Carwardine Zeta

The Carwardine Zeta is a cruise ship.

Construction
This ship started construction in 1992 at Chantiers de l'Atlantique in France.

2001 Dry-Dock
The ship gained it's first major drydock at Newport News Shipbuilding.

2006 Dry-Dock
The ship was Dry-Docked at Aker Yards in Finland in 2006, mainly to add new features present on newer ships.

Ports Sailed Out Of

 * Newport News - 1994-2001
 * Norfolk - 2001-2002
 * Aruba - 2002-2006
 * Norfolk - 2006-2010
 * Bayonne, NJ - 2010-2014
 * Newport News - 2014-2020
 * Norfolk - 2021-present

Stats

 * Name: Carwardine Zeta
 * Owner: Carwardine Parks of Virginia, Inc.
 * Operator: Dire, Dire Docks Maritime & Boating
 * Port of Registry: Panama City, Panama (1994-2001)/Nassau, Bahamas (2001-present)

Routes

 * 7 Day Bahamas (1994-1995)
 * 6 Day Bahamas (1995-1997)
 * 5 Day Bahamas (1997-2000)
 * 4 Day Bermuda (2000-2001)
 * 5 Day Bahamas (2001-2002)
 * 5 Day Bahamas (2006-2007)
 * 4 Day Bermuda (2007-2010)
 * 7 Day Eastern Caribbean (2014-2020) [Peak Summer Season]
 * 5 Day Bahamas (2014-2016) [Non-Peak Seasons Weekdays]
 * 2 Day Nowhere (2014-2016) [Non-Peak Seasons Weekends, stopped due to a new ruling by the U.S. government]
 * 6 Day Overnight Bermuda (2016-2020) [Non-Peak Seasons]
 * 8 Day Canada & New England (2021-present) [Hurricane Season]
 * 8 Day Eastern Caribbean (2021-present) [Non Hurricane Season]

Bronze Deck

 * Bronze Bricks (Interior rooms)

Silver Deck

 * Silver Suites (Suites without balconies)

Gold Deck

 * Gold Views (Balcony rooms)

Platinum Deck

 * Platinum Lobby (A lobby)

Diamond Deck

 * Diamond Balconies (Suites with balconies)

Emerald Deck

 * Emerald Dining (A dining room)
 * The Carwardine Cruise Entertainment Band

Amethyst Deck

 * Amethyst Casino (A casino)

Ruby Deck

 * Ruby Pool (A pool)

Sapphire Deck

 * Sapphire Slide (A ProSlide Pipeline that ends in the ruby pool, repainted from beige to sapphire in 2014)

Crystal Deck

 * Roller Skater (A Vekoma Roller Skater 335m, with a mirrored layout, a chain lift, a transfer track, and one of the two trains faces backwards, repainted from brown and silver to blue and black in 2014)

Plutonium Deck

 * Plutonium Spa (A spa)

Opal Deck

 * Opal Jogging (A jogging track)

Zinc Deck

 * Zinc Zone (An adults only area with tanning areas, an adults-only pool, a swim up bar, and until 1995, a year after the ship launched, a skeet shooting range)