MV Horizon
 Pacific Dream in Castries, Saint Lucia.
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| History | |
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| Name | list error: <br /> list (help) 1990-2005: Horizon 2005-2009 Island Star 2009-On Pacific Dream |
| Owner | list error: <br /> list (help) 1990-2005: Celebrity Cruises 2005-2009: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.[1] |
| Operator | list error: <br /> list (help) 1990-2005: Celebrity Cruises 2005-2009: Island Cruises 2009-Present Pullmantur Cruises |
| Port of registry | list error: <br /> list (help) 1990-2002: Monrovia,  Liberia2002-2009: Nassau,  Bahamas2009-present: Valletta,  Malta[2] |
| Builder | Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany |
| Yard number | 619[2] |
| Launched | November 19, 1989[2] |
| Christened | April 11, 1990[2] |
| Acquired | April 30, 1990[2] |
| In service | 1990[2]-present |
| Fate | Sold to Pullmantur Cruises April 2009 |
| Status | In active service as of 2010 |
| Notes | Sister ship to Zenith |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type | Horizon class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 47,427 GRT GRT uses unsupported parameter (help)[citation needed] |
| Displacement | 5,550 t DWT DWT uses unsupported parameter (help) |
| Length | 208.00 m (682.41 ft) |
| Beam | 29.00 m (95.14 ft) |
| Draught | 7.72 m (25.33 ft)[citation needed] |
| Decks | 12 |
| Installed power | 3 x 3300kw MAN-B&W AUX[citation needed] |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 x 5994kw MAN-B&W diesels 2 x 3996 MAN-B&W diesels[citation needed] |
| Speed | 21,5 knots |
| Capacity | 1875 passengers[citation needed] |
MV Pacific Dream is a cruise ship owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and operated by Pullmantur Cruises. She was built in 1990 at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany for Celebrity Cruises as MV Horizon.[1][2]
Service history
The vessel was constructed for Celebrity Cruises, who operated the vessel as the Horizon. The vessel's service with Celebrity ended in September 2005, when it was transferred to Island Cruises. The ship underwent refits over the end of 2005 and the beginning of 2006, and was operating out of Palma de Mallorca in the Mediterranean Sea as the Island Star in summer and from Caribbean in winter season of 2008. It advertised cruising as "relaxed, friendly, and informal".
On 6 October 2008 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL), the owner of the Island Star, sold their 50% interest in Island Cruises to First Choice Holidays[3]. Due to this the charter of the Island Star to Island Cruises will end in April 2009 and was then reported to be transferred to the fleet of RCL's Spain-based subsidiary Pullmantur Cruises, although reports in May of 2009 say that Pullmantur will not be operating the ship, instead, she will go to another Royal Caribbean company, CDF Croisières de France, although precise details of this have yet to be released.[1] In May 2009 pictures of the ship in Pullmantur Cruises colors and renamed Pacific Dream.
References
- ^ a b c "Royal Caribbean to sell its interest in Island Cruises – to redeploy Island Star to Pullmantur". Cruise Business Review. Cruise Media Oy Ltd. 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
{{cite web}}: Text "2009-Present Pullmantur Cruises" ignored (help) - ^ a b c d e f g h Asklander, Micke. "M/S Horizon (1990)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 2007-12-10.
- ^ Michael Sheehan of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd "Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. to Sell Its Interest in Island Cruises to First Choice Holidays Ltd"
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