Carnival Dawn lately underwent a multimillion-dollar refurbishment and upkeep dry dock.
Following 9 days at sea, the ship returned to Florida early Tuesday morning and can embark on its first post-dry dock crusing for a Western Caribbean cruise to Cozumel this afternoon.
Spoiler alert: There weren’t a number of adjustments so far as the venues are involved, however a number of new paint, carpet, flooring, and one new venue was added.
Do you know? Dawn was launched as Carnival Triumph in 1999 earlier than present process a $200 million makeover in 2018 to turn out to be Carnival Dawn.
The ship is available in at 101,509 gross registered tons and measures 893 ft in size. It’s designed to hold 2,754 visitors with double occupancy.
Carnival Dawn presents varied cabins, from the inside stateroom to the swanky Captain Suites above the navigational bridge.
| Stateroom | Variety of Rooms |
|---|---|
| Captain Suites | 2 |
| Ocean View Balcony Grand Suites | 10 |
| Ocean View Suites | 41 |
| Balconies | 502 |
| Ocean View Rooms | 302 |
| Inside Cabins | 512 |
The atrium was remodeled in the course of the preliminary 2018 makeover to a extra modern silver and gold palette, changing the earlier purple accents and making a extra radiant area.
The atrium bar and stage retained their authentic positions from the Triumph days, surrounded now by the visitor companies and shore excursions desks, their places additionally unchanged.
Just a few steps into the aft eating space, a lot stays because it was, albeit up to date with a refresh in the course of the 2024 drydock.
One of many fascinating issues they did was an engineering marvel in the course of the 2018 refurbishment; they added over 100 new staterooms. A handful of these new cabins are situated the place the theater’s floor ground was once.
| Our preliminary journey report from the inaugural crusing of Carnival Dawn might be present in our sea weblog entry. |
Throughout the renovation, the principle present theater’s floor stage was raised to the fourth deck, making room for added inside and ocean-view rooms on the third deck.
- Deck 4 & 5: The rebranded Liquid Lounge, a theater showcasing manufacturing reveals, bingo, and varied acts, respectable glorious sightlines and elevated accessibility and luxury.
- Limelight Lounge: Previously the Oxford Bar, this area revamps design and performance to accommodate comedy reveals and different occasions higher. That is the place the Punchliner Comedy Membership is discovered.
Further enhancements embody the Java Blue Cafe, a bona fide espresso store open from early morning until late at evening, which serves a number of pastries and drinks.
The reconfigured promenade presents a extra interactive pathway by way of the Dawn On line casino, with the brand new Warehouse Arcade and Hereos Tribute Bar that pays homage to the army servicemembers and their households. Hereos changed the SkyBox Sports activities Bar, which is one in the identical.
Different enhancements across the ship embody areas receiving new flooring and a brand new flooring mat within the water park.
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