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Marella Discovery (formerly Splendour of the Seas and TUI Discovery) is a former Royal Caribbean International Vision-class cruise ship now sailing for Marella Cruises.The second in the line of the Vision-class ships, she features a seven-story lobby, rock-climbing wall, and a 9-hole miniature golf course.
On 28 October 2017, TUI Discovery 2 was renamed Marella Discovery 2 in a ceremony held at the port of Tenerife by members of the ship's crew chosen as 'outstanding performers' by the company, together with the Captain. [8] Marella Discovery 2 is the sister ship to Marella Discovery (formerly Splendour of the Seas). [2]
The ship has 1,250 staterooms, most of which have balconies, with a capacity of 2,500 passengers and a crew of 1,000. [8] The ship includes several restaurants, a theatre, spa and nightclub. [8] The contract included an option to build a second ship, dependent on the approval of TUI Cruises shareholders. [8]
The ship plans to spend the next year in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and Europe. A seven-night roundtrip voyage from Miami to Mexico and Central America starts at $4,300 a person. Excursions ...
As of March 2013, Thomson operates the Island Escape under its all-inclusive Island Cruises brand. In March 2015, Royal Caribbean International announced that they had agreed to sell Splendour of the Seas to TUI Cruises in the second quarter of 2016, and that TUI would lease the ship to Thomson Cruises to replace the Island Escape. [6]
The only two ships in the Vision class to feature miniature golf courses. Legend of the Seas: 1995: May 16, 1995: 69,130: Retrofitted in 2013. Sold to Thomson Cruises and renamed in 2017, first as TUI Discovery 2, [6] then as Marella Discovery 2, as part of Tui's rebranding of their cruise businesses. [7] Splendour of the Seas: 1996: March 31 ...
RV Oceanus is a Regional-class [2] research vessel owned by the National Science Foundation, based in Newport, Oregon, and maintained and operated by Oregon State University. The ship was originally delivered to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) for operation as a part of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet as a University-National ...
Cruise ships started to exceed ocean liners in size and capacity in the mid-1990s; [2] before then, few were more than 50,000 GT. [3] In the decades since the size of the largest vessels has more than doubled. [4] There have been nine or more new cruise ships added every year since 2001, most of which are 100,000 GT or greater. [5]