In February 2022, Carnival announced that Ecstasy would take over itineraries from Mobile for Carnival Sensation before being removed from the fleet in October 2022.

Despite that, Ecstasy went on to have a long and profitable career for Carnival, sailing mostly shorter itineraries and weekend cruises. Its interiors were designed by long-time Carnival architect Joe Farcus, who gave Ecstasy an overload of neon, glitz and 1990's colors that have been subtly - but not overly - toned-down in the intervening decades.Įcstasy made headlines in 1998 when a fire broke out in the ship's laundry facilities and the vessel lost power while setting sail from Miami. What Made It Special: Carnival Ecstasy was the second Fantasy Class ship to be constructed for Carnival, and entered service in 1991 to wide acclaim. Here's our running tally of the ship's we've lost in the past few years.Ĭarnival Ecstasy (Photo: Carnival Cruise Line) The youngest to be scrapped as of this writing is the 1996-built Costa Victoria, while the oldest vessel to head to the breakers was the beautiful 1965-built Marco Polo (the famed ex-ocean liner previously known as Aleksandr Pushkin). More, still, are being retired post-pandemic as lines look to improve their fleets and shed older, less-efficient (and more costly) vessels. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, numerous cruise ships head to the breakers with no chance for a farewell cruise or proper send-off. While it is not uncommon to see cruise ships built in the 1970s and 1980s go to the breakers due to breakdowns or changing SOLAS (Safety Of Live At Sea regulations), older vessels are usually transferred first to another, smaller cruise operator - a market that is often referred to as 'secondhand tonnage.' That trend is changing, though. EST) - Most modern cruise ships spend 40 years or more sailing the world's seas.

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