Lake Lanier. Lake Lanier. Lake Lanier is a 38,000 acre reservoir with 692 miles of shoreline that was created after Buford Dam was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Chattahoochee River in 1956. Portions of Lake Lanier are in Hall, Forsyth, Dawson, Gwinnett and Lumpkin counties.
Carnival Panorama, the newest Vista-class ship in the fleet, will home port in Long Beach upon its debut in 2019 to provide 7-day Mexican Riviera cruises. The 133,500-ton ship is set to sail to California directly from the shipyard, making it the first brand new Carnival ship deployed to Southern California in 20 years. Reservations are expected to open in March.
Carnival Corporation & plc announced on October 26, 2012, that Carnival had ordered a new ship for their Carnival Cruise Line brand. This ship, built by Fincantieri, will be the largest vessel in the Carnival Cruise Line fleet. The ship has been named Carnival Vista, and it will be the first of a new class of cruise ships with a passenger capacity of 4,000 and a gross tonnage of 135,000. It is currently in service as of the spring of 2016.