Celebration Cruise Line
{{short description|Former cruise line}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Celebration Cruise Line
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| type = Subsidiary
| foundation = 2008
| defunct = 2015
| fate = Replaced by Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line
| location = Riviera Beach, Florida, United States
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| area_served = The Bahamas
| industry = Transportation
| products = Cruises
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| parent = Celebration Cruise Holdings
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| homepage = [http://www.bahamaships.com/ BahamaShips.com]
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Celebration Cruise Line was a small cruise line that operated two-day voyages out of Port of Palm Beach to Grand Bahama Island. The company was founded in late 2008, and began operations on March 9, 2009. The company moved the ship's operations from Port Everglades 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 Port of Palm Beach due to being overshadowed by larger cruise lines at Port Everglades. The Port of Palm Beach has a passenger terminal that was built to accommodate smaller cruise ships. In 2010, they stopped sailing to Nassau, Bahamas. Their two-night cruises then departed every other day at 6:00 pm. to Freeport, Bahamas.
On October 31, 2014, the {{MS|Bahamas Celebration|3=2}} 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.{{cite news|title=Bahamas Celebration Cruise Ship 'Won't Sail For First Two Weeks Of November' |url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2014/nov/04/bahamas-celebration-cruise-ship-wont-sail-first-tw/ |date=4 November 2014 |work= The Tribune, Freeport }}
Celebration Cruise Line ceased operations following the grounding incident.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cruisecapital.net/news/celebration-cruise-line-rebrands-as-bahamas-paradise-cruise-line |title=CELEBRATION CRUISE LINE REBRANDS AS BAHAMAS PARADISE CRUISE LINE - Cruise Capital |access-date=2014-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227204038/http://www.cruisecapital.net/news/celebration-cruise-line-rebrands-as-bahamas-paradise-cruise-line |archive-date=2014-12-27 |url-status=dead }} Former Celebration Cruise Line executives formed Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line and purchased the Grand Celebration to take over the route formerly operated by the Bahamas Celebration.{{cite web|url=http://protectingyourpocket.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2014/12/23/grand-celebration-ship-could-launch-in-february/|title=Grand Celebration ship could launch in February - Protecting Your Pocket|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/tourism/fl-bahamas-celebration-update-20141224-story.html|title=Port of Palm Beach to get new cruise ship in February|author=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=24 December 2014|work=Sun-Sentinel.com}}
Former fleet
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.bahamaships.com/}}