Oh... another of my children... I built-out, delivered each of the 8 Fantasy-Class from Helsinki’s MASA-YARD. Seeing the green corrugated steel takes me back to the 90’s. I was there. I walked them as they were being built. Sailed them across thru the Baltic. Down the North Sea into the Channel. Always a stop in Brixham. For wine and an exchange of personnel. Then across the North Atlantic to towards the USA. NY, Philly, Boston, Norfolk, Miami... etc. It kinda hurts. I know the steel is extremely valuable. But still............. my personal children.
nice to see someone taking pride in there work, don't see a lot of these days unfortunately, what's the change of a British Machinist/marine fitter getting a job on this type of yard? many thanks
Hi Big PB, were you working in Kvaerner Masa Yard? I was a waiter on Paradise and Imagination, and I was there in Helsinki when Paradise was built, we took her for a crossing from Helsinki to NY back in October 1998. Do you have any pictures of MS Imagination and MS Paradise when they were built? please if you do -send me to my email tom.katich@gmail.com would really appreciate it! thanks!
These ships were scrapped before their time but cruising is a dead industry right now. In better times they usually had to tow the junkers to the scrapyard because they were inoperable. But if you notice all these Fantasy class ships came in under their own power. These ships probably had at least ten years left in them. But economics is a bitch and the ships are just another causality of Covid.
Jude74 you are such an idiot and typical cruiser to be upset about a hunk of metal being beached. I hate to be your re sale owners to wake to you on the lawn in the morning while they enjoy a cup of java listening to you sob and slobber....like honestly get a life
Idk, a good amount of cruise ships I've seen scrapped recently look like glorified overnight ferries. I'm not saying they weren't nice at one time. They've just fallen into disrepair or are of a prior era of ship design.
i sailed on this for my honeymoon in Nov.2005, we stayed in V-17 which is visible in this video in the beginning. It was a nice ship, the decor was insanely tacky (like others in the Carnival fleet) and the cruise was a good time. We've done 5 now on Carnival and 1 Disney. (imagination, glory, miracle, splendor, valor)
Yeah it's sad and the ships that got scraped weren't scrapped because they were bad but because it was cheaper to scrap than to park and maintain which both cost a lot. They'd all still be cruising to this day at the very least on another cruise line. No one was willing to buy ships they couldn't run and also had to pay millions to dock and keep maintenance on during then.
Sad, we sailed on this ship in 2000 out of Miami. My wife at the time won a bingo ticket and we had the penthouse suite. Best cruise we ever had on this ship.
My wife and I were on the last cruise cruise of this beautiful ship. March 12th - 15th out of Long Beach, CA. Benjamin was the Cruse Director. Wonderful design with all of social areas located together. The lack of balconies did her in, but still great for short 3/4 day cruises. She’ll be missed. BTW we has some luck at the casino that cruise and probably hit the last jackpot as well. Fond farewell .....
Benjamin was our cruise director, on the Fantasy, out of Mobile, in April 2018. That was my first cruise. So sad to see these grand ships like beached whales. It looks like the death of the cruise industry.
The Elation & Paradise were the last 2 FA-Class Vessels. Both were also "azipod" propulsion >>> basically an 'outboard' electric motor pod that would pull the ship. Uses a lot less fuel, weighs less and opens up much usable space in the lower decks of the ship(s). Also eliminates the need for stern thrusters.
It was an honor to have cruised with her....”Mexican Riviera 2017” My family & I thank you Carnival Imagination for the wonderful memories!!! Cruised with Splendor a year before she transferred to her new home port of Australia. Miss you too Splendor!
Thank you for so many fantastic cruises. I sailed you the most. Thank you for my biggest win in the casino, $10,000. I will always have great memories.
I worked my frist contract for Carnival Cruise Lines in 2011 at Carnival Imagination, still have the deck plan book of it :) Rip to it, loved every day on it!
@@angusolsen951 Crew? the uses I mentioned are not for them to go Island cruising, they are to be used during emergencies. if shelters can be funded on land, why can't they be funded at sea.
These ships take tons of maintenance and large crews to even keep them floating. There's some that are being preserved, like the SS United States, and they are struggling to keep it going.
Because ships deteriorate extremely quickly without constant care becoming death traps, we know how quickly things deteriorate when a ship is stranded, painting alone is a constant process. Carnival already use their ships for disaster relief.
I remember taking a cruise on the Imagination the week of Christmas 2019. Crazy to think that I didn't know it at the time, but I was one of the last cruises to cruise that ship before its end :(
Waoooo Que nostalgia.. Como ex quater máster. De haber tenido esa oportunidad de haber navegado en clase fantasy .imaginatio.elation.inspiration... Al lado de muchos capitanes y excompañeros de trabajo... Y hoy ver a estos barcos anclados y posteriormente reducidos a chatarra.. Una inmensa nostalgia....
Actually that's a red-field with a blue and white ellipse. The flag of the Carnival Corporation. (www.carncorp.com) if you lay it across the back of the CCL funnel and wrap it forward >>> it matches!
My last cruise was on this ship, just a year ago. It is sad to see it and her sister ship go to the scrape yard. I always preferred sailing on the smaller ships because they are less crowed and you don't have to wait in long lines.
My first was on the Fantasy in 2015 out of Charleston. That ship had the best food of any of the 5 I’ve been on. Also...how did the crew get off the ship??? lol
En que momento se decide que un trasatlántico deja de ser útil y es llevado al cementerio de barcos?? Por qué algunos parecen poder seguir siendo útiles por varios años más en videos como este. R.I.P
My first cruise was on that ship back in 2016 and I was about 9 and it was the funnest thing I made a build a bear that I still have always abused room service it was the best
After watching so many videos of cruise ships bashing into docks, ports, harbors and other ships causing untold amounts of damage in so many countries it was extremely satisfying to watch one of them sail into the graveyard of ships, Rest In Pieces.
I see the comments being 3 years old, For curiosity I looked up the imagination to see what it was doing now and found this. Sad it was the one and only cruise My wife and I took in 1998. Miami, Cozumel, Cayman Islands with 70 other friends.. Sad it's scrap now.. Time marches on.
It would be nice if the scrap owners would take the play equipment out and set it up for the children so they can have a fun place to play perhaps there lives would suck a little bit less
While you watch that, just think about the initial construction cost of these ships; the operating costs; the relatively small price paid by the breaking yard....and think "all that money plus the profits to the cruise line owners came out of the pockets of the passengers". Believe me, they aren't suffering.
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My first ever cruise was on that ship, the Imagination! That ship will always be special to me!
That ship is being scrapped
@@jamesdavis5096 no shit
@@jamesdavis5096 Ok Captain Obvious
Mine too
I took my family on a western cruise, on the first month it went in service back in 90's, think 96?. Wow memories can't believe.
Oh... another of my children... I built-out, delivered each of the 8 Fantasy-Class from Helsinki’s MASA-YARD. Seeing the green corrugated steel takes me back to the 90’s. I was there. I walked them as they were being built. Sailed them across thru the Baltic. Down the North Sea into the Channel. Always a stop in Brixham. For wine and an exchange of personnel. Then across the North Atlantic to towards the USA. NY, Philly, Boston, Norfolk, Miami... etc. It kinda hurts. I know the steel is extremely valuable. But still............. my personal children.
nice to see someone taking pride in there work, don't see a lot of these days unfortunately, what's the change of a British Machinist/marine fitter getting a job on this type of yard? many thanks
Hi Big PB, were you working in Kvaerner Masa Yard? I was a waiter on Paradise and Imagination, and I was there in Helsinki when Paradise was built, we took her for a crossing from Helsinki to NY back in October 1998. Do you have any pictures of MS Imagination and MS Paradise when they were built? please if you do -send me to my email tom.katich@gmail.com
would really appreciate it! thanks!
These ships were scrapped before their time but cruising is a dead industry right now. In better times they usually had to tow the junkers to the scrapyard because they were inoperable. But if you notice all these Fantasy class ships came in under their own power. These ships probably had at least ten years left in them. But economics is a bitch and the ships are just another causality of Covid.
Children??
I was working on Fantasy. Also very emotional to see it this way... Gosh.
Video would be more impressive if it included sound.
Video was removed
@Joop de Poop When you click the link above, it says that the video has been removed.
much better hear, no stupid music either!
ruclips.net/video/Vjn7Q2gpRfs/видео.html&ab_channel=CruiseShipLifeVlogger
Here’s the sound you’re looking for
ruclips.net/video/Y2ZgT1x63XM/видео.html
Agree
I have spent more than eleven years on cruise ships as a casino dealer. Imagination was my very first ship. My heart is broken :(
6 years for me... Imagination was also my first ship working as assistant waiter in restaurant.
It's really sad, but Life goes on mate !
9
7 years onboard cruise ships as a photographer. Most of them Carnival. This was also my first ship. Got my sea legs there. :(
Good bye, dear friend. Thank you for the romantic evenings on the ocean. So many wonderful memories!!! Farewell!’
I don’t think it understood your words
@@davejohnson9989 why, did you have a stoke and lose the ability to comprehend what you read?
Stoke? Maybe you should proofread your thoughts in your head first and then type, give it to a close friend to for further edit.
Jude74 you are such an idiot and typical cruiser to be upset about a hunk of metal being beached. I hate to be your re sale owners to wake to you on the lawn in the morning while they enjoy a cup of java listening to you sob and slobber....like honestly get a life
So sad, why cant they sell them?
The sad part about this there is nothing wrong with the ships that go there.
The happy part is at least there is 1 less scabby Carnival ship less in the world.
@@Ellis01234567890 Exactly, and an ugly one at that.
Idk, a good amount of cruise ships I've seen scrapped recently look like glorified overnight ferries. I'm not saying they weren't nice at one time. They've just fallen into disrepair or are of a prior era of ship design.
Ive never even been on a good cruise ship like that let alone a newer one they should be made available for public who cant afford cruises
Fun part is that we make new ones for who ever want and can pay it. Same time when this goned, one new get ready at Finland, Masa yards.
i sailed on this for my honeymoon in Nov.2005, we stayed in V-17 which is visible in this video in the beginning. It was a nice ship, the decor was insanely tacky (like others in the Carnival fleet) and the cruise was a good time. We've done 5 now on Carnival and 1 Disney. (imagination, glory, miracle, splendor, valor)
Aww, we sailed on the imagination twice and really enjoyed it. It was our first cruise together.
Yeah it's sad and the ships that got scraped weren't scrapped because they were bad but because it was cheaper to scrap than to park and maintain which both cost a lot. They'd all still be cruising to this day at the very least on another cruise line. No one was willing to buy ships they couldn't run and also had to pay millions to dock and keep maintenance on during then.
I must admit it's very saddening to see Imagination scrapped, as this was the ship I first cruised on!
Rip
Really my first cruise was on the Carnival inspiration
Feel the same way about Astor possibly being scrapped soon
My first ride was reflagged and eventually sent to scrap years ago after catching fire in 1994.
@@natural-born_pilot 😢
I remember all of the fun times I had on the inspiration, that ship will always be remembered.
Sad, we sailed on this ship in 2000 out of Miami. My wife at the time won a bingo ticket and we had the penthouse suite. Best cruise we ever had on this ship.
My wife and I were on the last cruise cruise of this beautiful ship. March 12th - 15th out of Long Beach, CA. Benjamin was the Cruse Director. Wonderful design with all of social areas located together. The lack of balconies did her in, but still great for short 3/4 day cruises. She’ll be missed. BTW we has some luck at the casino that cruise and probably hit the last jackpot as well. Fond farewell .....
Benjamin was our cruise director, on the Fantasy, out of Mobile, in April 2018. That was my first cruise. So sad to see these grand ships like beached whales. It looks like the death of the cruise industry.
Possibly the cruise lines needing to get more bums on seats too by building bigger ships
"Like a gllllllllllove!" *Ace Ventura has entered the chat*
Our first cruise was on the Fantasy back in November 14th 1993, were married the day before. Sad to see what became of such a fine memorable vessel.
I always feel sad about these beautiful ships on their last trip. So many memories, people, places die with them.
I did the inaugural crossing on the Imagination. I met my partner Harry on my first cruise contract on the Fantasy. All just fabulous memories now!
Our first cruise was the fantasy, out of Miami in 2002. Wonderful memories.
My first cruise was on the Imagination. Beautiful experience. Nice ship.
If I’m not mistaken the Elation and Paradise were the last two of the Fantasy line ; I sailed on this ship on ‘98 ; it was beautiful!
The Elation & Paradise were the last 2 FA-Class Vessels. Both were also "azipod" propulsion >>> basically an 'outboard' electric motor pod that would pull the ship. Uses a lot less fuel, weighs less and opens up much usable space in the lower decks of the ship(s). Also eliminates the need for stern thrusters.
Elation and paradise are not getting scrap
@@Matthewfansin 5 or 6 years they will
We have been on two of the best cruises, ever, on Imagination. So sad to see it go....
It was an honor to have cruised with her....”Mexican Riviera 2017”
My family & I thank you Carnival Imagination for the wonderful memories!!!
Cruised with Splendor a year before she transferred to her new home port of Australia.
Miss you too Splendor!
Sailed on her in the 90s. Special memories of that cruise.Sad to see a ship die that way.
Loved the sun lounger on the deck as the ship ignominiously slides in for breaking up
This was my first cruise in 1996. How sad to see it just hit the Fantasy like that.
Aww, the imagination is the first cruise I’ve ever been on :(
Lucky I wish that was my first cruise ship
I’ve only ever been on two cruises and they were both on the Imagination ❤️
Sell this to any 3rd world countries, they will repaint it, put Toyota engine and profit for many years.
The steel and components are worth more. These ships are being scrapped in Turkey.
They'd been in the Philippines at the peak of the Covid crisis and no one was interested because no passengers are around until now .
great class of ships i have been on most of them when they sailed out of miami always happy campers on ships always full sorry to see them go
Thank you for so many fantastic cruises. I sailed you the most. Thank you for my biggest win in the casino, $10,000. I will always have great memories.
Looks like fun, I wanna try!
I worked my frist contract for Carnival Cruise Lines in 2011 at Carnival Imagination, still have the deck plan book of it :) Rip to it, loved every day on it!
I went on that ship February 2011
I rode the Imagination in 1996 (less than a year when she entered service) and in 2000. I have a soft spot for this ship...
That was my first ship back in 2008, when I started working as a cruise ship photographer. It was nice back then.
This was the ship we took my parents on for their 50th anniversary in 2005. Sort of sad it’s scrap now!
Video would be Impreesive with the sound track
Sailed that ship, had a great time!
My first cruise too was on that ship some loverly child memories.
Wow amazing video and clear view
I don't get it, these can be floating hospitals, shelters, temporary housing during disasters, etc.
Without a huge fully paid crew you’ll make the problem worse
@@angusolsen951 Crew? the uses I mentioned are not for them to go Island cruising, they are to be used during emergencies. if shelters can be funded on land, why can't they be funded at sea.
These ships take tons of maintenance and large crews to even keep them floating. There's some that are being preserved, like the SS United States, and they are struggling to keep it going.
Best boat is your friends boat. That would be cost prohibitive. We already have those and you’ve only seen it pulled out once and it wasn’t even used.
Because ships deteriorate extremely quickly without constant care becoming death traps, we know how quickly things deteriorate when a ship is stranded, painting alone is a constant process. Carnival already use their ships for disaster relief.
I remember taking a cruise on the Imagination the week of Christmas 2019. Crazy to think that I didn't know it at the time, but I was one of the last cruises to cruise that ship before its end :(
Had a lot of good times on that ship, sad to see her go. the Fantasy class were my favorite ships
Full speed Ahead, more power, FLOOR IT!!!
Max Zorin: More More Cowbell!!
If I had a ship scrapyard I would call it "The Iceberg".
Waoooo
Que nostalgia..
Como ex quater máster.
De haber tenido esa oportunidad de haber navegado en clase fantasy .imaginatio.elation.inspiration...
Al lado de muchos capitanes y excompañeros de trabajo...
Y hoy ver a estos barcos anclados y posteriormente reducidos a chatarra..
Una inmensa nostalgia....
Impresionante
Saludos desde Chile
I’m so sad. I loved this ship. It was my first cruise
We took her the first week of September 2019 for our 25th anniversary trip. Great memory for us, sad ending for her
I remember going on a cruise on this ship it's sad seeing it being scraped
Good to see the capt of the Exxon-Valdex finally found gainful employment.
so eerie
So sad, I was on the Imagination’s inaugural cruise.
When was that?
What does the Red flag and black circle signify on the bow mast?
Actually that's a red-field with a blue and white ellipse. The flag of the Carnival Corporation. (www.carncorp.com) if you lay it across the back of the CCL funnel and wrap it forward >>> it matches!
What are they going to do with the metal?
Is it going to be ship again?
As long as we have places like this, we will never get this world clean
Turkey is one big trash bin what leaks badly..
My only cruise holiday back in 2002 in our honeymoon miami -nassau- keywest time flies!!
Я работал на этом судне,когда был молодым.Сейчас испытываю странные чувства,смотря как часть меня уничтожается....
i've now seen the angle from the ground and on the ship. what a modern and fascinating age we live in ;)
That was cool
So your telling me the only 2 cruises I’ve been on were scrapped?
Final parking....
Like a gloooooove
Luxurious cruise
#shippinginbox, #shipping_inbox
My last cruise was on this ship, just a year ago. It is sad to see it and her sister ship go to the scrape yard. I always preferred sailing on the smaller ships because they are less crowed and you don't have to wait in long lines.
Poor ship...so many touchy moments I have lived on it
I'm curious....how does the crew exit the vessel once it's beached between two other vessels? I assume it's by small boat astern
My first was on the Fantasy in 2015 out of Charleston. That ship had the best food of any of the 5 I’ve been on.
Also...how did the crew get off the ship??? lol
Probably by boat
Portions of this video belongs to FULKHINZ 16. You might want to give him some credit. I am a subscriber to his channel. He had the video with sound.
I do believe this Fantasy class is currently the smallest, in GRT, remaining in the Carnival fleet.
Damn! My first ever cruise was on this cruise ship.
I love watching any Carnival ship getting beached for demolition.
IS there volume for this video?
How much for one of those life rafts with the orange top?
En que momento se decide que un trasatlántico deja de ser útil y es llevado al cementerio de barcos?? Por qué algunos parecen poder seguir siendo útiles por varios años más en videos como este.
R.I.P
My first cruise was on that ship back in 2016 and I was about 9 and it was the funnest thing I made a build a bear that I still have always abused room service it was the best
Was it a Carnival crew or crew from the ship breaker that drove it up onto the beach?
Crew from the ship breaker i'm assuming
@@CarlySmith001 it was the Carnival Crew, with the direction of the pilots from the Ship Breakers.
@@CarlySmith001 No delivered by Carnival crew.
@@beverlymartin1414 Ok thanks
RIP Imagination, 1998 great memories
Enlightening moment captured on film . I hope all of her crew were paid correctly ?
Sad, our first cruise was on this ship... Rip...
Remember reading about these ships when they were being built.....wonder what RCCL ship that is in the video.....?
Any idea why this ship was scrapped, even being in good condition?
Who is steering captain Schettino
Nah he's already on a lifeboat about to abandon, he left the bridge before they even beached 😂
Ladies and gentlemen we have arrived. Tours leave every 20 min from the lido deck
After watching so many videos of cruise ships bashing into docks, ports, harbors and other ships causing untold amounts of damage in so many countries it was extremely satisfying to watch one of them sail into the graveyard of ships, Rest In Pieces.
Those ships bring litteraly oxygen to the economics of so many places in the world, your comment about them bashing in some docks is superficial
Do you know how much they are sold for
So sad to see the three Fantasy ships lined up at the breakers. Those old ships were the best!
Sad to see such a majestic thing go to its end
0:10 where the hell is the lifeboats?!
A sad ending to a perfectly functional ship. I wonder how long it takes to scrap a ship that size? Years, I would assume.
A couple of months at most. Environmental and safety concerns are essentially nonexistent. The workers just go in and cut off chunks.
About six months
Perfect Job of parking ! Ok kids remember where we parked and every one meet back at the grass hut before sun down. And stay out of the jungle!
I see the comments being 3 years old, For curiosity I looked up the imagination to see what it was doing now and found this. Sad it was the one and only cruise My wife and I took in 1998. Miami, Cozumel, Cayman Islands with 70 other friends.. Sad it's scrap now.. Time marches on.
"Sorry you damaged the Bridge. We are not accepting it. Take it back"
My first ever cruise was on this ship in Dec 2011 after my mom and dad died
My first ever cruise was on this ship in 2011 too, but in April.
It would be nice if the scrap owners would take the play equipment out and set it up for the children so they can have a fun place to play perhaps there lives would suck a little bit less
Or donate the furniture to charity before sending the ship to be dismantled
what an imagination you had here as you pull right into the beach.
While you watch that, just think about the initial construction cost of these ships; the operating costs; the relatively small price paid by the breaking yard....and think "all that money plus the profits to the cruise line owners came out of the pockets of the passengers". Believe me, they aren't suffering.
This ship was my first contracted ship in 2016. So sad to see it go.
Good to see that these vessels aren't going to the hellish breakers in India.
The accommodations aboard these ships are probably nicer than the homes that the people who are cutting them apart have.
At first, I was curious what is the criteria for a ship to be scrapped, then I saw the others close up and realized how small they are.
awe my only cruise
Good to see all these cruse ships getting scraped. 👍
I didn’t know about this how come they are being scraped
Corona