Carnival Cruise LineFantasy classRetired 2020

Carnival Fascination

Sailed from San Juan, Puerto Rico · Fly into SJU

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Carnival Fascination in port at Nassau, the Bahamas, 2008 · Photo: Verybigfish86, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Carnival Fascination no longer sails for Carnival Cruise Line: she left Carnival Cruise Line's fleet in November 2020. Carnival Cruise Line's fleet today · Retired and departing ships

About Carnival Fascination

Carnival Fascination is a former Carnival Cruise Line cruise ship of the Fantasy class, which sailed 1994 to 2020. She measured 70,367 gross tons and carried 2,056 guests with a crew of 920. She sailed Caribbean itineraries.

Carnival Fascination was a Fantasy-class ship that entered service as Fascination in 1994 and became Carnival Fascination in 2007. She spent most of her career in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with a period sailing from Jacksonville to the Bahamas, and returned to San Juan for Southern Caribbean cruises in 2016. After the pandemic pause Carnival laid her up in July 2020 and in November 2020 sold her to Century Harmony Cruise Ltd, which planned to use her as a hotel ship in Asia. That never happened: resold and renamed Y Harmony, she was beached for scrapping at Gadani, Pakistan, in February 2022.

Ship facts

Gross tons: 70,367
Guests: 2,056; Crew 920 · 1:2.2
Space ratio: 34.2; Comfortable
Sailed: 1994–2020; Left the fleet November 2020
Length: 261 m
Decks: 10

Sister ships: Fantasy class

3 ships in the class

Carnival Fascination is one of 3 Fantasy class ships. Carnival Elation (1998) and Carnival Paradise (1998) are in service.

Ship	Year	Gross tons	Guests	Space	Rating
Carnival Fascination this ship	1994–2020	70,367	2,056	34.2	—
Carnival Elation	1998	71,909	2,190	32.8	3.3/5
Carnival Paradise	1998	71,925	2,124	33.9	3.5/5

Photos

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Carnival Fascination in port at Nassau, the Bahamas, 2008Photo: Verybigfish86, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Where she sailed

CaribbeanEastern, Western and Southern Caribbean islands, sailing year-round from Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico

Home port: San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Quick answers

Which cruise line operates Carnival Fascination?

Carnival Fascination sailed for Carnival Cruise Line and belongs to its Fantasy class.

What are Carnival Fascination's sister ships?

Carnival Fascination is one of 3 Fantasy class ships. Carnival Elation (1998) and Carnival Paradise (1998) are in service.

Is Carnival Fascination still sailing for Carnival Cruise Line?

Carnival Fascination no longer sails for Carnival Cruise Line: she left Carnival Cruise Line's fleet in November 2020.

How big is Carnival Fascination?

Carnival Fascination measures 70,367 gross tons and 261 metres in length, with 10 decks.

How crowded does Carnival Fascination feel?

Carnival Fascination has a passenger space ratio of 34.2: 70,367 gross tons for 2,056 guests. Ratios over 50 feel spacious and under 30 busy, so Carnival Fascination feels comfortable for her size.

How many passengers does Carnival Fascination carry?

Carnival Fascination carried 2,056 guests at double occupancy, with a crew of 920 (about 2.2 guests per crew member).

When did Carnival Fascination enter service?

Carnival Fascination entered service in 1994 and was last refurbished in 2006.

Where does Carnival Fascination sail?

Carnival Fascination sailed Caribbean itineraries. Her home port was San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Which airport should I fly into for Carnival Fascination?

Carnival Fascination sails from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Fly into Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU), which has 4 airport lounges listed on Lounge Frog.

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