# Vista-class cruise ship (2002)

The Vista class is a class of Panamax-type cruise ships, built by Fincantieri 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 Carnival Cruise Line's Spirit-Class starting with the Costa Atlantica and Carnival Spirit.
The ships are equipped with a diesel-electric power plant and an Azipod propulsion system. The ships are designed so that eighty-five percent of the staterooms have ocean views and sixty-seven percent have verandas; the extensive use of glass in the superstructure, (including glass elevators located amidship), is also reflected in the Vista-class name.
The first ship is the modified Spirit class design was the Zuiderdam in 2002.

## Derivative designs
### Signature class

A fifth hull which was originally intended for Holland America was transferred to Cunard Line in 2003 where it was planned to become MS Queen Victoria. However, due to restructuring within their parent corporation Carnival Corporation & plc, as well as a later decision by Cunard that modifications should be made to introduce successful elements from the design of RMS Queen Mary 2, the hull was again transferred to become P&O Cruises' MS Arcadia. This would become the first of the modified Vista-Class platform and become known as the Signature class for Holland America.
The second derivative design is Holland America Line's Signature-class cruise ship, MS Eurodam. While the same length as MS Noordam, she has one more deck than the standard Vista-class design, and her public areas and cabin placement have been significantly redesigned, especially on her upper-most decks (to accommodate the additional 190 passengers berthed just below the popular Crow's Nest). A second Signature-class ship, MS Nieuw Amsterdam, entered service in 2010.

### Hybrid Vista/Spirit class

In 2007 Cunard took delivery of Queen Victoria the first ship in a class described as a hybrid design "taking the best parts from Aker Yards' [sic] built Costa Atlantica and Costa Mediterranea, and from Holland America's Vista class ships". Subsequent ships based on this hybrid design include Costa's Costa Luminosa, Cunard's Queen Elizabeth, and Costa Deliziosa.

### Pinnacle Class

The final iteration of the Vista class debuted with the Koningsdam for Holland America Line followed by the Nieuw Statendam and Rotterdam. The final ship would a stretched version for Cunard line as the Queen Anne, debuting in 2024.

## Ships by delivery date

| Ship | Built | Operator | Builder | Tonnage | Dimensions | Class |
| Zuiderdam | 2002 | Holland America Line | Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy | 82,305 GT | 936 ft (285.3 m) | Vista 1 |
| Oosterdam | 2003 | Holland America Line | Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy | 82,305 GT | 936 ft (285.3 m) | Vista 1 |
| Westerdam | 2004 | Holland America Line | Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy | 82,305 GT | 936 ft (285.3 m) | Vista 1 |
| Arcadia | 2005 | P&O Cruises | Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy | 84,342 GT | 289.90 m (951 ft 1 in) | Vista 2 (Signature) |
| Noordam | 2006 | Holland America Line | Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy | 82,500 GT | 936 ft (285.3 m) | Vista 1 |
| Queen Victoria | 2007 | Cunard Line | Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy | 92,700 GT | 964.5 ft (294 m) | Vista 3 |
| Eurodam | 2008 | Holland America Line | Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy | 86,273 GT | 935 ft (285.0 m) | Vista 2 (Signature) |
| Carnival Luminosa | 2009 | Carnival Cruise Line | Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy | 92,700 GT | 293.5 m (962 ft 11 in) | Vista 4 |
| Costa Deliziosa | 2010 | Costa Cruises | Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy | 92,700 GT | 293.5 m (962 ft 11 in) | Vista 4 |
| Queen Elizabeth | 2010 | Cunard Line | Fincantieri,Monfalconeshipyard, Italy | 92,700 GT | 294 m (964 ft 7 in) | Vista 3 |
| Nieuw Amsterdam | 2010 | Holland America Line | Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy | 86,700 GT | 285.3 m (936 ft) | Vista 2 (Signature) |
| Koningsdam | 2016 | Holland America Line | Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy | 99,863 GT | 299.65 m (983 ft 1 in) | Vista 5 (Pinnacle) |
| Nieuw Statendam | 2018 | Holland America Line | Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy | 99,863 GT | 299.65 m (983 ft 1 in) | Vista 5 (Pinnacle) |
| Rotterdam | 2020 | Holland America Line | Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy | 99,863 GT | 299.65 m (983 ft 1 in) | Vista 5 (Pinnacle) |
| Queen Anne | 2024 | Cunard Line | Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy | 113,000 GT | 322.51 m (1,058 ft 1 in) | Vista 6 (Pinnacle Stretched) |

## Similar Panamax ships

* Spirit class, a similar class of Panamax ships operated by Carnival Cruise Line.
* Radiance class, a similar class of Panamax ships operated by Royal Caribbean International
* Millennium Class, Panamax class ship Celebrity Cruises
* Coral Princess and Island Princess, a similar set of Panamax ships operated by Princess Cruises