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Topic: Carnival Trivia

RANGERVR6178
First Class Passenger
Member # 3946

posted 10-10-2003 11:41 PM

There are two Fantasy class ships that are 5 feet shorter in height... Can anyone guess what two ships these are and why they are like this?

Keterio cant answer this one!!!

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eroller
First Class Passenger
Member # 1649

posted 10-11-2003 08:04 AM

quote:
Originally posted by RANGERVR6178:
There are two Fantasy class ships that are 5 feet shorter in height... Can anyone guess what two ships these are and why they are like this?
Keterio cant answer this one!!!

Possibly the two that sail in and out of Tampa? Although truthfully I'm not sure.

Ernie

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Captain Rhone
First Class Passenger
Member # 3498

posted 10-11-2003 10:52 AM

My guess is that Ecstasy might be one?

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Ryndam
First Class Passenger
Member # 1315

posted 10-11-2003 12:13 PM

The Sensation and the Ecstasy cut the aft mast (the one on the funnel) in order to pass under the Tampa Bay Bridge.

Ryndam

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 10-11-2003 12:31 PM

I never knew there was an aft mast

! Well I got another trivia question...

What is the difference between the last two Fantasy-class ships and the earlier ones, other than that ELATION and PARADISE have Azipod Propulsion?

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RANGERVR6178
First Class Passenger
Member # 3946

posted 10-11-2003 03:19 PM

Elation, Paradise and now Fantasy all have lobby bars!

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RANGERVR6178
First Class Passenger
Member # 3946

posted 10-11-2003 03:19 PM

Ryndam- You have one right!

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Waynaro
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Member # 3484

posted 10-11-2003 04:23 PM

quote:
RangerVR6178 posted:
Elation, Paradise and now Fantasy all have lobby bars!

I mean in general between the last two and the previous ones.

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RANGERVR6178
First Class Passenger
Member # 3946

posted 10-12-2003 01:58 AM

Im confused!

Do you mean Imagination and Inspiration?
They both have penthouse suites at the top of the Atrium, while Elation and Paradise just have teen clubs there???

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Mike01
First Class Passenger
Member # 4210

posted 10-13-2003 04:03 PM

The Elation and Paradise are powered by the Azipod system instead of the standard prop/rudder design.

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Mike01
First Class Passenger
Member # 4210

posted 10-13-2003 04:04 PM

Sorry, my post got cut off. I would think the Azipods would lower the center of gravity of the ships and make them ride lower in the water.

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Brian_O
First Class Passenger
Member # 3910

posted 10-13-2003 05:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mike01:
I would think the Azipods would lower the center of gravity of the ships and make them ride lower in the water.

Quite the opposite. The azipods are lighter than the propeller shafts that they make unnecessary. It's the total weight of the ship rather than the location of its centre of gravity that determines how deeply it rides in the water, everything else being equal.

Brian

[ 10-13-2003: Message edited by: Brian_O ]

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Chip
First Class Passenger
Member # 3576

posted 10-13-2003 11:39 PM

The ships would be the Inspiration and the Sensation which both sail out of Tampa.

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lebelty
First Class Passenger
Member # 3855

posted 10-20-2003 11:55 AM

Okay, here is some more triva:

1. Who came up with the Carnival signiture wing funnel? Why does Carnival have the colors red, white, and blue in the pattern that they do?

2. What was the propesed name for Carnivals fist new building (this was happening at the same time Carnival was getting the Festival)? Why was this new building droped? How big was she going to be? And How much was she going to be?

3. What company did Carnival try to purchase in the 1980's besides HAL? Why didnt Carnival get them?

and lastly:
4. Who foundered Carnival (first and Last name)? Where were they from? Why was the name Carnival used? When did the second partner drop out?

Good Luck,
Tyler

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lebelty
First Class Passenger
Member # 3855

posted 10-20-2003 05:53 PM

any takers? too hard?

Tyler

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lebelty
First Class Passenger
Member # 3855

posted 10-21-2003 08:49 PM

Ok, i have another one
What Carnival ship was renamed FiestaMarina for a new subsidary company designed for the Hispanic comunity? Can you name the new company too?

tyler

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kph06
First Class Passenger
Member # 3506

posted 10-21-2003 09:18 PM

The Carnivale became the Fiesta Marina for Fiesta Marine Cruises.

By the way what was the answer to #2?

kevin

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BIGU52
Just Boarded
Member # 3776

posted 10-22-2003 08:55 AM

1. Logo was a "takeoff" on the CANADIAN PACIFIC logo. Was cheaper to revise the existing paint job on the EMPRESS OF CANADA (MARDI GRAS) than to totally start from scratch (?)

2.?

3. ?

4. Founded by businessman from TEL AVIV named TED ARISON after leaving partnership with KNUT KLOSTER of NCL in 1972 (?)

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 10-22-2003 03:11 PM

quote:
lebelty posted:
1. Who came up with the Carnival signiture wing funnel? Why does Carnival have the colors red, white, and blue in the pattern that they do?

Shockingly, Joe Farcus drew a sketch of the wing funnel during a meeting when the TROPICALE was stilll in the design process. The pattern was based off the last Canadian Pacific logo, but the red, white, and blue was the make it more US-friendly.

quote:
lebelty posted:
3. What company did Carnival try to purchase in the 1980's besides HAL? Why didnt Carnival get them?

The company was Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. The three original founders each had shares in RCCL. Carnival managed to get a deal to buy the shares from two people, but the last guy brought the shares from the other two founders. I think on one of the VOYAGER-class ship, a library(?) is named after him...

quote:
lebelty posted:
4. Who foundered Carnival (first and Last name)? Where were they from? Why was the name Carnival used? When did the second partner drop out?

I think its AITS that was the other partner. Carnival Cruise Line used to be a subsidary of AITS. Ted Arison somehow brought the rights to it and resumed all the debts.

Whats number 2?

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lebelty
First Class Passenger
Member # 3855

posted 10-22-2003 05:26 PM

Ok,the answer to #2 is:
dun dun dun....
At Kawasaki Heavy Industries (the same one that refited that Festivale) Carnival had an agreement to build a new ship for Carnival, a 30,000 gross tons, 1000 passengers, and at an expected price of $56 million, but the reson why it wasnt built was because the price ran over $100 million dollars.

#1 is Keitaro is right, Jow Farcas can up with the design of the wing funnel as well as the Tropicales interoir design. The colors come from a new system of logo coloration, called multimark, a geometric design showing a triangle and a crescent inside the square with colors that were appropiate for the ships services. The colors were made to make Carnival more american like.

#3 Keitaro you you are correct again! but, can you name the company?

#4 Keitaro, you did it again! Buit can you name the person? And what does AITS stand for?

tyler

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 10-22-2003 05:49 PM

quote:
lebelty posted:
#3 Keitaro you you are correct again! but, can you name the company?

Royal Caribbean Ltd?

quote:
Buit can you name the person? And what does AITS stand for?

Person? AITS is American International Travel Service?

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lebelty
First Class Passenger
Member # 3855

posted 10-22-2003 06:19 PM

Keitaro Royal Caribbean Ltd isnt the comapny, it was Gotaas-Larson.

tyler

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