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Cruise Capacity Changes
Through 1999
Premier Cruise Lines To vSell
Ship
American Hawh^i Cruises
Carnival Cruise Liffl
Carnival Cruise Lines^
Carnival Cruise Lines
Celebrity Cruises
Costa Crociere
Costa Crociere
Cunard Line, Ltd.
Dolphin Cruise Line
Epirotiki Cruise Lines
Epirotiki Cruise Lines
Holland America Line
Norwegian Cruise Lines
Norwegian Cruise Lines
Princess Cruises jency Cruises (fleet)
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Royal Caribbean Cruises, ltd.
Royal Cruise Line
Royal Cruise Line
Royal Cruise Line
Royal Cruise Line
Seabourn Cruise Line
World Explorer Cruises
World Explorer Cruises
Dophin Hellas
Renaissance Cruises
Cruise Line
Celebrity Cruises
Costa Cruises
Holland America Line
Holland America Line
Princess Cruises
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Radisson Seven Seas
Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Lines
Carnival Cruise Lines
Carnival Cruise Lines
Disney Cruise Line
Disney Cruise Line
Princess Cruises
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Silversea Cruises
Renaissance Cruises
Cruise Line
Silversea Cruises
Princess Cruises
Renaissance Cruises
Renaissance Cruises 1996
Delivery Ship Name New/
Date Used 4/96 Constitution U 4/96 Inspiration N 11/96 Carnival Destiny N 5/96 Festivale U 11/96 Galaxy N 7/96 Costa Victoria N 10/96 Daphne U 3/96 Sagafjord U 5/96 Island Breeze U 5/96 Stella Maris U
V 5/96 Orpheus U \/96 Veendam N
WK Norwegian Crown U 5/96 Royal Odyssey U 12/96 \ ^ Golden Princess U 1996 ^loII ships Chapter 11 3/96 Splendour of the Seas N 11/96 GranW of the Seas N 3/96 Crown OaWey U 5/96 Royal Odysse^w U 10/96 Star Odyssey \ U 7/96 Queen Odyssey \ V U 7/96 Seabourn Legend \ U 7/96 Universe Explorer \u. 1/96 SS Universe 1996 Aegean Dolphin 1996 Aegean Dolphin / u 1997
Delivery Ship Name J f New/
Dote Used 11/97 Mercury jf N 1997 Costa Olympic # N 10/97 Rotterdam VI / N 9/97 Rotterdam f U 1997 Dawn Prinjss N 4/97 Rbopsodf of the Seas N 9/97 Encha#ment of the Seas N 12/97 PatfGaugin N 1998
Delivery Ship Name New/
Date t Used 1998 / Elation N 1998 / Paradise N 1998 / Carnival Triumph N 1/9/ Disney Magic N 12^8 Disney Wonder N /98 Grand Princess N / 4/98 Vision of the Seas N 1998 Unnamed (planned)N 1998 Unnamed N 1999
Delivery Ship Name New/
Date Used 1999 Unnamed (planned)N 1999 Sea Princess N 1999 Unnamed N 1999 Unnamed N
Editor's Notes:/Bosed on public information gathered by Cruise Lines International
Association, a total of 27 new ships are contracted or planned to be added to the North
American fleet from 1996 through the end of 2000. "Planned" ships listed in the chart have been annoudfed, although there has been no confirmation of a contract being signed. The following formation is offered as a clarification to information in the chart:
America/Hawaii's Constitution left service in 1995 to re-enter in 1997. It has been annou/ed that the ship will not re-enter the cruise line's fleet. Regency Cruises entered
Chaffer 11 bankruptcy proceedings in November 1995. Four of Royal Cruise Lines' ships hav/ changed hands. Royal Odyssey was in operation with Norwegian as of May 1996.
Crown Odyssey was transferred to Norwegian and renamed Norwegian Crown. Queen
Odyssey became Seabourn's Seabourn Legend. Star Odyssey was purchased by Fred Olsen
Lines to sail in October 1996. :ebruary, 1997
Viad Corp's cruise
Premier Cruise announced plans to
Atlantic to Westrai
The transaction is b
Jacq. Pierot Jr. & broker located in bsidiary, es, has 1 the S/S oldings Inc. rng handled by ns, Inc., a ship- ew York.
Company officials said Westrai's subsidiary Mediterranean Shipping
Cruises is planing to sail the ship, to be renamdcl Melody, out of Genoa on June 1. >
Meanwhile, Atlantic will continue
sailing Canai^ral, Fla.
Prwnier Cruise Lines said all pas-
sengers booked on future sailings of
Atlantic past its last sailing date are
tpected to be accommodated on its
Mother ship, S/S Oceanic.
Viad Corp is a S&P Mid-Cap 400
company with $2.4 billion in annual
revenues, and was formerly known
as The Dial Corp. before a successful
spin-off of its consumer products
roup last August.
Costa Chairman Discusses
Carnival^ Buyout
On Dec. \19, following the
announcementVhat Carnival Corp.
and Airtours, plc^ntend to purchase
100 percent of the shares of cruise
line Costa Crociqre SpA, Costa
Chairman Dr. Nicol\ Costa made a
statement.
"The announced entrY of Carnival
Corporation and AirtouV as stock-
holders of Costa Crociere wall have a
positive impact on our comteany. I
would like to confirm that" Costa
Crociere and Costa Cruises in North
America will continue to operate
and market, with full autonomy, all
the announced cruise programs in
Northern Europe, the
Mediterranean, the Caribbean and
South America.
"Furthermore, the collaboration
with Carnival, the world's largest
cruise operator, and Airtours, one of
Europe's largest tour operators, will
enable our company to carry on the
successful development strategy it
has pursued over recent years.
"The aim of the proposed agree-
ment is to reinforce the financial
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