Carwardine Zeta

The Carwardine Zeta is a cruise ship.

Construction
This ship started construction in 1992 at Chantiers de l'Atlantique in France. The ship would have its maiden voyage on January 11th, 1994 and start mainline service in February.

1998 Dry-Dock
In 1998, the ship was given a minor drydock at Newport News Shipbuilding. This included replacing the abandoned skeet shooting area with viewing binoculars.

2001 Dry-Dock
The ship gained it's first major drydock at Newport News Shipbuilding. This resulted in the addition of Zeta Drop and Pizza Hut Express getting a newer logo.

2006 Dry-Dock
The ship was Dry-Docked at Aker Yards in Finland in 2006, mainly to add new features present on newer ships, including the PBS Kids Spray Park (now simply "Spray Park"), flat-screen TVs in public areas and Roller Skater gaining on-train zippered loose article pouches, eliminating the need for platform bins.

2010 Dry-Dock
The ship was sent to Navantia Drydock in Cadiz, Spain for another drydock, which resulted in the onboard McDonald's getting the "Forever Young" remodel.

2014 Dry-Dock
The ship was dry-docked at Damen Drydock in Brest, France, for once again, another drydock, this resulted in the Roller Skater and Water Slide getting fresh coats of paint.

Ports Sailed Out Of

 * Newport News, Virginia - 1994-2001
 * Norfolk, Virginia - 2001-2002
 * Aruba - 2002-2006
 * Norfolk, Virginia - 2006-2010
 * Bayonne, New Jersey - 2010-2014
 * Newport News, Virginia - 2014-2020
 * Norfolk, Virginia - 2021-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

 * Art Gallery
 * Guest Services
 * Library
 * Platinum Lobby (A lobby)
 * Shore Excursions

Diamond Deck

 * Diamond Balconies (Suites with balconies)

Emerald Deck

 * The Be Sharps Piano Bar
 * The Carwardine Cruise Entertainment Band
 * Carwardine Kids' Krew
 * Emerald Dining (A dining room)
 * Stayin' Afloat Dance Club

Amethyst Deck

 * Amethyst Casino (A casino)
 * Moe's Tavern
 * Plank Wok
 * Touchdown Sports Bar
 * Video Arcade

Ruby Deck

 * Deano's Bar and Grille
 * McDonald's
 * Pizza Hut Express
 * Pool Bar
 * Ruby Pool (A pool)

Sapphire Deck

 * Fitness Lounge
 * Jogging Track
 * Sapphire Slide (A ProSlide Pipeline that ends in the ruby pool, repainted from beige to sapphire in 2014)
 * Sapphire Steakhouse
 * Sea Snax

Crystal Deck

 * Bridge
 * 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)
 * Spray Pad (formerly PBS Kids Spray Pad)
 * Zeta Drop (An S&S Drop Tower)
 * Zipline

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)

Current

 * Bluey
 * Bowser
 * Chase
 * Donkey Kong
 * Homer Simpson
 * Lincoln Loud
 * Link
 * Luigi
 * Mario
 * Marshall
 * Patrick Star
 * Princess Peach
 * Squidward Tentacles
 * SpongeBob SquarePants
 * Wario

Former

 * Angelica Pickles
 * Barney the Dinosaur
 * Bart Simpson
 * Big Bird
 * Blue
 * Bobby Hill
 * Boots
 * Chuckie Finster
 * Dora the Explorer
 * Elmo
 * Hank Hill
 * Jimmy Neutron
 * Reptar
 * Shrek
 * Tommy Pickles

Trivia

 * The ship has 16 mosaics of Mario and Yoshi travelling around the world entitled "Super Mario Around The World".
 * Beijing, China
 * Cairo, Egypt
 * Cape Verde, South Africa
 * Cozumel, Mexico
 * Havana, Cuba
 * London, UK
 * Moscow, Russia
 * Nassau, Bahamas
 * New Delhi, India
 * New York, USA
 * Paris, France
 * Rio de Janerio, Brazil
 * Sydney, Australia
 * Tokyo, Japan
 * Toronto, Canada
 * Venice, Italy