Celebration Cruise Line was a small

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that operated two-day voyages out of

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. The company was founded in late 2008, and began operations on March 9, 2009. The company moved the ship's operations from

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to the Port of Palm Beach in March 2010.

History

The cruise line began operation in March 2009 with the ''Bahamas Celebration'', which was formerly a cruise ferry, built in 1981 and converted to a cruise ship in 2008. The cruise line replaced Imperial Majesty Cruise Line. In 2010, Celebration Cruise Line announced it would be moving to the

due to being overshadowed by larger cruise lines at

. The Port of Palm Beach has a passenger terminal that was built to accommodate smaller cruise ships. In 2010, they stopped sailing to

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. Their two-night cruises then departed every other day at 6:00 pm. to

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. On October 31, 2014, the struck an unknown object while departing from Freeport, creating a small hole in the ship's hull and resulting in the vessel listing 10 degrees to port. All passengers and crew were unharmed. Celebration Cruise Line ceased operations following the grounding incident. Former Celebration Cruise Line executives formed Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line and purchased the ''

Grand Celebration The ''Celebration'' (also known as ''Grand Celebration'') was a cruise ship originally built for Carnival Cruise Line. She was the last out of three ships to be built for Carnival's Holiday Class of cruise ships. She last sailed for Bahamas Par ...

'' to take over the route formerly operated by the ''Bahamas Celebration''.

Former fleet

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.bahamaships.com/ Defunct cruise lines Transport companies established in 2008 Transport companies disestablished in 2015