Azamara Journey

Azamara Journey departing the passenger port of Split on 19 September 2013
History
Name	2000–2003: R Six 2003–2005: Blue Star 2005–2007: Blue Dream 2007 onwards: Azamara Journey
Owner	2008–2012: Azamara Journey inc.
Operator	2007 onwards: Azamara Cruises
Port of registry	2000–2001: Monrovia, Liberia 2001–2005: Majuro, Marshall Islands 2005–2006: Nassau, Bahamas 2006–2013: Valletta, Malta
Builder	Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire
Completed	2000
Identification	Callsign 9HOB8 IMO number: 9200940 MMSI number: 256204000
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	R-class cruise ship
Tonnage	30,277 GT
Length	181.00 m (593.83 ft)
Beam	25.46 m (83.5 ft)
Depth	5.80 m (19.0 ft)
Decks	11
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity	694 passengers
Crew	407

Azamara Journey is an R-class cruise ship owned and operated by Azamara Club Cruises, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises. Gross register tonnage is 30,277, with a capacity of 694 passengers (double occupancy), plus 390 crew members. She was built in 2000 for Renaissance Cruises as R Six. After the bankruptcy of Renaissance Cruises, she sailed for Pullmantur Cruises who renamed her Blue Star in 2003 and Blue Dream in 2005.

History

Azamara Journey in her previous livery, as seen at leaving Hamilton, Bermuda in August 2007

The ship was built in 2000 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, the sixth ship of the comprehensive eight ships "R-Class" for Renaissance Cruises shipping company and was named R Six. The ship was sold in early 2001 to the Cruise Company Invest. Due to illiquidity turned Renaissance Cruises end of September 2001 the operation and the Six R was launched mid-2003. She was then chartered to the cruise line Pullmantur Cruises and use of this under the marketing name for Blue Star Cruises (but not yet officially renamed). Since July 2005, the ship was called the Blue Dream. From 2006, the ship was used by Pullmantur. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Since 2006, the parent company of Pullmantur, transferred the Blue Dream 15 December 2008 its new subsidiary Azamara Cruises, where it was renamed Azamara Journey and since then with her sister ship Azamara Quest, the former R Seven, is used worldwide for cruises. Azamara Cruises was now renamed Azamara Club Cruises.

Amenities

Features include internet, a martini bar, a casino, pool, and shopping. There is a traditional one-story dining room, Discoveries, as well as a Deck 9 buffet restaurant. The ship also features two specialty restaurants, Aqualina and Prime C.

See also

• List of cruise ships

External links

• Official website
• Azamara Journey ship location in Google Maps
• Cruise Critic review
• "Azamara Journey" – review by Douglas Ward in The Daily Telegraph, London
• "Small and sweet" – review in traveller.com.au of a cruise on Azamara Journey