The ship offers yearround european itineraries western mediterranean cruises from malaga and roundtrip madeira and the canary islands cruise with departures from tenerife and gran canaria. Im peering up into the dripping canopy of trees, long, mosscovered cables hanging down, the air filled with birdsong and the rush of the waterfall, when i spot the group of howler monkeys high in the branches above us. In 1988 she was sold to holland america line and renamed ms westerdam. On a marella cruise ship expect the same high standards across the board. In february 2010, the vessel collided with a dock in egypt while attempting to dock in bad weather. It is thomson s biggest and most luxurious ship to date.
The 1,533passenger, 54,763tonne marella dream joined the marella then thomson fleet in 2010 and is. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Ms marella dream is a cruise ship owned by tui uk ltd. Bbc watchdog gets its teeth into thomson dream cruise ship. In 1995, thomson restarted their cruise line after their competitor airtours had made a successful entry in the cruise business under their sun cruises brand marella cruises holds approximately a 1% market share of the worldwide cruise industry.
Jan 01, 2016 join me for a quick tour of the thomson dream cruise ship. Marella dream itinerary schedule, current position. Initially, thomson cruises uk company started operations in 1973, but due to rising fuel costs, its passenger shipping operations were terminated in 1976. Thomson cruises launches new collaboration with the comedy store. Thomson destiny was built in 1982 as the royal caribbean cruise ship song of america. Download entire itinerary of the cruise ship marella explorer 2 in a single pdf file for the season 20192020. Book a cruise cruiseservercruiseserver search caribbean search alaska search europe 888. Following the announcement on 9 october 2017, that thomson cruises would be. Marella discovery 2 not only shares a name with sister ship marella discovery but also an identical all inclusive cruising experience.
Despite its name, carnival dream is definitely a reality. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The thomson dream, the latest addition to the ukbased thomson cruises fleet of five ships, was launched in april 2010. View marella dreams current location, recent track, speed, direction, next port destination and more. Media in category thomson dream ship, 1986the following 25 files are in this category, out of 25 total. The dream is an older boat, do not expect the tv commercial cruise ship. Thomson destiny is, managed and later owned, by louis cruise lines. Find out where the ship is located at the exact date with arrival and departure. The carol burnett show official recommended for you.
The global cruise fleet page highlights ships at key brands throughout the cruise industry. Dont expect anything too luxurious onboard a thomson ship its one step up from the island escape. Nazaire, france for the holland america line hal with northamerican cruising in mind. Allinclusive ship with wellmaintained public spaces. All this was on a ship that thomson claimed was new and luxurious. Short bus ride to the ship, boarding process was reasonable, drinks were provided, lots of thomson reps here. Mein schiff 5 ms europa thomson dream euro pa thomson dream. Tui cruise passengers worldwide 202018, by cruise brand. Marella explorer 2, 20190 2020 cruise itinerary and sailing.
Marella cruises ships and itineraries 2020, 2021, 2022. Marella dream cruise ship pictures 2020 cruise critic. View the full ship deck plans for the marella dream. Thomson spirits last cruise for marella is scheduled for october 21, 2018. Thomson dream thomson cruises compare cruise ships. This page was last edited on 1 november 2019, at 08. The 1,533passenger, 54,763tonne marella dream joined the marella then thomson fleet in 2010 and is one of the lines oldest ships alongside celebration at 34 years old. See what 1170 cruisers had to say about their marella dream cruises.
Track marella dreams current position location on our live cruise ship tracker. Global cruise fleet cruise industry news cruise news. As thomson s newest and biggest cruise ship tui discovery sets off on her maiden voyage around the mediterranean, travelmole. Marella cruises dream ships owner is the costa crociere company aka. Thomson cruises rebrands as marella and announces string.
Feedback from thomson dream cruise ship 31st january 14th february 2017 overall we had a fantastic holiday and i would like to give feedback about the whole experience on the thomson dream and highlight both the positives and the negatives. Nov 14, 2016 thomson cruises today announced its winter 2017 program which, due to customer demand, sees longhaul a focus with more ships based in the caribbean than ever before and exciting new ports of call added, according to a press release issued by thomson. Theres still a fantastic selection of facilities, though from a twostorey show lounge with west endstyle entertainment every night to six restaurants and a spa. Apr 07, 2011 last series watchdog featured the thomson dream cruise ship after passengers told us about flooded cabins, broken air conditioning and some very nasty sewage smells.
Like our cruisetimetables facebook page to enjoy a boatload of cruise fun and information. A sevennight tropical treasures cruise on thomson dream departs. It is 30% more spacious than the other ships of its class. Ours is going to sorrento and sicily, rome and barcelona and corsica, and only lasts a week. Four other ships, including thomson dream, thomson celebration, tui discovery and tui discovery 2. Sound nation on the tui marella dream thomson dream. But which we revealed was actually 24 years old, and simply sailing under a new name.
Thomson cruises rebrands as marella and announces string of new sailings to asia save. Cruise is all about cruise ships and the people who love them. Its the best place to find information about a specific cruise ship, your favorite cruise lines fleet, or even what happened to your favorite cruise ship from the past. Download yearround marella explorer cruise ship itinerary in a single pdf file for. In 1995, thomson restarted their cruise line after their competitor airtours had made a successful entry in the cruise business under their sun cruises brand. Find great deals, tips and tricks on cruise critic to help plan your cruise. Having just joined the thomson tui fleet in the last few months the discovery formerly royal caribbeans splendour of the seas is a fantastic ship, in fact it has just won cruise critics best new ship award.
Much like marella discovery, marella discovery 2 offers laid back contemporary cruising with an impressive array of onboard facilities, dining venues and entertainment options included in the cost of your cruise. Browse over 403 expert photos and member pictures of the marella dream cruise ship. Carnival dream is a unique cruise ship experience packed with delicious dining, memorable entertainment, and heartracing fun. Marella cruises formerly thomson cruises is a british cruise line operated by tui uk, offering. Their small fleet of ships are chartered rather than owned outright, however this is not obvious when taking a thomson cruise. The company had initially entered the cruise market in 1973, but due to rising fuel costs the venture was terminated in 1976. Nov 21, 2016 thomson cruises says farewell to two ships in 2017 thomson cruises has announced that its muchloved ships thomson majesty and thomson spirit will leave the fleet at the end of 2017 after their.
Find out where the ship is located at the exact date with arrival and departure times in all portsofcall. The british cruise liner marella cruises formerly thomson cruises had a total of 327. Marella dream, passenger cruise ship details and current. Launched in 1986, marella dream cruise ship formerly thomson dream is a leased vessel, which current owner is costa crociere carnival corporations subsidiary company. Unlike the previous two purchases from rci, the sky lounge around the funnel was not removed when sold in 1999. I have been on other thomson ships i can easily state that this is new ship is a big leap up in both standard and facilities. She was built in 1986 at the meyer werft shipyard in papenburg, west germany as ms homeric for home lines. Thomson cruises normally have special cruise offers every other week so its a good idea to check out this website every month or so just to browse the latest cruise offers. Ms crown iris is a cruise ship owned by mano maritime. Marellas new fleet consists of tuiowned ships formerly owned and operated by royal caribbean and tui cruises. Cruising the caribbean islands aboard the thomson dream. In hal service, she was decorated with artworks drawing on the history of the dutch empire. Thomson cruises launches new collaboration with the comedy store december 08, 2014 the tie up will bring the best in stand up from the company responsible for launching the careers of a host of famous comedians including paul merton, lee evans and michael mcintyre to its customers on board the themed thomson dreams beyond the sunset. Apr 28, 2015 thomson cruises names its newest ship thomson discovery with palma as its homeport thomson cruises has named the latest addition to its fleet thomson discovery and confirmed it will be sailing out.