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The Skyward.

12949 Gross Tons, Length: 450ft, Passengers 850, Crew 240, Speed 16 knots, Engines 2 x MAN 12792 Kw

 

 

Skyward was a sister to the Starward, and was completed in 1969 by AG Weser of Bremerhaven. She was sold in 1991 to Singapore owners, receiving the subsequent names Shangrila World (1991-1992), Asian World (1992), Fantasy World (1992-1993), Continental World (1993) and Leisure World (1993- ). She operates under this last name for New Century Cruises in 2005, still operating out of Singapore, although in practice she is usually anchored in international waters with transfers to and from the ship are by high speed launch.

Starward was completed in 1968 by AG Weser of Bremerhaven, for the Kloster subsidiary NCL (Norwegian Caribbean Line, later Norwegian Cruise Line). She operated out of Miami, on seven day cruises to the Caribbean islands. She originally had a stern car door and garage space to take trailers, particularly to Jamaica. This space was later converted to cabins. Starward was sold to Festival Cruises in 1994, their second ship, becoming the Bolero. In 2000, Bolero was chartered to First Choice Cruises, followed by charters to other travel companies. Following the collapse of Festival Cruises, Bolero became the Orient Queen of Orient Queen Shipping. She passed to Louis Cruise Lines in 2006.

 

A second pair of sisters were ordered from Italian builders, to be named Southward and Seaward. The cost of the second ship increased following the nationalisation of the builders, and the order was cancelled. Southward entered service in 1971, and operated with NCL, including service from California, until sold to Airtours in 1994, becoming the Seawing of Sun Cruises. From 2004 she joined the Louis Cruise Lines fleet, under the name of Perla. In 2005 she operated cruises out of Piraeus to the Greek Islands and Turkey, after a winter in the Far East.

Is that Hull Art I see near the center of the ship (or a coffee stain on the photo:D)?

Gosh, if that is your major gripe (the fruit and TV's), I can only imagine how your cruise went. I won't even ask! :( With access to this board and the internet, finding out what perks come with which cabin category is as easy as complaining about what you did or didn't receive on a message board because your research wasn't done properly.

I think the poster's name "DUPED PRINCESS CRUISER" says it all...:rolleyes:

:D

You can save the soda fee by taking your wife and kids to Beaches Turks for 8 days including meals drinks and all sports for aprox. $6,000.00!!!

 

Why cruise the Not Caring Lince NCL!!!!:eek:

Just a tad bit bitter there??:rolleyes:

If the Afts are gone, go for near the mid-section. Less turbulence if you hit rough (e.g. 20-25 ft) seas.