Which way do they go

[mowrider]

What does a cruise line do when they retire a boat...sell, break it, or what

[mrdood]

What does a cruise line do when they retire a boat...sell, break it, or what

 

All of the above, depending upon the boat... for general cruising questions like this that are not carnival specific, there is a forum called the Floataway Lounge, perfect place for this type of inquiry.

 

...and for the super curious there is a forum called "Whatever happened to..." or something like that where you can read about former cruise ships.

[kchesneylover]

What does a cruise line do when they retire a boat...sell, break it, or what

 

And all this time, I thought we floated on Ships. ;)

[Curt Jerome Wild]

Yes, the "Whatever Happened to" forum has a lot of great interesting threads and stories of what happens to cruise ships after they are retired, bought or sold to other cruiselines or companies.

Essentially, they'll get sold to other lines and companies for a while, and then when they get too old and rusty, then they turned into razor blades!:eek: :( ;)

CJW

PS So any time you shave, you could be using an old cruise ship!:eek:

[PvtHoovie]

Yes, I wouldn't mind checking out the "cruise ships for sail" listings after I hit tonite's Powerball...

[Jolly capn morrrgan]

Carnival Jubilee is now on it's second life in Australia.

[mowrider]

And all this time, I thought we floated on Ships. ;)

Letter after o does not work on my keyboard, so I used the word boat instead of shi*. just trying to be nice !

[dougnewmanatsea]

Looks like this thread got moved over here from the Carnival forum.

 

All of the above answers are correct. Carnival ships, when they're sold, usually aren't that old, so they go on to another operator and eventually when they get too old to be useful any more, they go to the breakers in India or Bangladesh and get broken up.

 

The oldest former Carnival ship still around is the former CARNIVALE. She was Carnival's second ship, bought when Carnival themselves were a small operator buying other lines' second-hand ships. She is 50 years old this year and still going strong as THE TOPAZ. I visited her in New York this past May and you can view an illustrated photo tour of the ship here. Keep in mind, this ship was part of the Carnival fleet as recently as 13 years ago!

[PennyAgain]

thanks for another great set of photos to look at and enjoy.