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Genting World

Disney Adventure’s Secret Past: The Rise and Fall of Genting’s Global Class Ships

In the world of cruise ships, few stories are as dramatic and unusual as that of Genting Hong Kong’s Global-class vessels. What began as an ambitious vision to create the world’s largest cruise ships for the Asian market ended in…

First Block Laid for Genting Dream

Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany just laid the first block of hull number S.711, more commonly refered to as the Genting Dream, into the covered drydock at the yard. She will sail for the newly formed Dream Cruises in Asia.…

Steel Cutting for Genting World

If the outline in the steel above is the silhouette of the ship, this looks to be a modified Breakaway class vessel. Star Cruises and Germany’s Meyer Werft celebrated the steel cutting ceremony of the Genting World. The first newbuild…