival Cruise Line,in 2023 and 2024, respectively, under a new sub-brand, "Costa by Carnival" operating as "Carnival Fun Italian Style". Both ships would be renamed with the Carnival prefix, painted in a hybrid Costa and Carnival livery, and staffed and operated by Carnival.[18]It was a project aimed at boosting Carnival's capacity in the American market during its recovery following theCOVID-19 pandemicand came after Carnival had sold numerous older vessels in its fleet while Costa faced operational challenges in its core markets, including Europe and China.[19]

In December 2022, Carnival revealed thatCarnival VeneziaandCarnival Firenzewould be slotted into its fleet as a sub-class of its existingVista-class, known as theVenice-class. It also revealed that the two ships would combine many of the staples found on existing Carnival ships with new features and amenities inspired by Italian design and tastes, including new menu items across their bars and restaurants.[20]In March 2023, the ship began her refit and rebranding effort at theNavantiashipyard inCádiz,[21][22]and she officially joined the fleet on 22 March in a handover ceremony that also witnessed her renaming toCarnival Venezia.[23][24]The ship left the shipyard in late-May and commenced operations on 29 May 2023 with her inaugural voyage, a two-weektransatlantic crossingfromBarcelonatoNew York,after which she will be christened by her godfather, American comedianJay Leno,on 14 June 2023.[25][26][27]Carnival Veneziawill sail year-round from her homeport inManhattanto theCaribbeanand beginning in December 2024, she will also operate week-long Caribbean voyages fromPort Canaveralon a seasonal basis.[25][28]

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