Margaritaville Islander

Margaritaville At Sea · CCL Spirit class · 2000

Margaritaville Islander measures 85,861 gross tons, with room for 2,210 guests. Margaritaville Islander sails 5-night cruises from Tampa.

Margaritaville at Sea ship Margaritaville Islander at sea
BuiltYear built
2000
TonnageGross tonnage
85,861
Decks
12
Cabins
1,105
Guests
2,210
2,680 at full occupancy
Crew
920

Margaritaville Islander cruise schedule

61 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local

    1. Sat 24 Oct 15:30
    2. At sea
      Sun 25 Oct
    3. Mon 26 Oct08:0016:00
    4. At sea
      Tue 27 Oct
    5. Wed 28 Oct 07:00
    Numbers match the port order

Showing 6 of 61 cruises

Where Margaritaville Islander sails

Homeport and departures by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

All of its sailings are in the Bahamas, Caribbean, Bermuda. Margaritaville Islander sails from Tampa.

TampaNumber = cruises starting that month

Ports Margaritaville Islander visits

14 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How Margaritaville Islander sails

Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027 · from published itineraries

Sailing mix

Upcoming sailings by length

61sailings

  • Up to 5 nights5184%
  • 7 nights47%
  • 6, 8 or 9 nights58%
  • 10–14 nights12%
  • 15+ nights0–

Turnaround ports

Port intensity

Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return

Time in port
8 h
median · 6 – 31 h
Port days
47%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
1
staying past midnight
Late departures
1
after 20:00 · latest 21:00

Cruise patterns

  • 2 ports · 2 sea days5 nights20 cruises
  • 1 port · 2 sea days4 nights19 cruises
  • 2 ports · 2 sea days5 nights11 cruises
  • 3 ports · 2 sea days6 nights2 cruises
  • 3 ports · 3 sea days7 nights2 cruises

Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown

Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 20:00, local time.

Margaritaville Islander specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Class
CCL Spirit class
Year built
2000
Status
In service
IMO
9187796
MMSI
311001063

Size

Gross tonnage
85,861 GT
Length
293 m
Beam
32 m
Decks
12
Cruising speed
22 knots

Capacity

Guests, double occupancy
2,210
Guests, full occupancy
2,680
Cabins
1,105
Crew
920
Guests per crew member
2.4
Space per guest
38.9 GT

How it compares

179th largest of 350 ships in service

Gross tonnage

  • Margaritaville Islander85,861
  • Margaritaville At Sea average80,485
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • Margaritaville Islander2,210
  • Margaritaville At Sea average1,759
  • All ships in service2,189

About Margaritaville Islander

Margaritaville at Sea Islander was built by Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Helsinki and delivered in June 2000 as Costa Atlantica, the first Costa ship of Carnival's Spirit class, christened by Claudia Cardinale. Sold to Margaritaville at Sea in October 2023, she was converted at Harland & Wolff in Belfast from January to May 2024 and began cruising from Port Tampa Bay on 14 June 2024.