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He remodeled the yachts as casinos, and began to operate his "cruises to nowhere," sailing three miles from the Florida coast into what was then considered international waters. [5] There, out on the sea, passengers would gamble on poker, blackjack and slot machines. Boulis called his fleet of 11 ships the SunCruz Casino line.
Carnival Sunrise (formerly Carnival Triumph) is a Destiny-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line.As she and her three younger sisters (Carnival Radiance, Costa Fortuna, and Costa Magica) are each a redesigned version of the lead ship in the class, she is sometimes referred to as the first of the Triumph class of cruise ships.
Premier Cruise Lines, a subsidiary of Premier Cruises, was a cruise line headquartered in Cape Canaveral, Florida. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] From 1985 to 1993, it was licensed as the official cruise line of Walt Disney World and used the trademark "The Big Red Boat" based on the color scheme of some of its ships.
In March 2018, Disney Cruise Line released the first rendering of its new generation of cruise ships. [29] [30] The 140,000-ton cruise liners would be LNG-powered and would accommodate at least 2,500 guests. [31] In January 2019, the class of ship was confirmed as Triton in public documents published by Port Canaveral.
Prinzessin Victoria Luise was the first purpose-built cruise ship. The cruise of Augusta Victoria in the Mediterranean and the Near East from 22 January to 22 March 1891, with 241 passengers including Albert Ballin and wife themselves, [5] is often stated to have been the first ever cruise. [6]
Hornblower Cruises is a San Francisco–based charter yacht, dining cruise and ferry service company. In 2021, the company rebranded most of its services as City Cruises or City Experiences . In 2024, the company filed for bankruptcy protection .
On December 4, 2023, Margaritaville at Sea announced that a second ship would be acquired and sail four- and five-night cruises to Key West and Mexico from the Port Tampa Bay. [17] The ship is a sprit-class cruise ship previously operated by Costa Cruises, and was renamed to the Margaritaville at Sea Islander. The ship's inaugural sailing for ...
Celebrity Cruises is a cruise line headquartered in Miami, Florida, [1] and a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group. Celebrity Cruises was founded in 1988 by the Greece-based Chandris Group , and merged with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line in 1997.