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