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| Launched: | 1998 |
| Decommissioned: | No |
| Displacement: | 70, 367 t. |
| Length: | 855 ft. |
| Decks: | 10 |
| Speed: | 21 |
| Complement: | 2,044 passengers and 920 crew |
| Registry | Panama |
The MS Elation is a 70,000 ton cruise ship owned by Carnival Cruise Lines. Elation is a Fantasy class vessel and has 7 sister ships. This vessel usually docks at Galveston Island. It usually runs 7-day cruises, usually departing on Sunday.
Elation differs from six of her sister ships in that she was the first Carnival ship (and the first cruise ship in general) to be equipped with Azipods for propulsion. The pods give the Elation excellent manueverability compared with her sister ships. Elation is equipped with two Azipods.
The Elation features many dining options. The ship has two main dining rooms located on deck 8 (Atlantic Deck), the Imagination Dining room, located off of the ship's atrium, and the Inspiration Dining Room, which has an entrance staircase on deck nine and an area on deck 8 for access. There are several buffets, Tiffany's Bar and Grill on Deck 10 (Lido Deck) and the outdoor grill on the Lido Deck, that have food available at most times of the day. For an additional fee, there is the Musical Cafe on deck 9 (Promenade Deck).
The ship has Vegas style shows late at night by the Elation singers and dancers in the Mikado Lounge (Decks 8 and 9).
Other facilites on the ship include:
- Decks 1-3 - Crew cabins
- Decks 4-7 - Passenger Staterooms
- Deck 7 (Empress Deck) - Photo Gallery, Information (Purser's) Desk, Shore Excursions Desk, Internet Cafe, Plaza Bar
- Deck 8 (Atlantic Deck) - Duty free Galleria shops, Mark Twain Library, Art Gallery
- Deck 9 (Promenade Deck) - The Casablanca Casino, Virtual World arcade, Casino, Spirals Dance Club, Formalities Shop, Romio and Juliet Lounge, Jeckel and Hyde Disco, Bijox Shop, Gasby's great bar, and the Cole Porter Club, and Childrens Swimming Pool
- Deck 10 (Lido Deck) - Pool and Outdoor Stage
- Deck 11 (Verandah Deck) -Basketball court, Pool and Ping-Pong area, passenger suites
- Deck 12 (Sports Deck) Camp Carnival (Children's World) and Spa Carnival
- Deck 13 (Sun Deck) - Jogging track