Carnival Cruise Line’s BOLT: Final Sea Coaster has been voted the Finest Cruise Ship Characteristic in Cruise Hive’s 2022 Cruise Ship Awards. The joys trip garnered extra votes than journey actions on ships operated by competing cruise traces, together with Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line.
BOLT Is Voted Finest Cruise Ship Characteristic of 2022
For the second 12 months in a row, the BOLT curler coaster at present featured on two Carnival Cruise Line ships, Mardi Gras and Carnival Celebration, obtained the highest votes in Cruise Hive’s Annual Cruise Ship Awards. The trip gained the identical award in 2021.
The joys trip that lets company soar 187 ft above the ocean and reaches speeds of 40 MPH netted 41.16% of votes, coming in forward of second-place winner Royal Caribbean’s Final Abyss and Norwegian Cruise Line’s Go-Karts.
Readers had been in a position to kind in their very own function if their favourite was not listed, to verify your entire trade was coated. Voting opened in September 2022, with readers solely being allowed to solid a single vote in every of the eight classes.
Company pay $15 per individual to trip BOLT, which might accommodate as much as two riders. The rider on the entrance controls the velocity to customise the trip expertise alongside the 800-foot observe. The curler coaster is electric-powered and is positioned on the ship’s open deck on the Final Playground zone.
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BOLT was launched on the Mardi Gras when she debuted in July 2021; the ship gained Finest New Cruise Ship within the 2021 Cruise Hive Annual Cruise Ship Awards. The trip is also featured on Carnival Celebration, which entered service in November 2022.
Royal, NCL Thrill Rides Take 2nd, third Place
Royal Caribbean’s Final Abyss got here in second place in the perfect function class of the 2022 Cruise Hive Cruise Ship Awards. It’s a twisting, turning 10-story slide that goes from deck 16 aft close to the FlowRider all the way in which all the way down to the Boardwalk neighborhood on 4 ships.
Marvel of the Seas, which debuted in 2022, Symphony of the Seas (2018), Concord of the Seas (2016), and Oasis of the Seas, which was launched in 2008 and later retrofitted with the abyss thrill trip. The Final Abyss is free to company.
Norwegian Cruise Line’s Go-Karts earned third place in the perfect function class. The electrical-powered race vehicles journey as much as 30 MPH round a multi-level observe on the ships’ prime decks. The trip is obtainable on Norwegian Prima, Norwegian Pleasure, Norwegian Bliss and Norwegian Encore. Company pay $15 for 10 laps across the observe.
