Have you ever considering flying down the tube they call a water slide at breakneck speed so that you can hit the water faster than your son, daughter, spouse…fill in the blanks?
You haven't.
Well, that makes three of us. However, the majority of cruise passengers just may be 
interested in such pre-chiropractic exercises. That's what Carnival believes, and you'd have to think the cruise line wouldn't take a ship out of circulation for seven weeks and spend $155 million upgrading it just on spec.
When the Destiny comes out of the shipyard next spring as the Sunshine, it will have a 235-foot chute that you can slide down faster than the speed of water. The water slide is called Speedway Splash and your time will be tracked on a scoreboard for all to see.
You can make a game of it and send the loser (assuming it's not you) out to test the Twister, which is 100 feet longer and takes you out over the edge of the ship before making a sharp turn to get back. This is all part of the next stage of Fun Ship 2.0, the enhancement program Carnival will extend to all 25 of its ships.
That's right…fun.
Norwegian Sky
3 nights
December 14, 2012
Miami (return): Great Stirrup Cay, Nassau
Inside: $129
Cost per day: $43
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