Carnival Miracle
Carnival Miracle docked in the Turks and Caicos islands in July 2011
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| Name: | Carnival Miracle |
| Owner: | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator: | Carnival Cruise Line |
| Port of registry: |
Panama City,  Panama
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| Cost: | US $375 million |
| Yard number: | 503 |
| Launched: | June 5, 2003 |
| Sponsored by: | Jessica Lynch |
| Christened: | February 27, 2004 |
| Completed: | 2004 |
| Maiden voyage: | February 27, 2004 (Bahamas) |
| In service: | April 2004–present |
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| Status: | In service |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Spirit-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 88,500 GT |
| Length: | 963 ft (294 m) |
| Beam: | 105.7 ft (32 m) |
| Draft: | 25.5 ft (8 m) |
| Decks: | 12 decks |
| Installed power: | Six diesel engines 62,370 kW (combined) |
| Propulsion: | Two ABB Azipods (17.6 MW each) |
| Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Capacity: | 2,124 passengers |
| Crew: | 930 |
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Carnival Miracle is a Spirit-class cruise ship. Like the majority of her sisters, she is owned by Carnival Corporation & plc and operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland, she was floated out on June 5, 2003, and christened by United States Army soldier Jessica Lynch in Jacksonville, Florida, on February 7, 2004. Soon after the conclusion of the christening ceremony, she departed on her maiden voyage, a three-day cruise to the Bahamas.
Eighty percent of Carnival Miracle's staterooms have ocean views, and eighty percent of those feature private balconies. Also unique to Carnival Miracle is an 11-story Metropolis atrium with a ruby-red glass ceiling, which is also part of the "whale tail" funnel. Next to every room is a large picture of a famous fictional character such as Long John Silver or Sherlock Holmes.
Prior to April 2012, the Miracle offered Western Caribbean cruises from Fort Lauderdale and Tampa Bay, Florida during the winter months with ports of call in Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Costa Maya, Mexico; Belize, and Cozumel, Mexico as well as Southern Caribbean cruises to St. Lucia and St. Kitts. During the summer months, she offered cruises from New York City with ports of call in San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, and Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos, and Nassau, Bahamas, as well as Carnival Corporation's private island Half Moon Cay.
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