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''Carnival Luminosa'' (formerly ''Costa Luminosa'') is a
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operated by
Carnival Cruise Line Carnival Cruise Line is an international cruise line with headquarters in Doral, Florida. The company is a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. Its logo is a funnel (ship), funnel shaped like a whale's tail, with a red, white, and blue colo ...
. Originally built as the ''Costa Luminosa,'' the ship entered service on 5 May 2009. Her design is a hybrid, using elements of and . A
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, , was launched in February 2010 and is based on the same design. ''Costa Luminosa'' departed
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, Italy on 3 June 2009, on her 13-night maiden voyage, with ports of call in
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and
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. On 14 June 2022, it was announced that ''Costa Luminosa'' would be transferred to the fleet of
Carnival Cruise Line Carnival Cruise Line is an international cruise line with headquarters in Doral, Florida. The company is a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. Its logo is a funnel (ship), funnel shaped like a whale's tail, with a red, white, and blue colo ...
, receiving the name ''Carnival Luminosa''. She began sailing for Carnival in November 2022.


Design and description

''Costa Luminosa'' is the thirteenth ship of
Costa Cruises Società per Azioni, S.p.A. (), operating as Costa Cruises, is an Italian cruise line founded in 1948 and organized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc since 2000. Based in Genoa, Italy, the cruise line primarily caters to ...
, part of their five-ship expansion program, which includes , , and . ''Costa Luminosa'' and her
sister ship A sister ship is a ship of the same Ship class, class or of virtually identical design to another ship. Such vessels share a nearly identical hull and superstructure layout, similar size, and roughly comparable features and equipment. They o ...
, ''Costa Deliziosa'' have a
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of 92,700 each and are long. ''Costa Luminosa'' and ''Costa Deliziosa'' pioneered in the introduction of a new vessel design, which is a hybrid; using design elements of the and cruise ships. The ship has 1,130 cabins, four dining areas, a theatre, a cinema and other passenger facilities.


Construction and career


''Costa Luminosa''

''Costa Luminosa'' and her sister ship, ''Costa Deliziosa'' were ordered from the
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Marghera shipyard on 12 June 2006. The
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of ''Costa Luminosa'' was laid on 10 October 2007 in the Fincantieri Marghera shipyard at
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. She floated out of drydock on 30 June 2008 and completed her
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s on 30 March 2009. After 18 months, the ship was handed over to Costa Cruises on 1 May 2009. The christenings of ''Costa Luminosa'', and the ''Costa Pacifica'' were held in
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on 5 June 2009. It was the first time that two cruise ships were simultaneously christened in Italy. The dual christening ceremony set a then
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World record in the category, "Most ships inaugurated in one day by one company". The two ships also launched simultaneously in their shipyard on 5 June 2008; ''Costa Luminosa'' in Marghera and ''Costa Pacifica'' in Sestri Ponente. ''Costa Luminosa'' made her first on 5 May 2009, a 10-day cruise in the Eastern Mediterranean, departing Venice, with ports of call at
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, Olympia,
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and
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. It was followed by mini cruises in Eastern Mediterranean, again departing Venice on 15 May 2009. Her second was on 19 May 2009. In the summer of 2009, the ship offered 11 and 14-day cruises at the Baltic capitals, Norwegian fjords and the North Cape. During the 2009–2010 winter season, the ship operated in
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, offering seven-day cruises in the
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with calls at Dubai,
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, and
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. After the political problems in Bahrain, the company changed the itinerary removing Bahrain. Despite claims of sustainable practices by both Costa Cruises and its parent company Carnival,
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reported in 2015 that ''Costa Luminosa'' dumped the toilet waste of its 3,200 passengers and crew in the sea, instead of taking use of harbour facilities, often provided free of charge by Baltic ports. The report calculated that more than of waste was dumped during a single cruise in the
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. The report did not suggest that the marine pollution regulations
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were breached. From 2017 every summer she sails on seven-night cruises to the
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. During the winter period ''Costa Luminosa'' goes on seven-night cruises in the
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.


Coronavirus pandemic

On 29 February 2020, a 68-year-old Italian man in critical condition was transferred from ''Costa Luminosa'' to a hospital in the
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due to heart issues. On 12 March 2020, the Health Services Authority of the Cayman Islands announced that the man was their first confirmed coronavirus case. His death was announced two days later. On 5 March 2020 the vessel left
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for a transatlantic cruise. Two people disembarked with symptoms of the coronavirus in
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. Subsequently, on 13 March 2020, it was confirmed to be due to
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– the first known cases in Puerto Rico. One of the two persons died several days later. Because of the virus outbreak several sick passengers were left at
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and passengers were placed under quarantine in their rooms. The ship was not allowed to dock in Spain. It docked at
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, France, discharging sick passengers who flew home distributing the virus, and went to
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where the rest of the passengers were disembarked on 23 March, many of them sick. After the disembarkation at Marseille, French authorities confirmed 36 people with COVID-19 infection. On 21 March local news in Puerto Rico reported the death of the quarantined Italian woman. On 7 April, a Miami lawyer filed a lawsuit against Costa Cruises over mishandling and allowing passengers to sail aboard ''Costa Luminosa'' despite having flu-like symptoms. She spent her final season for Costa sailing seven-night cruises to the Greek Islands.


Transfer to Carnival Cruise Line

On 14 June 2022 it was announced that ''Costa Luminosa'' would be transferred to the fleet of
Carnival Cruise Line Carnival Cruise Line is an international cruise line with headquarters in Doral, Florida. The company is a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. Its logo is a funnel (ship), funnel shaped like a whale's tail, with a red, white, and blue colo ...
in September 2022, receiving the name ''Carnival Luminosa''. On 8 September 2022 ''Costa Luminosa'' was officially handed over to Carnival Cruise Line. After a refit, the ship sailed to Brisbane, Australia to begin voyages that started on 6 November. The ship has since spent the southern-hemisphere summer months in Australia in 2023 and 2024.


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