The Fantasy class is a cruise ship class operated by Carnival Cruise Lines. The first vessel of the class, Carnival Fantasy, entered service in 1990. All eight vessels of the class were constructed by Kvaerner Masa-Yards, in Helsinki, Finland, at the Hietalahti shipyard.

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Carnival Fantasy at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 12 November 2007
Class overview
Builders	Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki, Finland
Operators	Carnival Cruise Lines (originally built for) (1990-present) Century Harmony Cruise Ltd (2020-2021)
Preceded by	Holiday class (Historical)
Succeeded by	Destiny class
Planned	8
Completed	8
Active	2
Retired	6
General characteristics
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	70,367 GT-71,925 GT
Length	855 ft (261 m)
Beam	103 ft (31 m)
Decks	13–14 (10–11 passenger decks)
Propulsion	2 fixed pitch propellers on the first six ships. 2 ABB Azipod thrusters on the last two ships.
Capacity	2,052–2,190 passengers
Crew	920
Notes	Smallest ships active in the Carnival Cruise Line fleet.

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This class utilizes a "modern ocean/cruise liner" design, with most of its cabins situated within the hull and only a handful of suites on the superstructure, similar to the Holiday-class cruise ships built in the late 1980s. The Fantasy class is the only class currently in service for Carnival initially built with only a few balcony cabins. Carnival Elation and Carnival Paradise differ from the other ships of the class in that they are equipped with Azipod azimuth thrusters for propulsion. They were also the last cruise ships built with the lifeboats only on the upper deck.^{[citation needed]}

In late 2006, Carnival Cruise Lines announced their intention to refurbish the Fantasy-class fleet under the program name "Evolutions Of Fun". This was completed in 2010 and cost $250 million.^[1]