Vista-class cruise ship (2002)

builders	Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy
operators	* Holland America Line * P&O Cruises * Cunard Line * Costa Cruises * Carnival Cruise Line
class before	Rotterdam-class cruise ship
class after	Pinnacle-class cruise ship
subclasses	Signature class Vista Spirit hybrid-class cruise ship
built range	2001–2010
in service range	2002–present
total ships planned	9
total ships completed	9
total ships active	9

The Vista class is a class of Panamax-type cruise ships, built by Fincantieri at their Marghera shipyard, in Italy for Carnival Corporation subsidy lines Holland America Line, P&O Cruises, Cunard Line, Costa Cruises, and Carnival Cruise Line. It is a design platform that was developed by Carnival that utilised various iterations of the same platform for over two decades.

History

The Vista-class design was created by Carnival Corporation for its Holland America Line, using the Panamax guidelines to determine their designed size. The predesessors to the class was Costa Cruises and