She was built in 1993 in Finland and cruised from Florida, USA to ports in the Bahamas and the Caribbean until the COVID-19 pandemic stopped operations in March 2020.

[1][2] Sensation was one of several cruise ships chartered by the US Government in 2005 to provide accommodation for residents and relief workers following Hurricane Katrina.

[3] After being released from Federal Emergency Management Agency service, the Carnival Sensation undertook cruises from Port Canaveral.

[citation needed] In February 2018, the company announced that Carnival Sensation would take 17 sailings to Cuba in 2019.

[6] In February 2022 it was reported that the ship had been sold for US$11 million, and on March 18, 2022 sailed from Miami for Aliağa, Turkey, for scrapping.