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UFO sighting on Carnival cruise ship?

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When you’re embarking on your cruise voyage, you’ll look forward to delightful meals and drinks, exceptional sightseeing opportunities and the chance to explore new cultures.

What you do not expect to see, however, is a UFO!

Onboard a Carnival cruise ship in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, passengers reported seeing an object in the sky they could not identify. The sighting immediately sparked discussion, with some claiming that it could have been a military drone, video editing technology or a wide manner of other things.

The object certainly looks unusual and does not have the traditional shape associated with UFOs through the media.

Video:UFO seen over a Carnival Cruise Ship

UFO seen over a Carnival Cruise Ship

YouTube user ThirdPhaseofMoon uploaded the video, which has proved to be particularly popular online, recording 85,237 views to the current day.

However, the validity of the video has been questioned by some users, with scOtte1 saying: “Sorry, but when the ‘UFO’ entered the clouds you can tell that it was poor editing using the fade out tool.  Completely obvious.”

On the other hand, some people believe the flying object is instead a military carrier.

Whether people are getting carried away over nothing, or there really are aliens visiting Florida, the video has sparked a lot of discussion on YouTube and the cruise community in general.

It is not the first time UFOs have been allegedly spotted in the state, with a report from Mutual UFO Network recently reporting that another fast-moving object was seen in broad daylight on September 15th of this year.

A photo of the flying structure was taken by a witness driving on I-95 southbound near Fort Lauderdale.

Could it be that Fort Lauderdale is a preferred spot for visitors, or are all the claims false?

What do you think? Did the passengers see UFOs and have you seen any yourself?

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Carnival Vista ship to be energy efficient

Carnival Vista ship to be energy efficient

While we have no news on the progress on the Carnival Vista ship, we can tell you that she will be an energy efficient cruise ship thanks to her Multi-Effect Plate (MEP) evaporators. This freshwater generating plant uses far less energy than other systems, which is so important not only for our seas, but also to help keep costs down for cruise ship companies.

Many of these companies have been involved with an internal race to outfit their vessels with these MEP high efficiency evaporators. It comes as no surprise to us that Carnival Cruises has ordered these for the Vista seeing as though Norwegian Cruise Line has ordered them for the duo of Breakaway Plus ships, as well as Royal Caribbean fitting them to the three Quantum class ships.

That is not all, there is a third Oasis class vessel coming, and that two will make use of MEP technology.

There is not much else we can tell you about this upcoming ship, and while we know many of you will wish to know the Carnival Vista deck plans, venues, home port and other such question, you will just have to sit tight. However, with a delivery date of winter 2016, we don’t expect to learn any new details on Carnival Vista until early next year.

New Carnival cruise ship after Vista

New Carnival cruise ship after Vista

It’s been almost a year since news of the Carnival Vista first broke and it was clear to see that there was a lot of excitement for those within Carnival, and also the many faithful customers who keep coming back to the cruise ship company.

Carnival Cruise Line had a very rough few years and mixed with the fact that there was a lack of new ships from the company, and you have a recipe for something that will not go down well with potential customers.

Thankfully, the company has made many new safety changes and also brings news that there is to be another new Carnival cruise ship after Vista, or maybe even two. Both of these are planned to be delivered in 2017, and so we should hear from Carnival very soon if this is in fact true.

Not much is known about Vista at this time, such as its size or tonnage, and we don’t expect to find that out until later this year or early next year, seeing as though Carnival Vista will not enter service until December 2016. However, we can tell you that the first steel was cut four months ago.

It is not yet known where these new Carnival cruise ships will be based, but one has to wonder if they will start to venture outside of North America because of the growing market, although they already do that in a way seeing as though they own Cunard and P&O.

Construction of Carnival Vista takes first step

Construction of Carnival Vista began last week when the first steel was cut, which means that over the next few months new details in regard to the Carnival Vista should start to become available. This ship will not set sail until 2016, but at least in that time we will have a greater understanding of what is being called the Fun Ship.

Now that the first piece of steel has been cut the next step will be to start building out the rest of this 135,000-ton, 4,000-passenger ship, which will include the many restaurants, bars and various entertainment facilities.

The Carnival Vista will be the 25th ship in the fleet, so no doubt the cruise line will have a few special treats in store. Again, we do not know much about the new ship because Carnival is keeping design details to themselves for now.

If you had the choice what sort of features would you like to see brought to the Carnival Vista, bearing in mind that the ship will be centred around having fun?