Carnival Elation Ship Features and Facts

Sailing from Port Canaveral, FL, the Carnival Elation offers 4 and 5 day cruises to the Bahamas and Eastern Caribbean. Despite being part of the fleet's smallest ship class, Carnival Elation passengers will have access to the latest Carnival dining, activities, and cabin options. We recently sailed on the ship to Puerto Plata, D.R. and Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. You can see some scenes from the cruise shown on the video above (Music: Liborio Conti, https://no-copyright-music.com/).

Accommodations

Standard interior, ocean view, and balcony staterooms are available on the Carnival Elation. During the ship's most recent major dry dock, the Scenic Ocean Views, Junior Suites, and Grand Vista Suites categories were introduced.

Dining

Onboard Carnival Elation, you'll find a variety of dining options, including the Imagination and the Inspiration main dining rooms, Blue Iguana Cantina, Guy's Burger Joint, Tiffany's Lido Buffet, Deli, and Pizza Pirate Pizzeria. For an extra charge, try the Bonsai Sushi Express for a delicious sushi treat.

Activities

The Video Arcade, Kids & Teen clubs, Casablanca Casino, Resort Pool, Carnival WaterWorks, Fitness Center, and Mini Golf are just a few of the attractions available aboard the Carnival Elation.

Location and description of guest areas on the ship

Guest Cabins are located on Decks 4,5,6, and 7 forward/midship/aft

Grand Atrium Plaza and Bar

Location: Empress Deck 7 - midship

Hours: hours are listed in the HUB App  

• Lobby lounge and bar
• Entrance to the ship
• Seating area
• Live music in afternoons and nightly
• Beverage service ($)

Guest Services

Location: Empress Deck 7 - midship

Hours: open 24 hours

• Information Desk (formerly Purser's Information Desk)
• General information and inquiries
• Information for International guests (verbal and in print)
• Financial transactions
• Lost and found
• Information on ports-of-call and shore excursions
• Purchase of shore excursions ($)

Carnival Adventures

Location: Empress Deck 7 - midship

Hours: hours are listed in the HUB App

• Formerly, the Shore Excursion Desk: Provide information and purchase of shore excursions and golf excursions ($)
• Provide information on ports-of-call
• Provide information on our ships and itineraries and how to get the best deal on a future cruise (Future Cruise Vacation program $) 

Internet Cafe

Location: Empress Deck 7 - midship / Promenade Deck 9 - midship

Hours: open 24 hours

• Computer terminals for internet use
• Ship has wireless access bow-to-stern ($)

Art Gallery

Location: Empress Deck 7 - midship

Hours: scheduled activities are listed in the HUB App

• Art Gallery and Art Auction Program
• Large collection of art work on display
• Opportunity for guests to acquire original works of art at a great discount through art auctions ($)

DECK 8 

The Mikado

Location: Atlantic Deck 8 – forward / Promenade Deck 9 - forward

Hours: scheduled activities are listed in the HUB App

• Main Show Lounge
• Playlist Productions (scenic) 
• Bingo ($)
• Talks and seminars
• Audience participation games
• Dance classes
• Towel Animal Theater
• Beverage service ($)

The Fun Shops

Location: Atlantic Deck 8 - forward

Hours: hours are listed in the HUB App; closed while the ship is in port

• Shops featuring, logo clothes, souvenirs, clothing, jewelry, perfume, liquor and sundries ($)

Circle "C"

Location: Atlantic Deck 8 - forward

Hours: scheduled activities are listed in the HUB App

• Teen Club for 12-14 Year Olds

Duke's Piano Bar

Location: Atlantic Deck 8 - forward

Hours: hours are listed in the HUB App

• Piano music and piano fun (sing-a-longs, games)
• Beverage service ($)

Mark Twain Library

Location: Atlantic Deck 8 - forward

Hours: open 24 hours

• The Library features a wide selection of books and stock full of games
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Imagination Dining Room

Location: Atlantic Deck 8 - midship

• Sit-down waiter service
• Sea days: open seating brunch: 8:30am-1:00pm
• Port days: open seating breakfast: 7:30am-9:30am; hours may vary due to port arrival
• Sea Days: Tea Time: 3:00pm-4:00pm
• Open nightly for dinner: ‘Your Time’ open seating: 5:45pm-9:30pm

Inspiration Dining Room / Dining Room Annex

Location: Atlantic Deck 8 - aft

• Sit-down waiter service
• Open nightly for dinner: Assigned dining: 6:00pm and 8:15pm

DECK 9

Pixels Photo Gallery

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - forward

Hours: hours are listed in the HUB App

• Our friendly staff of photographers take candid and posed shots throughout the cruise, capturing many fun memorable moments; photos are displayed daily for purchase ($)
• The Photo Gallery offers a wide range of cameras, supplies and photo albums for purchase ($)

Arcade

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - forward

Hours: open 24 hours

• High tech video and arcade games ($)

Club O2

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - forward

Hours: scheduled activities are listed in the HUB App

• Teen Club for 15-17 Year Olds

Bonsai Sushi Express

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - forward

Hours: Lunch (on sea days) and dinner until late, nightly

• A casual, grab-and-go sushi source at sea, featuring a mouthwatering array of sushi, sashimi, rolls and more — all made fresh and packed up for easy eating anywhere ($) 

Automatic Teller Machine (ATM)

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - midship

Hours: open 24 hours

• Withdraw funds and make balance inquiries
• Fee per transaction ($)

Casablanca Casino

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - midship

Hours on Sea Days: slots open early morning to late / tables open late morning to late

Hours on Port Days: closed while in port; opens after the ship departs port until late

• Full casino and gaming ($)

Drama Bar

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - midship

Hours: hours are listed in the HUB App

• Live music nightly
• Audience participation games
• Beverage service ($)

Elation's Way

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - midship/aft

Hours: open 24 hours

• Promenade featuring seating area, table and chairs

Dreams Studio

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - midship

Hours: hours are listed in the HUB App

• Our elite team of professional photographers offer an exclusive, custom photo shoot around the ship or in port; images are captured and edited to create a finished story book unique to the guest ($)

Romeo and Juliet Night Club

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - midship

Hours: 11:00pm - late, nightly

• Our DJ's spin today’s hottest hits and yesterday’s retro jams from our expanded musical catalogs nightly
• Guests must be 18 years and older
• Beverage service ($)

Internet Cafe

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - midship / Empress Deck 7 - midship

Hours: open 24 hours

• Computer terminals for internet use
• Ship has wireless access bow-to-stern ($)

JavaBlue Cafe

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - midship

Hours: hours are listed in the HUB App

• Cafe, featuring specialty coffees, cakes, cupcakes, cookies and pastries ($)
• Order cakes for special occasions ($)

Cherry on Top

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - midship

Hours: hours are listed in the HUB App; closed while the ship is in port

• Candy and Celebrations Shop ($)
• Bulk candies, confections and flowers
• Cherry on Top logo apparel for Ladies and kids
• Bliss items for shower/spa
• Stateroom decoration packages

Limelight Lounge

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - midship 

Hours: scheduled activities are listed in the HUB App

• Show Lounge
• Punchliner Comedy Club
• Live music and dance floor
• Karaoke
• Talks and seminars
• Art auctions ($)
• Beverage service ($)

Swarovski Boutique

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - midship

Hours: hours are listed in the HUB App; closed while the ship is in port

• Shop featuring Swarovski items ($)

Alchemy Bar

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - aft

Hours: hours are listed in the HUB App

• Unique vintage-themed cocktail 'pharmacy'
• Beverage service ($)   

Guest Accommodations

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - aft

Serenity

Location: Promenade Deck 9 - aft

Hours: 9:00am-11:30pm / Hot Tub Spa - 8:00am-12:00am, weather conditions permitting / hours subject to change

• Adult-Only, secluded outdoor deck providing a relaxing, quiet, tranquil setting with comfortable chaise lounges and umbrellas; both sunny and shaded areas on the starboard and portside of the aft deck.
• Guests must be 21 years or older
• Piped in music
• 2 Hot Tub Spas
• Bar service ($)

DECK 10

The Bridge

Location: Lido Deck 10 - forward

Hours: off-limits to Guests

• Control center of the ship

Resort-Style Pool Area

Location: Lido Deck 10 - midship

Hours: Pool: 8:00am-12:00am / Hot Tub Spa: 8:00am-12:00am, weather conditions permitting / hours subject to change

• Salt water pool (4'9" deep)
• Hot Tub Spas (2)
• Live music and audience participation games

BlueIguana Tequila Bar

Location: Lido Deck 10 - midship

Hours: hours are listed in the HUB App

• Beverage Service, featuring frozen tequila drinks and cold Mexican beer ($)

RedFrog Rum Bar

Location: Lido Deck 10 - midship

Hours: hours are listed in the HUB App

• Beverage Service, featuring Caribbean rum-based concoctions and Carnival's signature private-label draught beer, ThirstyFrog Red ($)

BlueIguana Cantina

Location: Lido Deck 10 - midship

Hours: 7:30am-10:30am, 12:00pm-2:30pm

• Featuring complimentary, freshly-made tacos and burritos with homemade tortillas, chips and salsa; breakfast burritos served during the morning hours

Guy's Burger Joint

Location: Lido Deck 10 - midship

Hours: 12:00pm-6:00pm

• Featuring a complimentary roadside burger shack, hot burgers and hand-cut fries, from the bestselling author, restaurateur and Food Network personality, Guy Fieri

Tiffany’s Bar and Grill

Location: Lido Deck 10 - midship / aft

Hours: open for breakfast / lunch / dinner / late night snacks

Available 24 Hours: coffee, hot tea, hot chocolate, lemonade and unsweetened iced tea

Beer Station: (9:00am-11:00pm) Pour Your Own Beer ($) 

Self-Service Casual Restaurant / Bar ($)

Breakfast Time: 7:00am-10:30am (hours may vary)

Hot and Cold Buffet and Specialty Stations: hot cereal and boxed cereal, eggs, omelet station, bacon and sausage, hash browns, pastries, bread, toast and bagels, yogurt and fresh fruit

Lunch Time: 12:00pm-2:30pm (hours may vary)

Hot and Cold Buffet / Specialty Stations: Buffet featuring pastas, stir-fry, carving station - choices may vary among the fleet

Salad Bar: Elaborate salad bar featuring 35 items

Chef’s Choice: Featuring a different International cuisine each day

Desserts: Variety of desserts including sugar-free selections

Swirls: (open 24 hours) Self-serve ice cream and frozen yogurt

Dinner Time and Late Night (hours may vary)

Good Eats: (6:00pm-9:30pm) Buffet-Style - an array of pastas, steaks, prime rib, grilled chicken, specialty salads and desserts along with a daily Chef's Special.

Late Night Snacks: (11:30pm-1:00am) Hot and cold light snacks and desserts

Swirls: (open 24 hours) Self-serve ice cream and frozen yogurt

Carnival Deli

Location: Lido Deck 10 (inside Lido Restaurant)

Hours: 11:00am-11:00pm

• Food Service, featuring complimentary deli sandwiches piled-high and favorite sides

Pizza Pirate

Location: Lido Deck 10 (inside Lido Restaurant)

Hours: 24 hours

• Food Service, featuring complimentary, hand-tossed, thin-crusted pies made in a traditional pizza oven.

DECK 11

Guest Accommodations

Location: Deck 11 - forward

Carnival WaterWorks

Location: Verandah Deck 11 - aft

Hours: 9:00am-sunset, weather conditions permitting / hours subject to change

• Expansive spray park with varied water spray apparatus
• 300' long spiraling water tube slide
• 82' long double-lane racing waterslide
• Kiddie slide
• Surrounding areas with lounge chairs for sun and relaxing
• Beverage service ($)

DECK 12

Spa Carnival

Location: Sports Deck 12 - forward

Fitness Center and Studio

Hours: 6:00am-10:00pm

• Fully equipped with Life Fitness equipment
• Scheduled fitness classes offered; specialty classes ($)
• Fitness and beauty seminars

Spa and Salon

Hours: 8:00am-10:00pm

• 2 saunas (men/women)
• 2 steam rooms (men/women)
• 10 treatment massage rooms ($)
• 2 locker rooms (men/women)
• European-style treatments and services ($)
• Hair and nail grooming for men and women ($)
• Acupuncture ($)

Camp Ocean / Night Owls

Location: Sports Deck 12 - midship

Marine-Themed Camp Program 

• For children ages 2-11 years
• Seuss at Sea Program: special breakfast ($) and entertainment experience for kids and family

Night Owls

• Babysitting for infants and children ages 6 months to 11 years ($)
• Hours: 10:00pm-1:00am

Sports Activities  

Hours: hours are listed in the HUB App

• Mini Golf (9-hole miniature golf course) - located Grand Deck 14 - midship
• Bocce Ball court - located Grand Deck 14 - midship
• Ping Pong (2 tables) - located Verandah Deck 11 - forward
• Shuffle Board Court - located Verandah Deck 11 - aft

FACILITIES

Self-Service Launderettes

Hours: hours are posted on the Launderette door

• 2 or 3 washers and 2 or 3 dryers ($)
• 1 iron and ironing board
• Vending machines dispense small boxes of detergent and water softener ($)

Locations

Upper Deck 6 - aft / across from stateroom U154

Empress Deck 7 - forward / across from stateroom E2

Medical Center

Location: Deck 3 - forward (below Riviera Deck)

Hours: On Call 24/7 | Sea Days (9:00am-12:00pm, 3:00pm-6:00pm) | Port Days (8:00am-10:00am, 4:00pm-6:00pm)

• Equipped to treat minor non-emergency matters at a customary fee ($)
• The ship is staffed with one physician and three nurses.
• Equipment: defibrillators, external pacemakers, pulse oxymeters, thrombolytic therapy, electrocardiograph machine and lab equipment.

Ship Facts:

Shipyard: Masa-Yards, Helsinki, Finland

Inaugural cruise: March 20, 1998

Godmother: Shari Arison Dorsman, President of the Arison Foundation and daughter of Carnival's Chairman Emeritus, Ted Arison.

Country of registry: Panama

Cost: $315,000,000.

Cruising speed: 21.0 knots

Size/Capacity

• Gross tonnage: 71,909 tons
• Length: 855 feet
• Beam: 103 feet; 118 feet at pool deck
• Maximum draft: 25 feet, 6 inches
• Occupancy based on 2 guests per stateroom: 2190 (1095 staterooms)
• Full guest occupancy: 2697
• Passenger decks: 11
• Space ratio: 33:1

Crew

• Total Officers and crew: 900
• Officers: International
• Hotel and cruise staff: International

Accommodations

1095 Total Guest Staterooms (Including 34 accessible staterooms)

• 2 Grand Vista Suites with large balcony
• 28 Grand Suites with large balcony
• 49 Junior Suites with standard balcony
• 109 staterooms with standard balcony
• 2 scenic ocean view staterooms
• 469 ocean view staterooms
• 417 interior staterooms
• 19 interior upper/lower staterooms

All staterooms feature: telephone, 110 AC power outlet, individual climate control, hair dryer, non-stocked mini bar unit, Carnival Comfort Bed Collection, safe and flat-screen TV

Equipment

• Set of dual stabilizers
• 2 (19,000 HP) Azipod drive units
• Diesel electric propulsion system (6 medium speed engines developing approximately 50,000 HP).

Life Saving Equipment

Grand Total Life Saving Capacity: 4496

• 14 Life Boats (occupancy each: 150 / total occupancy: 2100
• 4 Rescue / Water Shuttle Boats (occupancy each: 149 / total occupancy: 596)
• 36 Launchable Life Rafts (occupancy each: 25 / total occupancy: 900)
• 36 Life Rafts (occupancy each: 25 / total occupancy: 900)

Ship Refurbishments and Renovations

Completed during dry dock: 3/02/20 - 3/25/20

• Routine hotel maintenance
• Cosmetic enhancements in lounges and public areas such as new carpeting, wall coverings and tile work in lounges and public areas
• Bonsai Sushi Express added to Deck 9
• Dreams Studio replaced Special Occasions on Deck 9
• JavaBlue Cafe replaced the Musical Cafe on Deck 9
• Cherry on Top added to Deck 9
• Limelight Lounge replaced Jekyll & Hyde Dance Club on Deck 9
• Alchemy Bar replaced Gatsby's Great Bar on Deck 9
• 30 new cabins replaced the Cole Porter Club Lounge on Deck 9

Completed during dry dock: 8/31/17 - 10/07/17

• Routine hotel maintenance
• Cosmetic enhancements in lounges and public areas such as new carpeting, wall coverings and tile work in lounges and public areas
• Guy’s Burger Joint (replaced food service, Off the Grill and Rotisserie)
• BlueIguana Cantina (replaced food service, Mongolian Wok)
• RedFrog Rum Bar (replaced pool bar)
• BlueIguana Tequila Bar (replaced pool bar)
• Camp Ocean (replaced Camp Carnival)
• Addition of WaterWorks on Verandah Deck 11
• Mini-Golf Course relocated to new Deck 14
• New deck added - Deck 14 features 36 staterooms: 2 Grand Vista Suites, 2 Scenic Ocean View staterooms, 22 Junior Suites and 10 Interior staterooms
• 1 new interior stateroom added to Empress Deck 7and 1 new interior stateroom added to Verandah Deck 11.