Bargain sail: Carnival Sunshine aims to tempt British guests with good-value holidays
- Tonnage: 102,853
- Cost of makeover from Carnival Destiny: £100million ($155million)
- Time to refurbish: 75 days
- Length: 892ft
- Passengers: 3,006
- Decks: 14
- Crew: 1,040
- Five slides and 40 interactive water features in WaterWorks including:
- 334ft Twister slide
- 300-gallon drenching bucket
- 235ft side-by-side slides in Speedway Splash, which allows racers to compete against each other
- 16 video screens in the EA Sports bar
- 270 sq ft LED screen in the Seaside Theatre
- Three-deck Serenity adults-only retreat
- 24/7 pizza
In its first year of service:
- Guests are expected to eat 188,000 servings of chocolate melting cake and 270,000 pizzas, washed down with 115,000 cappuccinos
- 18,000 meals will be served in the Fahrenheit 555 Steakhouse
- 75 tonnes of pineapples will be used, mainly in tropical drinks
- Stateroom stewards will place 1.5million pieces of chocolate on pillows and create 500,000 towel animals
- Guests will have 14,000 massages and nearly 7,000 facials in the Cloud 9 Spa
See a gallery of my pictures from Carnival Sunshine here
Long way down: Will you brave the Twister? (Picture: Carnival)
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