Carnival Cruise Line Model Ambassador John Heald has debunked rumors about what is going to – or extra particularly, won’t – be occurring throughout Carnival Vista‘s present dry dock.
In response to visitor questions, Heald has famous that one fashionable characteristic will likely be remaining onboard the ship, and promised to disclose extra particulars of the ship’s renovations and refreshment within the days to return.
Carnival Vista Dry Dock Underway
Carnival Vista is presently present process dry dock renovations in Cadiz, Spain, having arrived on the shipyard on January 16, 2024 for an intensive replace, following an 8-night transatlantic crusing. This would be the ship’s first main replace since she entered service in 2016.
On account of unfounded on-line rumors from influencers claiming to have “inside info” concerning the ship’s dry dock plans, Carnival followers have reached out to the cruise line’s model ambassador, John Heald, concerning the destiny of the ship’s fashionable IMAX theater. The rumors have acknowledged that the IMAX theater will likely be eliminated, and extra staterooms put as a substitute.
“That is one in every of many, many questions I reply every day about Carnival Vista’s dry dock. I’ll say this. She just isn’t dropping her IMAX,” Heald acknowledged. “The IMAX will stay.”
When Carnival Vista debuted in 2016, she had the primary ever IMAX Theater at sea, bringing the distinctive expertise to cruise vacationers in a manner no different cruise line had ever finished.
“Carnival Vista is an absolute ‘wow’ in each respect and we’ve got put collectively a line-up of leisure, actions and experiences like nothing else at sea. Our visitors are going to like this ship and their greatest problem will likely be making an attempt to select from so many various issues to do onboard,” mentioned Sara Beth Reno, the Carnival Cruise Line Vice President of Leisure when the ship debuted.
Heald has additionally confirmed that Carnival Vista will likely be getting her hull repainted to the brand new red-white-and-blue livery colours that first debuted with Mardi Gras in 2021 and have progressively been rolled out throughout the fleet as totally different ships entry dry dock.
Different particulars of the ship’s replace haven’t been confirmed, however it is vitally probably that numerous technical and mechanical updates will likely be made, in addition to refreshment of public areas and visitor staterooms. Portray, lighting upgrades, flooring upgrades, decking substitute, and different renovations are widespread for some of these dry dock overhauls.
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The 133,500-gross-ton Carnival Vista will return to service with a 3-night Bahamas crusing from Port Canaveral on February 15. After that, the ship will provide 6- and 8-night Jap and Southern Caribbean itineraries visiting high locations similar to Aruba, Curacao, Grand Turk, and Amber Cove.
The ship is homeported year-round from Port Canaveral. In July 2025, Carnival Vista will likely be one of many first ships to supply visits to the new non-public vacation spot, Celebration Key, now below improvement on Grand Bahama Island.
Concerning the Onboard IMAX Theater
Carnival Vista and her sister ship, Carnival Horizon, are the one two ships within the Carnival fleet to have IMAX theaters. The massive-format theaters provide first-run and lately launched movies in addition to particular documentaries formatted particularly for the big, immersive screens. The variety of showings will differ on every crusing relying on cruise size and general itinerary.
Carnival Vista‘s theater seats 187 visitors, and the 3-deck-high film display affords excellent readability and phenomenal sound to make each film an impressive expertise.
IMAX showings are an additional cost, although charges differ based mostly on the kind of movie being proven. Ticket costs are sometimes discounted for youthful cruisers in addition to senior residents.
The IMAX theater is a part of the Carnival Multiplex, which additionally contains the Thrill Theater with its 4D experiences with further immersive particular results – transferring seats, mist sprayers, followers, and many others. The 2 theaters are separate experiences with separate charges. The IMAX theater on Carnival Vista is on Decks 7 and eight, simply aft of the ship’s essential atrium.
Carnival Vista can welcome 3,934 visitors aboard at double occupancy, or as much as 4,977 passengers when totally booked. Additionally onboard are greater than 1,400 worldwide crew members to make sure each visitor has a incredible cruise trip.
