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Editors Note: The correct owner has been updated based on feedback. Marella Cruises, formally known as Thomson Cruises, have announced that the Marella Spirit (ex-Nieuw Amsterdam, Patriot, Spirit, Thomson Spirit) will be leaving the fleet this next month. It seems…
I was way off in my prediction of what she will look like. My Render: Actual Render: Thomson Cruises have announced their plans for refurbishing the Thomson Discovery (ex-Splendour of the Seas). Looks like she will…
German line TUI Cruises have announced that they will transfer two cruise ships, Mein Schiff 1 (ex-Celebrity Galaxy) and Mein Schiff 2 (ex-Celebrity Mercury ), over to its sister-line, Thomson Cruises. This will greatly reduce Thomson’s average fleet age which is currently…
UK Based Thomson Cruises, has announced that they will be adding balconies to three of their ships. The Thomson Celebration, Thomson Spirit and Thomson Majesty should all have balconies added buy this time next year. The Thomson Celebration (ex-Noordam) will have 26…
UK based and sourced line Thomson Cruises have announced that they will base the Thomson Dream (ex-Costa Europa, Westerdam) out of Montego Bay Jamaica during the winter 2014/2015 season. She’ll be the only ship to be based out of the…
5 crew members were killed when a routine lifeboat drill went horribly wrong. The ship was docked at the port of Santa Cruz on La Palma in the Canary Islands. It should be noted, the davit arm involved that faulted…