FYI … I will be away next week (May 11-16) on the
Carnival Splendor with limited access to Internet, so I will not be posting an
article next week. I’m going to check
out the ship, because I am taking a group on her Oct 23, out of Norfolk, to
Bermuda. Come sail with us. I have one balcony & 3 inside cabins left
with an estimate $ 600 pp savings (434) 237-3832.
Some cruisers compare the size of a ship to tonnage
before deciding to sail. Others to the number
of cruisers onboard, or even cruiser to staff ratio. Others look at the length.
No matter the general type statistics you are looking
for, this can often be a task in finding quickly. But
not any more, if you haven’t yet discovered this information is on Wiki.
Wiki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia makes this insight
readily available to the cruiser ! All
you do is type in the “search bar” … Wiki and the name of your ship, seach
& presto, there it is.
Go ahead now and find your ship ! You may even find a picture !
And here is the
general characteristics I found on that page:
Name: Carnival Splendor
Owner: Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator: Carnival
Cruise Lines
Port of registry: Panama
Route: Bahamas & Caribbean
Ordered: 2006
Builder: Fincantieri
Cost: US$697 million
Yard number: Genoa, 6135
Laid down: 2007
Launched: 3 August 2007
Christened: 10 July 2008
Completed: 28 June 2008
Maiden voyage: 18
August 2008
In service: 2008–present
Class and type: Splendor-class cruise ship
Tonnage: 113,323
GT 83,320 NT
11,843 DWT
Length: 290 m (950 ft)
Beam: 116
Draught: 8.3 m (27 ft)
Decks: 13
Installed power: 6
× Wärtsilä 12V46C (6 × 12,600 kW)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric; two shafts. Converteam propulsion motors (2 × 21 MW)[5]
Speed: 21 knots
(39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity: 3,006 passengers
Crew: 1150
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