Originally intended for Costa Cruises, the 113,300 ton Carnival Splendor is a one-off in the Carnival fleet and the first Fun Ship to feature a glass-covered main pool. This Carnival diva started her career in the summer of 2008 on a series of Baltic Sea cruises from Dover. She spent autumn in the Med before crossing the Atlantic to Miami. From there, she set off to the U.S. East Coast. Since she is too large to pass through the Panama Canal, she is Carnival's first-ever ship to circumnavigate South America. We visited Carnival Splendor in July, 2008 during a call at Amsterdam, Netherlands.