''Azamara Journey'' is an owned and operated by
Azamara Club Cruises.
Gross register tonnage is 30,277, with a capacity of 694 passengers (double occupancy), plus 390 crew members. She was built in 2000 for
Renaissance Cruises Renaissance Cruises was a cruise ship operating company that was founded in 1989 and owned by Fearnley & Eger Rederi in Oslo, Norway. It was purchased by Edward Rudner (founder of Alamo Car Rental) as the company faltered during the Gulf War. It o ...
as ''R Six''. After the bankruptcy of Renaissance Cruises, she sailed for
Pullmantur Cruises
Pullmantur Cruises was a cruise line headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It began operations in the late 1990s as an offshoot of the Madrid-based travel agency Pullmantur. In 2006, Pullmantur Cruises, through its parent company, was purchased by U. ...
who renamed her ''Blue Star'' in 2003 and ''Blue Dream'' in 2005.
History
The ship was built in 2000 by the
Chantiers de l'Atlantique in
Saint-Nazaire, the sixth ship of the comprehensive eight ships "R-Class" for Renaissance Cruises shipping company and was named ''R Six''. The ship was sold in early 2001 to the Cruise Company Invest. Due to
illiquidity turned Renaissance Cruises end of September 2001 the operation and the ''R Six'' was
launched mid-2003. She was then
chartered to the cruise line Pullmantur Cruises and use of this under the marketing name for Blue Star Cruises (but not yet officially renamed). Since July 2005, the ship was called the ''Blue Dream''.
From 2006, the ship was used by Pullmantur. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., the parent company of Pullmantur, transferred the ''Blue Dream'' on 15 December 2008 its new subsidiary Azamara Cruises, where it was renamed ''Azamara Journey''; and since then with her sister ship ''
Azamara Quest
''Azamara Quest'' is an that entered service for Azamara Cruises on 24 October 2007. She was built in 2000 for Renaissance Cruises as ''R Seven''. Following the collapse of Renaissance Cruises in 2001 she was laid up for two years, until char ...
'', the former ''R Seven'', and since 2018 with her sister ship ''
Azamara Pursuit
''Azamara Pursuit'' (previously ''R Eight'', ''Minerva II'', ''Royal Princess'' and ''Adonia'') is a cruise ship operating for Azamara Club Cruises. The ship was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at their shipyard in St. Nazaire, France in 20 ...
'', the former ''R Eight'', is used worldwide for cruises. Azamara Cruises has been renamed Azamara Club Cruises.
In 2015, the Azamara Journey and the
Azamara Quest
''Azamara Quest'' is an that entered service for Azamara Cruises on 24 October 2007. She was built in 2000 for Renaissance Cruises as ''R Seven''. Following the collapse of Renaissance Cruises in 2001 she was laid up for two years, until char ...
were the ships used by television presenter and biologist
Nigel Marven
Nigel Alan Marven (born 27 November 1960) is a British wildlife TV presenter, naturalist, conservationist, author, and television producer. He is best known as presenter of the BBC miniseries '' Chased by Dinosaurs'', its sequel, '' Sea Monsters ...
for his
UKTV
UKTV Media Limited, simply known as UKTV, is a British multi-channel broadcaster, which, since 2019, has been wholly owned by BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide), a commercial subsidiary of the BBC. It was formed on 1 November 1992 through ...
documentary/travel programme "Cruise Ship Adventures with Nigel Marven", during which Nigel showed areas with outstanding wildlife that can be visited in popular cruise destinations.
During the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...
''Journey'' and two of her sisterships ''
Azamara Pursuit
''Azamara Pursuit'' (previously ''R Eight'', ''Minerva II'', ''Royal Princess'' and ''Adonia'') is a cruise ship operating for Azamara Club Cruises. The ship was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at their shipyard in St. Nazaire, France in 20 ...
'' and ''
Azamara Quest
''Azamara Quest'' is an that entered service for Azamara Cruises on 24 October 2007. She was built in 2000 for Renaissance Cruises as ''R Seven''. Following the collapse of Renaissance Cruises in 2001 she was laid up for two years, until char ...
'' berthed in
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
's
King George V Dock between June 2020 and July/August 2021 with ''Journey'' being the last to leave on 9 August 2021.
See also
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List of cruise ships
This is a list of cruise ships, both those in service and those that have ceased to operate. Ocean liners are included on this list only if they also functioned as cruise ships. (See: list of ocean liners.)
As some cruise ships have operated und ...
References
External links
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Ships of Azamara Cruises
Ships built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique
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