The ''Vista'' class is a class of

cruise ship Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, cruise ships typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports of call, where passengers may go on Tourism, tours k ...

s built by

Fincantieri Fincantieri S.p.A. () is an Italian shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. Already the largest shipbuilder in Europe, after the acquisition of Vard in 2013, Fincantieri group doubled in size to become the fourth largest in the world (2014 ...

in Italy. The ships are operated by the

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 ...

and

Adora Cruises Adora Cruises Limited (formerly CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping) is a Chinese cruise line that was scheduled to begin operation in 2020, but was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic. History Adora Cruises was founded as CSSC Carnival in October 2015 a ...

divisions of

Carnival Corporation & plc Carnival Corporation & plc is a British and American cruise operator with a combined fleet of over ninety vessels across eight cruise line brands. A dual-listed company, Carnival is composed of the Panama-incorporated, US-headquartered Carnival ...

. The class design is based on Carnival's , but with a different

stern The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. The stern lies opposite the bow, the foremost part of a ship. O ...

and main atrium. The length was increased an additional on the ''Vista''-class ships, compared to the ''Dream'' class.

History

was constructed in the

shipyard of

Monfalcone Monfalcone (; Venetian language#Regional variants, Bisiacco: ; ; ; archaic ) is a town and (municipality) in the Province of Gorizia, Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, located on the Gulf of Tr ...

(Gorizia) and was delivered in April 2016. The first steel for the ship was cut in late February 2014, and the

keel The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element of a watercraft, important for stability. On some sailboats, it may have a fluid dynamics, hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose as well. The keel laying, laying of the keel is often ...

was laid in October 2014. The ''Carnival Vista'' coin ceremony/

float out Float-out is the process in shipbuilding that follows the keel laying and precedes the fitting-out process. It is analogous to launching a ship, a specific process that has largely been discontinued in modern shipbuilding. Both floating-out and ...

was done in June 2015, with the ship being delivered on 28 April 2016. ''Carnival Vista'' features outdoor spots like Havana Bar & Pool, a ropes course, mini golf, SkyRide at SportSquare (an -long track suspended around its top deck that passengers can circle in pedal-powered capsules), and Seafood Shack plus additional spaces like the first

IMAX IMAX is a proprietary system of High-definition video, high-resolution cameras, film formats, film projectors, and movie theater, theaters known for having very large screens with a tall aspect ratio (image), aspect ratio (approximately ei ...

at sea. ''Carnival Vista'' has custom Cuban-themed staterooms and new Family Harbor staterooms. The Clubhouse features indoor activities like mini-

bowling Bowling is a Throwing sports#Target sports, target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a bowling ball, ball toward Bowling pin, pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). Most references to ''bowling'' are ...

and arcade-style

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

, and

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

. The ship also has SkyGreens, a mini

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

course on Deck 12. The second ''Vista''-class ship, , was delivered to Carnival in March 2018. Like ''Carnival Vista'', ''Carnival Horizon'' features SkyRide, an IMAX Theatre, a Water Works aqua park which is themed after

Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel ( ;"Seuss"
'' P&O Cruises Australia P&O Cruises Australia was a British-American owned cruise line with operational headquarters as part of Carnival Australia, based in Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia. Originally a sister company of P&O Cruises in the United Kingdom, it wa ...

and two ships for

Costa Crociere 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 ...

, however, on 15 December 2016 Carnival Corporation announced that the ship that was to set sail for P&O Cruises Australia in 2019 would now be sailing for

. P&O was then set to receive a retrofitted instead, however in September 2017, it was announced that ''Carnival Splendor'' would stay in the Carnival fleet and P&O Cruises Australia would get

Princess Cruises Princess Cruises is an American cruise line owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. The company headquarters are in Santa Clarita, California and is incorporated in Bermuda. As of 2025, it is the List of cruise lines#List of cruise lines by size, s ...

in 2020. Two more future ships were planned to be built at

China State Shipbuilding Corporation The China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is a state-owned shipbuilding conglomerate of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Background CSSC is one of the top 10 defence groups in the PRC. It consists of various shipyards, equip ...

and were due to be delivered from 2022 to CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping. There are options for four more ships. The third ''Vista''-class ship, , was announced on 1 December 2017. Unlike her Carnival sisters ''Carnival Vista'' and ''Carnival Horizon'', ''Carnival Panorama'' replaced the IMAX theater with an indoor SkyZone trampoline park. She made her maiden voyage as the Carnival

flagship A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of navy, naval ships, characteristically a flag officer entitled by custom to fly a distinguishing flag. Used more loosely, it is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels, typically ...

on 11 December 2019 from her homeport in

Long Beach, California Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter ci ...

Vanna White Vanna Marie White (née Rosich; born February 18, 1957) is an American television personality and game-show hostess, best known as the co-host of the game show '' Wheel of Fortune'', a position she has held since 1982. She began her career as a ...

serves as the ship's godmother. ''Costa Venezia'' and ''Costa Firenze'' were planned to join the Carnival Cruise Line fleet under a newly created joint concept with Costa Crociere named Costa by Carnival. ''Carnival Venezia'' was assigned to homeport at

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

, New York, starting in 2023 and ''Carnival Firenze'' homeports at

in 2024. In December 2022, Carnival announced that these two ships will be known as the Venice class.

Ships

References

External links

Carnival Cruise Lines
{{Carnival Cruise Line Cruise ship classes Panamax cruise ships Carnival Cruise Lines Luminosa