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ship Nordic
Prince. Nordic Prince was the second of two sisters built for Royal
Caribbean, being delivered from Helsinki builders Wartsila in
1971. Her sister was the Song
of Norway.
She was 18000 tons as built, and carried 724 passengers. In 1980,
Nordic Prince was lengthened by 85 feet, to
carry a total of 1024 passengers and increase size to 23000 gross
tons. She initially operated on 7 and 14-day cruise out of Miami,
but later served throughout the world, breaking new territories
for RCCL, when superseded by larger ships in the Caribbean. Nordic Prince was sold to Airtours for their Sun Cruises fleet in 1994, becoming
the Carousel. The distinctive sky lounge on
the funnel was removed as part of the deal, greatly improving
her appearance. Her sister Song
of Norway became
the Sundream with Airtours. In later years, Carousel received a revised MyTravel colour scheme. In April 2004, it was announced
that she would join the Louis
Cruise Lines fleet,
under the name Aquamarine. She was initially chartered back
to MyTravel, and was due to continue with them until May 2005,
the last MyTravel ship to remain in service. From June 2005 Aquamarine cruised out of Genoa on a 7-day
Mediterranean itinerary, under the Louis Hellenic Cruises banner.
From April 2006, Aquamarine was chartered for five years
for use by Transocean
Tours, who have
renamed her Arielle.
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2004-
- Arielle - Transocean Tours (charter):
2006-
- Carousel - Airtours/Sun Cruises/MyTravel:
1994-2004
- Nordic
Prince
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- Nordic Prince
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1971-1994)
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- Nordic Prince was the second of two sisters
built for Royal Caribbean, being delivered from Helsinki builders
Wartsila in 1971. She was 18000 tons as built, and carried 724
passengers. In 1980, she was lengthened by 85 feet, to carry
a total of 1024 passengers and increase size to 23000 gross tons.
She initially operated on 7 and 14-day cruise out of Miami, but
later served throughout the world, breaking new territories for
RCCL, when superseded by larger ships in the Caribbean. She was
sold to Airtours (now largely owned by main rivals
Carnival) in 1994, becoming their Carousel. The distinctive sky lounge on
the funnel was removed as part of the deal, greatly improving
her appearance.
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- This
card by Gulfstream (Miami) shows Nordic Prince in original
condition (plus Sun Viking and three NCL ships) at Miami
(serial GS1016/2)
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- Astral
Graphics postcard 670 of Nordic Prince following lengthening.
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- Carousel
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1994-2004)
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- Carousel was built in 1971 as the Nordic
Prince, the second of three Royal Caribbean sisterships. She was lengthened in 1978, and bought
by Airtours in 1994. Part of the sale agreement with RCI was that the distinctive 'Sky Lounge' around the
funnel was removed, improving the ship's appearance in the process.
In later years she received a revised MyTravel colour scheme.
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- In April 2004, it was
announced that Carousel would join the Louis Cruise Lines fleet, under the name Aquamarine. She was initially chartered back to MyTravel,
and was due to continue with them until May 2005, the last MyTravel
ship to remain in service. From June 2005 she cruised out of
Genoa on a 7-day Mediterranean itinerary, under the Louis Hellenic
Cruises banner.
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- Official
Sun Cruises card C16784X of Carousel.
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- Official
Sun Cruises card C16792X of Carousel.
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- An unusual
official Sun Cruises card of Carousel, advertising her
winter Caribbean circuit.
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- Official
Sun Cruises multi-view card AIR/SC/01 of Carousel.
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- Latest
official Sun Cruises card of Carousel.
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- Edicions
Images (Menorca) card of Carousel at Port de Mao, Menorca.
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- Postcard of Carousel
in MyTravel colours at Madeira.
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- Aquamarine - Arielle
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Cruise Lines: 2004- )
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- In April 2004, it was
announced that Carousel would join the Louis Cruise Lines fleet, under the name Aquamarine. She was
initially chartered back to MyTravel, and was due to continue
with them until May 2005, the last MyTravel ship to remain in
service. From June 2005 she cruised out of Genoa on a 7-day Mediterranean
itinerary, under the Louis Hellenic Cruises banner. From April
2006, Aquamarine was chartered for five years for use
by Transocean
Tours, who have
renamed her Arielle.
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- Louis
image of Aquamarine.
- Scan:
Marika Millar
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- Arielle at Dubrovnik
- Photo:
© Neven Jerkovic
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- Arielle at Dubrovnik
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© Neven Jerkovic
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- Arielle arriving at Tilbury
on a Norwegian Cruise
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 25th May 2007
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