A Carnival Cruise Line ship that sails out of Port Canaveral has been missing its most iconic feature for more than a year after its smokestack funnel became engulfed in flames.

While the cruise line was able to get the ship fixed functionally soon after, it has been sailing without the signature “whale tail” that is so readily identifiable among the line’s fleet.

On Thursday, the ship finally left Port Canaveral for a proper facelift as part of its scheduled dry dock visit to the shipyards in Cadiz, Spain. Ships head in for a required dry dock every five years under international maritime law, during which cruise lines often install new features.

FAREWELL CARNIVAL FREEDOM – TEMPORARILY: We bid a temporary fond farewell to one of our homeported ships, the @CarnivalCruise Line Freedom. She has a scheduled beauty appointment (aka drydock) for a new paint job and a new whale tail. We wish her best on her journey and plan… pic.twitter.com/9cgzsU59Vx

— Port Canaveral (@PortCanaveral) September 21, 2023

In the case of Carnival Freedom, that includes a new funnel during the 18-day revamp, after which the ship will return to Port Canaveral beginning Nov. 6. The ship’s last dry dock was in 2019.

“She will arrive in Barcelona on October 4 and then begin her dry dock where she will get her new Whale Tail of Fun,” said Carnival Cruise Line Brand Ambassador John Heald on a post on Facebook. “There will be other changes as well and I will tell you about those in the days ahead.”

The fire took out the funnel in May 2022 while docked in Grand Turk while docked alongside Carnival’s Mardi Gras, the passengers of which posted several videos of the inferno.

The @Carnival Freedom is on fire in Port at #GrandTurk #Carnival pic.twitter.com/7GgoWLG2Tc

— Brian H (@Budman922) May 26, 2022

“Shortly after the Carnival Freedom arrived in port next to us on the Mardi Gras, smoke and flames began to shoot out of the exhaust funnel,” Twitter user @Budman922 said in a post. “The crew quickly started to battle the fire to extinguish it. A partial piece of the funnel fell from the top deck while smoke and ash flew in the wind. Luckily the wind was blowing away from our ship. The crew did a great job as it appears the fire did not spread any further than where it was.”

Photos posted by Twitter user @AirborneJM showed black smoke and orange flames billowing out of the starboard side of the red-white-and-blue funnel.

Carnival Freedom caught fire in Grand Turk while docked this morning. Praying there are no injuries and everyone will be safe. #carnival #fire #grandturk pic.twitter.com/G8p3karGsp

— Enjoying Life (@AirborneJM) May 26, 2022

Cruise line officials said all crew and guests were safe, but the ship was deemed unsafe to travel, so Carnival Conquest arrived from Miami to bring the ship’s 2,504 guests back to the U.S.

Initial work to the damaged exhaust stacks had to be done in Grand Turk, after which the line sailed it to Grand Bahama for the two-week repair job. It’s been back in service in Port Canaveral since June 2022 after receiving what Carnival dubbed a technical repair.