| LOI |
| Building contract |
| Building started |
| 4/7/1994 | Keel laid |
| 4/1/1998 | Launch |
| Sea trial |
| Second sea trial |
| 24/2/1998 | Delivered to Carnival Cruise Lines, Panama. |
| 20/3/1998 | Maiden voyage |
| 3/1998 | Cruises from Los Angeles to Mexico. |
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| 2003 | Western Caribbean cruises from Galveston,TX |
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| 2007 | Cruises from San Diego to Mexico. |
| 11/2007 | New name Carnival Elation. |
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| 2009 | Rebuild. |
| 2010 | Western Caribbean cruises from Mobile, Alabama. |
| 2011 | Western Caribbean cruises from New Orleans, Louisiana. |
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| 2016 | Caribbean cruises from Jacksonville, Florida. |
| 2017 | Rebuild |
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| 2019 | Build more babins aft on deck 9 |
| 2019 | Bahamas cruises from Port Canaveral, Florida. |
| 2020 | Laid up due to Covid19 |
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