Vista-class cruise ship (2002)

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MS Noordam, a Vista-class cruise ship, at Grand Turk Island, March 2007
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The Vista class is a class of Panamax-type cruise ships, built by Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, in Italy for Carnival Corporation subsidy lines Holland America Line, P&O Cruises, Cunard Line, Costa Cruises, and Carnival Cruise Line. It is a design platform that was developed by Carnival that utilised various iterations of the same platform for over two decades.

History

The Vista-class design was created by Carnival Corporation for its Holland America Line, using the Panamax guidelines to determine their designed size. The predesessors to the class was Costa Cruises and Carnival Cruise Line's Spirit-Class starting with the Costa Atlantica and Carnival Spirit.

The ships are equipped with a diesel-electric power plant and an Azipod propulsion system. The ships are designed so that eighty-five percent of the staterooms have ocean views and sixty-seven percent have verandas; the extensive use of glass in the superstructure, (including glass elevators located amidship), is also reflected in the Vista-class name.

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MS Zuiderdam, the first ship of the Vista class platform

The first ship is the modified Spirit class design was the Zuiderdam in 2002.

Derivative designs

Signature class

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The second derivative design is Holland America Line's Signature-class cruise ship, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".. While the same length as MS Noordam, she has one more deck than the standard Vista-class design, and her public areas and cabin placement have been significantly redesigned, especially on her upper-most decks (to accommodate the additional 190 passengers berthed just below the popular Crow's Nest).[2] A second Signature-class ship, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., entered service in 2010.[3]

Hybrid Vista/Spirit class

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Enlarged Vista-class ship Queen Victoria passing Calshot Spit light buoy outward bound from Southampton

In 2007 Cunard took delivery of Queen Victoria[4] the first ship in a class described as a hybrid design "taking the best parts from Aker Yards' [sic] built Costa Atlantica and Costa Mediterranea, and from Holland America's Vista class ships". Subsequent ships based on this hybrid design include Costa's Costa Luminosa,[5] Cunard's Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., and Costa Deliziosa.

Pinnacle Class

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Queen Anne, last ship in Carnival Corps over 20 year Vista class platform.

The final iteration of the Vista class debuted with the Koningsdam for Holland America Line followed by the Nieuw Statendam and Rotterdam. The final ship would a stretched version for Cunard line as the Queen Anne, debuting in 2024.[6]

Ships by delivery date

Ship Built Operator Builder Tonnage Dimensions Class Image
Zuiderdam 2002 Holland America Line Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy 82,305 GT 936 ft (285.3 m) Vista 1 File:Zuiderdam1.jpg
Oosterdam 2003 Holland America Line Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy 82,305 GT 936 ft (285.3 m) Vista 1 File:Croisières Oosterdam à quai.jpg
Westerdam 2004 Holland America Line Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy 82,305 GT 936 ft (285.3 m) Vista 1 File:MS Westerdam (2008).jpg
Arcadia 2005 P&O Cruises Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy 84,342 GT 289.90 m (951 ft 1 in) Vista 1

(Vista Stretched)

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Noordam 2006 Holland America Line Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy 82,500 GT 936 ft (285.3 m) Vista 1 File:MS Noordam. Port Lyttleton. (52622233285).jpg
Queen Victoria 2007 Cunard Line Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy 92,700 GT 964.5 ft (294 m) Vista 2

(Vista Spirit Hybrid Stretched)

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Eurodam 2008 Holland America Line Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy 86,273 GT 935 ft (285.0 m) Vista 3

(Signature)

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Carnival Luminosa 2009 Carnival Cruise Line Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy 92,700 GT 293.5 m (962 ft 11 in) Vista 4

(Vista Spirit Hybrid)

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Costa Deliziosa 2010 Costa Cruises Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy 92,700 GT 293.5 m (962 ft 11 in) Vista 4

(Vista Spirit Hybrid)

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Queen Elizabeth 2010 Cunard Line Fincantieri,Monfalconeshipyard, Italy 92,700 GT 294 m (964 ft 7 in) Vista 2

(Vista Spirit Hybrid Stretched)

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Nieuw Amsterdam 2010 Holland America Line Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy 86,700 GT 285.3 m (936 ft) Vista 3

(Signature)

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Koningsdam 2016 Holland America Line Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy 99,863 GT 299.65 m (983 ft 1 in) Vista 5

(Pinnacle)

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Nieuw Statendam 2018 Holland America Line Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy 99,863 GT 299.65 m (983 ft 1 in) Vista 5

(Pinnacle)

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Rotterdam 2020 Holland America Line Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy 99,863 GT 299.65 m (983 ft 1 in) Vista 5

(Pinnacle)

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Queen Anne 2024 Cunard Line Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy 113,000 GT 322.51 m (1,058 ft 1 in) Vista 6

(Pinnacle Stretched)

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Similar Panamax ships

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  • Millennium Class, Panamax class ship Celebrity Cruises
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