Carnival Cruise Lines is making its return to Europe next year with a new ship that boasts the world’s first IMAX cinema at sea, a unique high-altitude cycling track, and the Florida-based company’s first on-board brewery. The Vista cruise ship will launch May 1, 2016, with a 13-day Mediterranean cruise from Trieste, Italy to Barcelona, ending the company’s three-year absence on the continent. At 133,500 tons and 1,055ft in length, Vista will become the largest ship in Carnival’s fleet when it departs on its maiden voyage with up to 4,000 passengers on board. Scroll down for video Carnival Cruise Lines' new ship, Vista, features an attraction called SkyRide - an 800ft cycling track that is suspended over an upper deck
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Vista cruise ship will launch in May 2016 with a 13-day Mediterranean cruise from Trieste, Italy to Barcelona
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With a capacity of nearly 4,000 passengers Vista will become the largest ship in Carnival Cruise Lines' fleet
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She will sail all over the Mediterranean for five months before relocating to New York in autumn 2016
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