Carnival Cruise Line has revealed brand new features along with enhanced ones at its Carnival Vista unveiling located in New York and London on January 22nd. The upcoming ship has brought several surprises with new industry firsts at sea and exciting inaugural itineraries.
The vessel will have the largest WaterWorks in the fleet and going one step further than previous ships.
One of the most thrilling parts of this water park is the Kaleid-O-Slide where guests can hop on one or two person rafts and wiz around all the twists and turns that is 455 feet.
While still bearing the imprint of Funship 2.0, the Vista will have a number of novel elements not shared by other Carnival Cruise Line ships.
SkyRider, a recumbent cycle that runs a circuit around and above the sports deck, may be the most noticeable of the bunch.
But there’s also an IMAX theater, part of a Multiplex area; a new kaleidoscopic water slide; a casual seafood restaurant; an area of suites with hammocks; and a new approach to family staterooms. With the Vista, Carnival will become the first cruise line to brew its own beer at sea.
The cluster of new features is reminiscent of two other ships introduced in 2014: Norwegian Cruise Line‘s Norwegian Getaway and Royal Caribbean International‘s Quantum of the Seas. The new deck of indoor/outdoor restaurant space on the Vista’s Deck 5 looks remarkably like the Waterfront on Norwegian’s Breakaway/Getaway ships.
Norwegian, Royal and Carnival have been rivals for more than 40 years, but their competition in ship design is as vital as it has ever been. Each is pushing the other to develop better and more exciting new features, and the benefits are accruing to cruise passengers who have a fantastic array of fun things to do on a ship.
Carnival Vista is due in May 2016.
