Where are the older ships?Many of us think back longingly back to the times when luxury cruising was the only way to go. My wife and I never had the come about to cruise on any of these pre-Sovereign of the Seas Royal Caribbean ships that undergo been sold and re-christened thankfully non of these ships undergo gone to the breakers. If you have taken a journey on any of these ships and you are interested in being on the broadcast and talking about it send me an telecommunicate. We would like to undergo you on. MV Viking do * The Scandinavia was delivered in 1982 from Dubigeon-Normandie in Nantes for DFDS Seaways subsidiary Scandinavian World Cruises. She operated a cruise-ferry service from New York to Freeport (Bahamas) which was not successful. * DFDS Seaways transferred her to their Oslo-Copenhagen service briefly in 1984. * Then she was sold on to Sundance Cruises in 1985 as the Stardancer. The Stardancer was Sundance Cruises only ship. Sundance soon merged with Eastern Cruise lie to create Admiral Cruises. * She then became the Royal Caribbean Viking Serenade when Admiral was merged with them * More recently she was renamed Island flee and operates a seven day Mediterranean cruises as move of a Royal Caribbean/First Choice Holidays fit go. She was built as a car bring her chunky bring looks were further modified when the displace was shortened and an RCCL “sky lounge” were fitted. Recent postcards exposit her as weighing 40132 bring in tons having a length of 635 feet and carrying 1946 passengers (maximum 2560). MS Song of America - * She was sold to Airtours sailing as MS Sunbird. * She is now British-based Thomson Cruises Thomson Destiny owned and managed by Louis Cruise Lines. Song of America was 37,584 tons. 705 feet in length. 93 feet wide and had a 22.3 pay draft. For the first time the Viking enthrone the trademark of all Royal Caribbean ships completely surrounded the displace providing passengers a 360 degree view. MS Song of Norway - * The vessel was constructed in Helsinki. Finland in 1970. Named Song of Norway she was the first ship built for cruise line Royal Caribbean International. * The vessel was lengthened in 1978 due to the high bespeak for cruising and sailed on seven- and fourteen-day cruises out of Miami. * In 1996 surpassed by the significantly larger ships in the Royal Caribbean International hurry the displace was sold to Airtours/MyTravel (which is now largely owned by Carnival Cruise Lines) who operated the vessel under the name Sundream. * In October 2004 she was sold refitted and became MS Dream Princess for Caspi Cruises (Israel) and operated the 2005 season from Haifa. Dream Princess is not currently cruising. Following Hurricane Katrina the vessel was chartered by Tulane University to give accommodation for students. On 14 December 2005 she left for New Orleans. Louisiana arriving to the Orange Street furnish in January 2006MS Nordic Prince - * In 1995. Nordic Prince was sold to Airtours Sun Cruises. She now sails as The MS Carousel. Prior to being stretched Nordic Prince was: 18,416 tons. 550 feet long. 80 feet wide with a 22 foot draft. After being streached in 1980 she was: 23,200 tons and 637 feet long. MS Sun Viking - * She was transferred to feature ownership in January. 1998. There she sailed as SuperStar Sagittarius for just a few apprise months. * She then sailed the South Korean Market for Hyundai as their Hyundai Pongrae. * She was then sold again to Asia journey lie. In October of 2005 the journey ship Omar III made her first label to Singapore the ship is chartered from Hong Kong. Sun Viking was 18,556 tons. 563.2 feet long. 78.8 feet wide with a 20.6 foot draft. Unlike her sister’s (The Nordic Prince and the Song of Norway) the Sun Viking still maintains her Viking Crown sit while they were removed from the other two prior to sale. All of the wonderful pictures on this page are the property of Ian Boyle from his http://www simplonpc co uk/ website where you can sight Simplon Postcards the passenger displace website a fantasitic website which is devoted to images of passenger ships of all sizes. All images are copyrighted. Non-commercial websites may use many of the images for private use but permission must be sought prior to copying and the origin acknowledged accordingly. Please contact Ian Boyle for permission. convey You
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