Carnival Liberty
Carnival Liberty at Miami on December 21, 2013
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| Name: | Carnival Liberty |
| Owner: | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator: | Carnival Cruise Lines |
| Port of registry: |
Panama City,  Panama
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| Cost: | US $500 million |
| Sponsored by: | Mira Sorvino |
| Christened: | July 19, 2005 |
| Maiden voyage: | July 20, 2005 |
| In service: | July 2005–present |
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| Status: | In service |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Conquest-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 110,000 GT |
| Length: | 952 ft (290.2 m) |
| Beam: | 116 ft (35.4 m) |
| Draft: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Decks: | 13 decks |
| Installed power: | diesel-electric: Six Warstila 12 W 46C diesel engines of 12,600 kW each; two 20 MW electric propulsion motors |
| Speed: | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) |
| Capacity: | 2,974 passengers |
| Crew: | 1,160 |
| Notes: | post-Panamax |
Carnival Liberty is a Conquest-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Fincantieri at its Monfalcone shipyard in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, she was christened by actress Mira Sorvino in Civitavecchia, Italy, on July 19, 2005.Carnival Liberty was the first ship to feature Carnival's Seaside Theater—a 12-foot (3.7 m) high by 22-foot (6.7 m) wide LED screen. Located by the midship pool on the Lido deck, it is used to show movies, sporting events, concerts and other ship programming.
In fall 2011, the ship was the first vessel in the Carnival fleet to receive an extensive overhaul, a $900 million USD renovation called the Fun Ship 2.0 initiative, that added "signature" dining venues (including a Guy Fieri hamburger joint), bars and entertainment options. A dozen more Carnival ships will receive this refit in the next few years.
According to Carnival Cruise Lines in a letter to travel professionals, dated 11 November, 2016, this ship will be trading home ports with Carnival Valor in mid November 2016.
Carnival Liberty currently operates from Port Canaveral, Florida, offering three- and four-day cruises to the Bahamas.
On November 3, 2006, Carnival Liberty departed Rome, Italy, to Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades). During the 16-day transatlantic voyage, over 700 people contracted the contagious norovirus illness. On the morning hours of November 15, Carnival Cruise Lines announced it would shorten the next cruise by two days for an extensive cleaning. Originally, the next cruise was scheduled to depart on November 19 for a six-day cruise. The November 19 cruise was rescheduled to depart Fort Lauderdale on November 21 for a four-day cruise using new ports-of-call. Safety measures were also enacted on a few of the future cruises to prevent further contamination. These safety measures included fully suspending self-service on the buffet lines. When the first cruise after the outbreak ended on November 25, fewer than 60 passengers were reported to have contracted the norovirus.
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