Carnival Sensation

Sensation at Nassau in 2006
History
Name
  • Sensation (1993–2007)
  • Carnival Sensation (2007–2022)
Owner Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator Carnival Cruise Lines
Port of registryNassau,  Bahamas
RouteBahamas, Caribbean
Builder
CostUS$250 million
Yard number484
Sponsored by
  • Vicki L. Freed
  • Roberta Jacoby
  • Cherie Weinstein
  • Geri Donnelly
Completed1993
Maiden voyageNovember 1, 1993
In service1993
Out of serviceMarch 19, 2022
Refit2009
Identification
FateScrapped in 2022
Notes
General characteristics
Class & typeFantasy-class cruise ship
Tonnage
Length855 ft (261 m)
Beam103 ft (31 m)
Draft7.80 m (25 ft 7 in)
Decks10
Installed power
  • 2 × Sulzer-Wärtsilä 8ZAV40S
  • 4 × Sulzer-Wärtsilä 12ZAV40S
  • 42,240 kW (combined)
PropulsionTwo propellers
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity2,052
Crew920

Carnival Sensation, initially named Sensation, was a 70,367 GT cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. She was built in 1993 in Finland and cruised from Florida, USA to ports in the Bahamas and the Caribbean until the COVID-19 pandemic stopped operations in March 2020. The ship was subsequently sold for scrapping.