Engineering:Carnival Dream
.jpg) Carnival Dream anchored off Belize City.
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| Name: | Carnival Dream |
| Owner: | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator: | Carnival Cruise Lines |
| Port of registry: |
Panama City,  Panama |
| Ordered: | January 31, 2006 |
| Builder: | Fincantieri |
| Cost: | US$741,100,785 |
| Yard number: | Monfalcone 6151 |
| Laid down: | February 4, 2008 |
| Launched: | October 24, 2008 |
| Sponsored by: | Marcia Gay Harden |
| Acquired: | September 12, 2009 |
| Maiden voyage: | September 21, 2009 |
| In service: | 2009–present |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | Not in service |
| Notes: | [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Dream-class cruise ship |
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| Length: | 306.02 m (1,004 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 37.2 m (122 ft 1 in) |
| Decks: | 15 |
| Installed power: | |
| Speed: | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) |
| Capacity: | 3,646 passengers [4] |
| Crew: | 1,369 |
| Notes: | [1][5][6][7] |
Carnival Dream is a cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. She is the lead ship of her namesake class, which includes Carnival Magic, Carnival Breeze, and Costa Diadema. Built by Fincantieri at its Monfalcone shipyard in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, she was floated out on October 24, 2008, and christened by Marcia Gay Harden.[1][8][9]
At 128,250 GT, Carnival Dream was once the largest Carnival Cruise Ship. It lost this title to the Carnival Magic, when she was introduced in 2011.
Facilities
Carnival Dream and her sisters were the largest ships ever built by Fincantieri until the introduction of the Vista-class ships in 2016, which were also built by Fincantieri.[10] The ship was the first in the Carnival fleet to include a water park with multiple slides. She also has an 18-hole miniature golf course and a wide outdoor promenade deck that includes an outdoor cafe and a whirlpool Jacuzzi in four places along the outside edge of the deck.[5]
Areas of operation
Carnival Dream has been based in several US ports cruising to Caribbean destinations. The ship was based in New Orleans, Louisiana up until late 2019 when she was re-positioned to Galveston, Texas.
Successors
The Carnival Dream not only introduced the Dream-Class of cruise ships.[11] But highly influenced Carnival's highly popular Vista-class of ships.[12]
Incidents and accidents
In July 2011, Carnival Dream had issues with one of her engines, forcing a change in her travel schedule.[13][14]
On March 14, 2013, Carnival Dream experienced a back-up generator malfunction while performing regular pre-embarkation testing. No power outages occurred but Carnival Cruise Line decided to stay docked in port at Philipsburg, Sint Maarten. The ship was scheduled to leave port around 5 p.m. ET the day before. The U.S. Coast Guard said they were notified by Carnival Cruise Lines that Carnival Dream was experiencing problems with her generator.[15] Carnival was paying to fly passengers back to Port Canaveral, via Orlando International Airport, or their home cities and canceled Dream's March 16 departure.[13] The ship set sail on her first cruise after the mechanical problems on March 23.[16]
Michael Moses Ward, also known as Birdie Africa, the only child survivor of the 1985 MOVE bombing, died in September 2013, at the age of 41. His death occurred in a hot tub aboard Carnival Dream while sailing in the Caribbean. Initial reports indicated an accidental drowning.[17] Sources say he may have had a stroke in the hot tub.
On May 3, 2018, a pipe, which was part of the ship's fire suppression system, burst and flooded deck 9. About 50 staterooms were affected by the flood.[18]
On December 29, 2018, lifeboat number 28 broke loose from Carnival Dream for unknown reasons and was excessively damaged. Carnival decided to abandon the lifeboat at sea and plans to purchase a new replacement. No one was on board the lifeboat at the time and no injuries were reported.[19]
On October 24, 2019, a few hours after Carnival Dream left Galveston, Texas, a man went overboard by jumping off his stateroom balcony. Carnival stated "the ship's command promptly began search and rescue procedures, returned to the area near where the incident occurred and notified the US Coast Guard." However, after 586 square miles covered by the search in 48 hours, the US Coast Guard suspended operations.[20]
Appearances in film
About 20 minutes of the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked was filmed aboard Carnival Dream.[21][22]
In the film World War Z, upon entering the command center of the Naval Vessel the main characters land on, a sailor is seen announcing the authorization for Carnival Dream to join the fleet.
References
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel Carnival Dream". VesselTracker. 2012. http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Carnival-Dream-9378474.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Carnival Dream". Fincantieri. https://www.fincantieri.com/en/products-and-services/cruise-ships/carnival-dream/.
- ↑ Carnival Dream, The PPI Group, p.25, 2009.
- ↑ "Carnival Dream Fact Sheet" (in en). https://carnival-news.com/carnival-dream-fact-sheet/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Carnival Dream Highlights". Carnival Cruise Line. 2012. http://www.carnival.com/cruise-ships/carnival-dream.aspx?shipCode=DR.
- ↑ "Cruise Ships: Carnival Dream". Fincantieri. 2012. http://www.fincantieri.com/CMS/Data/prodotti/000282.aspx?cms640909ff=840a20f3592e4b48b07eaf532bfc31f8&menu_key=687562a1&CMSKEY_categoria=CRUISE&CMSKEY_tipo=&CMSKEY_armatore=Q2Fybml2YWw=&CMSKEY_anno=&CMSKEY_sottotitolo=.
- ↑ "Carnival Dream (874808)". United States Coast Guard. https://cgmix.uscg.mil/PSIX/PSIXSearch.aspx.
- ↑ Smith 2010, p. 33.
- ↑ "Carnival Dream (9378474)". Lloyd's Register. https://classdirect.lr.org/lros?lrno=9378474.
- ↑ ""Carnival Magic" Laid: Work Start Carnival Cruise Line's New Flagship" (Press release). Fincantieri. January 12, 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ↑ "List of Carnival Cruise Ships Newest to Oldest" (in en-US). 2020-08-08. https://cruisefever.net/carnival-cruise-ships-newest-to-oldest/.
- ↑ "Carnival Vista really is different from other ships. Here are 6 reasons why". https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article126175119.html.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Greg Pallone; Jerry Hume (14 March 2013). "Carnival passengers stuck on cruise ship to fly into Orlando". Central Florida News 13. http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2013/3/14/carnival_cruise_ship.html.
- ↑ "Technical problem forces Carnival Dream to change trip". Central Florida News 13. 16 July 2011. http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/ot/both/2011/07/16/Technical_problem_forces_Carnival_Dream_to_change_trip.html.
- ↑ Chuck Johnston; Tina Burnside; Marlena Baldacci (14 March 2013). "Passengers: Power outages, overflowing toilets on another Carnival cruise ship". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/14/travel/cruise-ship-trouble/index.html?hpt=hp_t3.
- ↑ Jerry Hume (23 March 2013). "Repaired Carnival Dream sets sail from Port Canaveral". Central Florida News 13. http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2013/3/23/repaired_carnival_dr.html.
- ↑ Davies, Dave (Sep 25, 2013). "'Birdie Africa,' child of MOVE, dies at 41". www.newsworks.org. http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/homepage-feature/item/60214.
- ↑ "Pipe burst aboard Carnival Dream floods staterooms, hallway mid-cruise" (in en-US). NOLA.com. http://www.nola.com/travel/index.ssf/2018/05/carnival_dream_pipe_break_wate.html.
- ↑ Walker, Jim (December 31, 2018). "Carnival Dream Loses Lifeboat". https://www.cruiselawnews.com/2018/12/articles/rescue/carnival-dream-loses-lifeboat/.
- ↑ "Search suspended for man who jumped off Carnival cruise ship". October 27, 2019. https://abc13.com/search-suspended-for-man-who-jumped-off-carnival-cruise-ship/5645425/.
- ↑ Kosciolek, Ashley (21 December 2011). "'Chipwrecked': 5 Questions About Alvin, the Chipmunks and Carnival Dream". CruiseCritic.com. http://www.cruisecritic.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/21/chipwrecked-5-questions-about-alvin-the-chipmunks-and-carnival-dream/.
- ↑ Sloan, Gene (16 December 2011). "'Alvin and the Chipmunks' movie filmed on Carnival Dream". USA Today: Travel. http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/post/2011/12/alvin-and-the-chipmunks-chipwrecked-carnival-dream/587145/1.
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