List of stretched cruise ships

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Cruise lines have opted to increase capacity by stretching their current ships. Known as lengthening, the process of enlarging a cruise ship usually includes cutting the ship in half and adding a new midsection, adding more cabins and public areas.{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=C. I. N. |date=2021-01-03 |title=These Cruise Ships Were Cut in Half To Be Enlarged |url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/24107-these-cruise-ships-were-cut-in-half-to-be-enlarged.html |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.cruiseindustrynews.com |language=en-gb}} The first modern cruise ship to be stretched was Royal Caribbean Line's Song of Norway in 1977.{{Cite book |last=Kolltveit |first=Baird |title=Under crown and anchor: Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, the first twenty-five years, 1970-1995 |publisher=On-Board Media |year=1995}}

File:Royal Viking Sky IMO 7218395 P Hamburg 08-1973 (1).jpg|Royal Viking Sky Before Stretch

File:Kreuzfahrtschiff ROYAL VIKING SKY (norweg.) (Kiel 39.814) (restored).jpg|Royal Viking Sky After Stretch

File:2016 05 01 Nor Wind Dream Majesty Verlängerung Lloyd Werft 111 IMG 7107.JPG|Norwegian Wind & Norwegian Dream Before and After Stretch

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!Ship Name

!Cruise Line

!Year Stretch

!Length of Section

!Shipyard Lengthened

!Notes

frameless

|Song of Norway

|Royal Caribbean Cruise Line

|1977

|85 feet

|Wärtsilä Marine, Finland

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frameless

|Nordic Prince

|Royal Caribbean Cruise Line

|1980

|85 feet

|Wärtsilä Marine, Finland

|

frameless

|Royal Viking Star

|Royal Viking Line

|1981

|27.77 metres (91 ft 1 in)

|A.G. Weser shipyard in Bremerhaven, West Germany

|

frameless

|Royal Viking Sky

|Royal Viking Line

|1982

|27.77 metres (91 ft 1 in)

|A.G. Weser shipyard in Bremerhaven, West Germany

|

frameless

|Royal Viking Sea

|Royal Viking Line

|1983

|27.77 metres (91 ft 1 in)

|A.G. Weser shipyard in Bremerhaven, West Germany

|

frameless

|Westerdam

|Holland America Line

|1989

|36.9 m (121 ft 1 in)

|Meyer Werft, Germany

|

frameless

|Norwegian Dream

|Norwegian Cruise Line

|1998

|40-metre (131 ft 3 in)

|Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany.

|

frameless

|Norwegian Wind

|Norwegian Cruise Line

|1998

|40-metre (131 ft 3 in)

|Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany.

|

frameless

|Norwegian Majesty

|Norwegian Cruise Line

|1999

|33.76 m (110 ft 9 in)

|Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany.

|

frameless

|Costa Classica

|Costa Cruises

|2000 (CANCELLED)

|146 ft (intended){{Cite web |last=Staff |first=C. I. N. |date=1999-10-01 |title=Costa Stretch Job |url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/14204-costa-stretch-job.html |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.cruiseindustrynews.com |language=en-gb}}

|Cammell Laird Birkenhead shipyard, United Kingdom

|New midsection constructed, job was cancelled when ship was enroute to shipyard{{Cite web |date=2000-11-25 |title=Shipyard left high and dry after £51m liner deal is halted |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/nov/25/davidgow.angeliquechrisafis |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} Would have been largest lengthening of a cruise ship.

frameless

|Pride of America

|NCL America

|2004

|70 ft

|Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany.

|Stretched while under construction at Lloyd Werft shipyard.

frameless

|Enchantment of the Seas

|Royal Caribbean International

|2005

|22 m (73-ft)

|Keppel Verolme shipyards in Rotterdam

|

frameless

|Balmoral

|Fred Olsen Cruises

|2007

|30 m (98 ft)

|Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany

|

frameless

|Braemar

|Fred Olsen Cruises

|2009

|102-foot{{Cite web |title=Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines to lengthen the Braemar: Travel Weekly |url=https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Fred-Olsen-Cruise-Lines-to-lengthen-the-Braemar |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.travelweekly.com |language=en}}

|Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany

|

frameless

|MSC Armonia

|MSC Cruises

|2015

|24 metres (79 ft){{Cite web |title=MSC Cruises to stretch ships |url=https://www.traveldailymedia.com/msc-cruises-to-stretch-ships/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.traveldailymedia.com}}

|Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=C. I. N. |date=2014-02-07 |title=Fincantieri Starts MSC Steel-Cutting for Ship Stretch |url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/10638-fincantieri-starts-msc-steel-cutting-for-ship-stretch.html |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.cruiseindustrynews.com |language=en-gb}}

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frameless

|MSC Sinfonia

|MSC Cruises

|2015

|24 metres (79 ft)

|Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy

|

frameless

|MSC Lirica

|MSC Cruises

|2015

|24 metres (79 ft)

|Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy

|

frameless

|MSC Opera

|MSC Cruises

|2015

|24 metres (79 ft){{Cite web |last=Staff |first=C. I. N. |date=2015-11-04 |title=MSC Completes Ambitious Vessel Stretch Program |url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/13255-msc-completes-ambitious-vessel-stretch-program.html |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.cruiseindustrynews.com |language=en-gb}}

|Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy

|

frameless

|Silver Spirit

|Silversea Cruises

|2018{{Cite web |title=What Is a Cruise Ship Stretching? |url=https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=3283 |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.cruisecritic.com |language=en-us}}

|(49 ft){{Cite web |title=Why Do Cruise Lines Keep Cutting Their Ships in Half? |url=https://time.com/5745680/cruise-ships-stretching/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Time |language=en}}

|Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy{{Cite web |date=2018-03-12 |title=Silversea's Silver Spirit is stretched |url=https://www.cruise-international.com/silversea-silver-spirit-stretched/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Cruise International |language=en}}

|

frameless

|Star Breeze

|Windstar Cruises

|2020{{Cite web |date=2020-07-27 |title=Star Breeze stretch and renovation project update |url=https://windstarblog.ua.verbinteractive.com/star-breeze-stretch-renovation-project-update/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Windstar Cruises Travel Blog |language=en-US}}

|25.6-meter

|Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy

|

frameless

|Star Legend

|Windstar Cruises

|2021{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=C. I. N. |date=2021-05-27 |title=Stretched Star Legend Delivered to Windstar from Fincantieri |url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/25103-stretched-star-legend-delivered-to-windstar-from-fincantieri.html |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.cruiseindustrynews.com |language=en-gb}}

|25.6-meter

|Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy

|

frameless

|Star Pride

|Windstar Cruises

|2021

|25.6-meter

|Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy

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