Carnival Magic

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Career
Name: Carnival Magic
Owner: Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator: Carnival Cruise Lines
Port of registry: Panama
Ordered: 2007
Builder: Fincantieri
Cost: $740 million
Laid down: 12 January 2010[1]
Identification: IMO number: 9378486
Status: Under Construction[2]
General characteristics
Class and type: Dream Class
Tonnage: gross tonnage (GT) of 130,000 tons
Length: 1,004 feet (306.02 m)
Beam: 122 feet (37.19 m)
Decks: 14 decks
Speed: 22.5 knots
Capacity: 3,646 (double occupancy) passengers[1]
Crew: 1367 crew

Carnival Magic is a Dream-class cruise ship, currently under construction at Fincantieri's Monfalcone yards and is one of the latest of the Carnival Cruise Lines (NYSE[3]) ships to enter the fleet; expecting to enter service in May 2011. Her sister ship, the Carnival Dream entered service on September 21, 2009.

Concept and Construction

The keel of Carnival Magic was laid on 12 January 2010. Unlike her predecessor, Carnival Dream, she will have 1,845 staterooms plus 746 crew staterooms making her capacity at 6,000 passengers including crew.[1]

Highlights

According to Carnival's press release [4], the ship and her sisters, the Carnival Dream and the Carnival Breeze are expected to have the widest variety of activity, dining, and entertainment options of the entire fleet. Exact details have not been released to date.

Homeport/Itinerary

The Carnival Magic will spend her inaugural season, summer 2011, sailing the Mediterranean. [5] She will sail a combination of 7, 9, and 12-night cruises. All leaving from Barcelona, Spain and one leaving from Venice Italy[6].

After her inaugural season she will be home port in Galveston, Texas completing 6, 7, 8 day Western Caribbean Voyages[7]

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