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The Spirit class is a class of cruise ships built at the Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland. The ships are operated by Carnival Cruise Lines, CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping and Costa Cruises (a subsidiary of Miami-based Carnival Corporation). The six ships were built to the original Panamax form factor, allowing them to pass through the Panama Canal. This class has the smallest of the signature smoke stacks that Carnival has on their ships. Carnival's Spirit-class ships also feature a unique funnel design that integrates the skylight dome of the atrium.

In 2007 and 2009, Queen Victoria and Costa Luminosa (built by Fincantieri) were introduced. The design of these ships are a hybrid between the Spirit class and the Vista class, creating the Vista/Spirit hybrid class. As of November 2022, Costa Luminosa (now Carnival Luminosa) is marketed by Carnival as a part of their Spirit class.

Ships

Built	Ship	Baseport	Tonnage	Flag	Notes	Image
Margaritaville at Sea
2000	Margaritaville at Sea Islander	Tampa, Florida[1][2]	85,619 GT	Bahamas	First Spirit-class ship in this line and first Spirit-class ship for Costa. Transferred to CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping in 2020. Sold to Margaritaville at Sea in 2023.
Adora Cruises
2003	Mediterranea	Tianjin, China	85,619 GT	Italy	Last Spirit-class ship for Costa. Transferred to CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping in 2021.
Carnival Cruise Line
2001	Carnival Spirit	Mobile, Alabama Seattle, Washington	88,500 GT	Bahamas	First Spirit-class ship for Carnival First ship to in the fleet to sail year round from Australia Previously based in Australia from 2012-2022
2001	Carnival Pride	Baltimore, Maryland Tampa, Florida London, England Rome, Italy Barcelona, Spain	88,500 GT	Panama	At one point, she was the flagship of Carnival
2002	Carnival Legend	Baltimore, Maryland Tampa, Florida	88,500 GT	Bahamas
2004	Carnival Miracle	San Francisco, California Long Beach, California Galveston, Texas	88,500 GT	Panama	Last Spirit-class ship in this line and last Spirit-class ship for Carnival

See also

• MV Arcadia – a similar Panamax ship operated by P&O Cruises.
• Coral Princess and Island Princess – A similar set of Panamax ships operated by Princess Cruises
• Radiance-class cruise ships – a similar class of Panamax ships operated by Royal Caribbean International
• Signature-class cruise ship – a similar class of Panamax ships operated by Holland America Line

References

External links

• Carnival Cruise Lines
• Picture of one of these ships leaving the drydock: [1] [2]