Seatrade Insider News reports that Star Cruises has not yet succeeded in re-selling the 77,104 GT, 2,002-berth Pride of Aloha, which will be delivered to it from NCL next month. According to its source, Star is asking $320 million for the ship, valued at $340 million in financial statements, and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. [...]
Royal Caribbean has announced that, as indicated by the 2008 Pullmantur advance brochure released last week (click here to download pdf), Sovereign of the Seas will be leaving the Royal Caribbean fleet to join Spanish sister company Pullmantur.
The ship, currently based in Port Canaveral, Florida on 3- and 4-night cruises, will leave the Royal Caribbean [...]
Pullmantur Cruises‘ 2008 advance brochure (click here to download PDF) shows Sovereign (with a photo of Royal Caribbean’s Sovereign of the Seas) as a new member of the fleet. However, it does not contain any itineraries for the new ship or any other information about her apparent impending transfer to the Spanish operator. Royal Caribbean [...]
Pullmantur Cruises has announced its itineraries and fleet line-up for 2008:
Oceanic will continue her massively popular “Brisas del Mediterraneo” itinerary, with round-trip 7-night cruises from Barcelona to Villefranche, Livorno, Civitavecchia (Rome), Naples and La Goulette (Tunis).
Ocean Dream (currently Pacific Star) will offer a 7-night “Joyas del Mediterraneo” itinerar, round trip from Barcelona to La Goulette, [...]
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd has announced a new cruise line aimed at the French market, CDF Croisières de France. The new company will begin operations in May 2008 with Bleu de France, currently Pullmantur Cruises‘ Holiday Dream. Originally built in 1982 as Hapag-Lloyd’s Europa, the ship was also with Star Cruises as SuperStar Aries before [...]
