{"id":133,"date":"2020-08-31T14:49:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T14:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/?p=133"},"modified":"2020-08-31T14:49:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T14:49:10","slug":"fleet-retrospective-cunard-and-seabourn-2000-cruise-ship-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/2020\/08\/31\/fleet-retrospective-cunard-and-seabourn-2000-cruise-ship-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleet Retrospective: Cunard and Seabourn 2000 Cruise Ship Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cunard Line and Seabourn had a fleet ranging from luxury small ships to the majestic Queen Elizabeth 2 in the year 2000, making it one of the most diverse company fleets at the turn of the century.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Queen Elizabeth 2<\/strong><br \/>\nBuilt: 1967<br \/>\nPassengers: 1,750<br \/>\nTonnage: 70,327<br \/>\nThe last classic ocean liner still in service, the Queen Elizabeth 2 was retired in 2008. The vessel was sold to Dubai for use as a floating hotel. The project, however, suffered several delays and setbacks over the years. After ten years in lay-up, QE2 finally opened its doors as a hotel in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caronia<\/strong><br \/>\nBuilt: 1973<br \/>\nPassengers: 675<br \/>\nTonnage: 24,492<br \/>\nThe Caronia sailed for Cunard until 2004, when it was sold to Saga Cruises. After a refit, the vessel debuted as the Saga Ruby in 2005. Nearly ten years later, the Ruby was sold to a Singapore-based company that planned to use the vessel as a floating hotel. The project was\u00a0 abandoned and the vessel was scrapped in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seabourn Goddess I<\/strong><br \/>\nBuilt: 1984<br \/>\nPassengers: 116<br \/>\nTonnage: 4,250<br \/>\nAfter being sold in 2001, the Sea Goddess I joined SeaDream Yacht Club\u2019s fleet. The vessel was renamed the SeaDream I and has been sailing for the luxury brand ever since.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seabourn Goddess II<\/strong><br \/>\nBuilt: 1985<br \/>\nPassengers: 116<br \/>\nTonnage: 4,250<br \/>\nThe Sea Goddess II was sold to SeaDream Yacht Club in 2001. Renamed the SeaDream II, the ship still operates for SeaDream.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seabourn Legend<\/strong><br \/>\nBuilt: 1992<br \/>\nPassengers: 204<br \/>\nTonnage: 10,000<br \/>\nThe Seabourn Legend sailed with Seabourn until April 2015, when it was sold to Windstar Cruises, its current operator. After a significant refit, the ship emerged as the Star Legend one month later. Now it\u2019s scheduled to undergo the &#8220;Star Plus&#8221; initiative, which will see the addition of a new midsection as the vessel is being stretched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cunard Line and Seabourn had a fleet ranging from luxury small ships to the majestic Queen Elizabeth 2 in the year 2000, making it one of the most diverse company fleets at the turn of the century. Queen Elizabeth 2 Built: 1967 Passengers: 1,750 Tonnage: 70,327 The last classic ocean liner still in service, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134,"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions\/134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}