Genting Dream
{{Short description|Cruise ship}}
| {{Infobox ship begin
| display title = ital }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Genting Dream in Malacca, Malaysia, 2025 (cropped).jpg | Ship caption = Genting Dream in Malacca, Malaysia in 2025 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = Genting Dream | Ship owner = *2016–2020: Genting Hong Kong
| Ship operator = *2016–2022: Dream Cruises
| Ship registry = Nassau, {{flag|Bahamas|civil}} | Ship route = Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Brunei | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Meyer Werft | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = 711 | Ship flag = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = 29 July 2015 | Ship launched = 19 August 2016 | Ship delivered = 12 October 2016{{cite web|url=http://www.meyerwerft.de/en/meyerwerft_de/medien/presseticker/pressemitteilung_detail_23489.jsp|title=Genting Dream delivered|date=2016-10-12|accessdate=2016-10-12}} | Ship maiden voyage = 4 November 2016 | Ship in service = 4 November 2016 | Ship out of service = | Ship identification = *Call sign: C6BO5
| Ship fate = | Ship status = In Service with Resorts World Cruises | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Genting-Dream-class cruise shiphttps://www.meyerwerft.de/en/ships/world_dream.jsp | Ship tonnage = {{GT|150695}}{{DNV|shipname=Genting Dream|id=34079|accessdate=7 February 2017}} | Ship length = {{convert|335.33|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|39.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = 61 m (200 ft) | Ship draft = {{convert|8.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = 18 | Ship ramps = | Ship power = Total installed power: {{cvt|76800|kW|hp|lk=out}} | Ship propulsion = 3 bow thrusters, 2 azimuth thrusters | Ship speed = | Ship capacity = 3,352 passengers{{cite web|url=https://rwcruises.com/faq |title=FAQs |accessdate=17 June 2022 |work=www.rwcruises.com |date=}} | Ship crew = ~1,700 | Ship notes = }}https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/ships/world_dream.jsp |
Genting Dream is a cruise ship of Resorts World Cruises. The ship has a length of {{convert|335.33|m|ftin}}, a width of {{convert|39.7|m|ftin}}, a size of {{GT|150695}}, and a top speed of over {{convert|23|kn|lk=in}}.
The construction of Genting Dream, the first ship of the cruise brand, Dream Cruises, was completed on 12 October 2016, and the vessel sailed from Papenburg, Germany the next day. The ship was originally designed and ordered for Star Cruises, but she was transferred to Dream Cruises during construction.{{cite web | url=http://www.cruisetotravel.com/2016/07/31/genting-dream-the-first-asian-luxury-cruise-ship/ | title=Genting Dream, the first Asian luxury cruise ship | publisher=Cruisetotravel | date=31 July 2016 | access-date=14 March 2017}} After the liquidation of Dream Cruises parent company, Genting Hong Kong, the vessel was chartered to Resorts World Cruises.
History
Genting Dream was ordered in October 2013 for Star Cruises.{{cite web|url=http://www.meyerwerft.de/en/meyerwerft_de/medien/presseticker/pressemitteilung_detail_12480.jsp|title=Star Cruises places Contract for New Cruise Vessel|date=2013-10-08|accessdate=2016-04-04}} Construction began on 9 February 2015,{{cite web|url=http://www.meyerwerft.de/en/meyerwerft_de/medien/presseticker/pressemitteilung_detail_19989.jsp|title=First steel cut for a new Star Cruises Ship|date=2015-02-09|accessdate=2016-04-04}} the keel way laied a few month later.{{cite web | url=https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/press/press_detail/laying_the_keel_for_genting_dream.jsp | title=Laying the keel for Genting Dream }} In November 2015, she was transferred to sister brand Dream Cruises as Genting Dream and on 19 August 2016 she was floated out of dry dock.{{cite web|url=http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/200147/video-genting-dream-floats-out|title=World Maritime News - VIDEO: Genting Dream Floats Out|date=2016-08-22|accessdate=2016-08-22}}
Genting Dream was christened in November 2016 in Guangzhou by Puan Sri Cecilia Lim, the wife of Genting CEO Lim Kok Thay.https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/16007-genting-dream-christened-in-guangzhou-nansha.html Cecilia Lim Following Dream Cruises insolvency, the Genting Dream was transferred to Resorts World Cruises, operating under the same name.{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/genting-dream-to-debut-from-june-15-under-new-cruise-brand-resorts-world-cruises |title=Genting Dream making comeback on June 15 under tycoon Lim Kok Thay's new cruise brand |newspaper=The Straits Times |date=19 May 2022}}
On 25 February 2025, Resorts World Cruises announced that the brand would split its operations, reforming Dream Cruises and Star Cruises as StarCruises. With Genting Dream becoming the first ship of the reformed Dream Cruises.{{Cite web |title=A New Era Begins with the Grand Return of StarCruises and Dream Cruises |url=https://media.rwcruises.com/FIN_20250226_PR_RWC_Transition_to_SC_&_DC_-_Eng.pdf}}
Areas of operation
A positioning cruise was undertaken from Papenburg to Guangzhou in 2016. Subsequently she has undertaken regional cruises from various Asian ports.{{cite web|url=http://www.dreamcruiseline.com/en/media/press-releases-20170119-dream-cruises-to-homeport-genting-dream-year-round-in-singapore-from-3-december-2017.aspx|title=Dream Cruises to Homeport "Genting Dream" Year-Round in Singapore from 3 December 2017 |date=2017-01-19|accessdate=2017-05-02}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|IMO 9733105}}
- {{Official website|https://rwcruises.com/}}
- Pictures of the river Ems convenyance [https://rheiderland.de/artikel/11050/genting-dream-hat-ihr-ziel-erreicht?suchbegriff= »Genting Dream« hat ihr Ziel erreicht] [https://www.rnd.de/wirtschaft/kreuzfahrtschiff-world-dream-dockt-aus-NNHWTFE7VZH73WMAIIX4FJ5KMA.html Kreuzfahrtschiff „World Dream“ dockt aus] [https://www.schiffsjournal.de/world-dream-meyer-werft-neubau-meistert-emspassage/ World Dream: Meyer Werft-Neubau meistert Emspassage]
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