Vista Spirit hybrid-class cruise ship

Vista Spirit hybrid class

MS Queen Victoria prior to her 2017 refit
Class overview
Builders	Fincantieri
Operators	Cunard Line Costa Cruises Carnival Cruise Line
Preceded by	Spirit class Vista class
Succeeded by	Dream class Pinnacle class
Built	2006–2010
In service	2007–present
Planned	4
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	92,700  GT
Length	964.5 ft (294.0 m)
Beam	106 ft (32 m) waterline, 120 ft (37 m) extreme (bridge wings)
Height	205 ft (62 m) keel to funnel
Draft	26.2 ft (8.0 m)
Decks	16 total, 12 passenger
Installed power	MS Queen Victoria: Sulzer ZA40 diesel engines 63,400  kW (85,000  hp) (combined) MS Queen Elizabeth: 4 × MaK 12VM43C 2 × MaK 8M43C 64,000  kW (86,000  hp) (combined)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric Two ABB Azipods
Speed	23.7 knots (43.9 km/h; 27.3 mph) maximum, Service speed 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity	2,081 passengers
Crew	900

The Vista Spirit hybrid-class cruise ship is the culmination of two cruise ship designs. Carnival Corporation had two competing and very similar ship designs, the Vista class and Spirit class. The Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri constructed Vista-class ships for Holland America and P&O Cruises and the Finnish STX shipbuilder built Spirit-class vessels for the Carnival and Costa brands. Both designs incorporated Azipods, and were Panamax ships around 90,000  gross tonnage  (GT).

Background

The visual differences between the ships include:

• Vista-class ships had an external observation lift mid-ship on both sides of the ship, a wider forward and aft deck-width and a tiered forward section on the passenger cabin decks. Vista-class vessels also tend to have an additional upper deck just forward of the funnel.
• Spirit-class ships have an alternate wide-narrow-wide-narrow-wide deck width along their length and a flat forward section leading to the bow of the ship with small windows

Hybrid design

The hybrid design was first launched as Queen Victoria in 2007.

The hull, bow, and stern of the Vista Spirit hybrid class are identical; except for Queen Victoria which differs in some details. A 2017 refit for the Queen Victoria fitted additional cabins her stern which makes her more similar in appearance to Queen Elizabeth.

Ships in class

Built	Ship	Operator	Builder	Tonnage	Flag	Notes	Image
2007	Queen Victoria	Cunard Line	Fincantieri	92,700  GT	Bermuda	Received a refit in 2017
2009	Carnival Luminosa	Carnival Cruise Line	Fincantieri	92,700 GT	Bahamas	As of November 2022, sails as a part of Carnival Cruise Line's Spirit Class
2010	Costa Deliziosa	Costa Cruises	Fincantieri	92,700 GT	Italy
2010	Queen Elizabeth	Cunard Line	Fincantieri	92,700  GT	Bermuda