After the destruction caused from both Hurricane Irma and Maria, she was docked in St Croix, US Virgin Islands under charter to FEMA to house hurricane relief workers from October 15, 2017 until February 3, 2018.
(meta data) TITLE: Statement Regarding Carnival Fascination – Carnival Cruise Line News (meta data) PUBLISHED DATETIME: 2017-10-12T11:25:56-04:00 FeaturedNews Blog # Statement Regarding Carnival Fascination by Joyce Oliva October 12, 2017 October 12, 2017 In response to a request for proposal from the U.S government, Carnival Cruise Line finalized an agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on October 11 for a four-month charter of the cruise ship Carnival Fascination. Per FEMA's request, the ship will be docked in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands and will provide housing and meals for relief workers. The duration of the charter is from October 15, 2017 to February 3, 2018. As a result, Carnival has cancelled cruises that were scheduled to operate on Carnival Fascination which is normally homeported in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Guests on cancelled voyages will receive a full refund along with a future cruise discount for the disruption in their vacation plans. Carnival Cruise Line's history is deeply linked to the Caribbean and our ships have been sailing within the region for more than 45 years. We are pleased to be partnering with FEMA on this charter in support of the ongoing relief efforts in the Caribbean. Likewise, we sincerely apologize to our guests who were booked on impacted cruises over the next few months. We know this change in plans is going to cause some disappointment and inconvenience and we thank them for their understanding. Refunds will be automatically processed to the original form of payment within three weeks. We have reached out to our airline partners to request their cooperation in waiving change fees and will also be working with our guests on non-refundable airline change fees. Carnival Fascination will return to normal cruise service sailing year-round from San Juan to the Southern Caribbean on February 18, 2018 following a drydock in the Grand Bahama shipyard where she will receive a number of new features including Guy's Burger joint and Blue Iguana Cantina among other highlights. previous post ##### Guy Fieri's 'Pig & Anchor Bar-B-Que Smokehouse|Brewhouse' To Debut Aboard New Carnival Horizon next post ##### Kids from Texas 4H Club Awarded Free Cruises As Part of Fun Event Hosted by Guy Fieri Announcing New Smokehouse Brewhouse BBQ Restaurant Aboard Carnival Horizon
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Carnival Fascination
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 "Carnival Fascination" (formerly "Fascination") is the fourth of eight Template:Sclass- cruise ships operated by Carnival Cruise Line.  Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland, she was floated out on July 1, 1994, and christened "Fascination" by Jeanne Farcus. 
 During 2007, in common with all of her "Fantasy"-class sisters, she had the prefix "Carnival" added to her name.   She is currently home-ported in San Juan, Puerto Rico and sails to the Caribbean year-round.