Former Carnival Cruise Ship Beached for Scrapping In India
Photo Credit: Janvi Bhuri Baraiya
Grand Celebration has been beached at the shipbreaking yard in Alang, India. While we reported already in November this might be coming, the vessel can be seen today on
our cruise ship tracker as on the beach at the facility in Bhavnagar district.
A fan favorite for short breaks to the Bahamas from Florida, the vessel had been sailing for Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line since 2014. As early as September 2020 the cruise line announced that the vessel
would return to sailing on November 4, 2020. While that date never happened due to the CDC’s no-sail-order, it is staggering to think how fast these things can change.
Jan 2, 2021
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Another icon of the early days of cruising has been sent to the scrappers.
Ocean Dream, which originally sailed as Carnival Cruise Line‘s Tropicale, arrived at the scrapyards of Alang, India, on Friday after being idle for nearly a year due to the coronavirus crisis.
Unveiled in 1982, the 1,422-passenger ship was the first cruise vessel purpose-built for Carnival, and it played a significant role in the line’s early growth.
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By NEIL HARTNELL
nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
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