Fate of the old Star Princess

[caribill]

The Cruise & Maritime Voyages fleet auction is over, with ships heading to new owners or to scrap, and the values have finally been revealed as buyers were able to get cruise ships for pennies on the dollar during the sealed bidding process.

 

Columbus
Built: 1988
Tonnage: 63,500
Capacity: 1,400 Guests
Buyer: Seajets
Sales Price: $5,321,000
History: Built in 1988, the Columbus was originally ordered by Sitmar Cruises as the Fair Majesty. While still under construction, the company was sold to Princess Cruises, who took over its operation, and the ship then became the Star Princess. After nearly a decade sailing for Princess, the vessel was transferred to P&O Cruises UK as the Arcadia in 1997. She then spent time with both Ocean Village and P&O Australia before joining CMV in 2017.

 

https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/23829-here-s-what-an-entire-cruise-fleet-sold-for-at-auction.html

[Andrew J. Cat]

We sailed on her in January, 1996.  Big & roomy ship.  No bells & whistles like today’s ships.  Just a nice ship with great service.  

[Outerdog]

Star Princess (1989) - not to be confused with Star Princess (2001) -- for clarity's sake.

[loge23]

Oh my, our first Princess cruise was on the Star, in 1992. A magical cruise, Venice to Athens, calling on Instanbul, Odessa, and Yalta and several Greek islands. 

The Star was a beauty!

[CineGraphic]

And here's what she looked like in 2019

https://youtu.be/vRQFW4FWvzQ

 

[Lucky TGO]

3 hours ago, CineGraphic said:

And here's what she looked like in 2019

https://youtu.be/vRQFW4FWvzQ

 

Thanks for sharing. Great looking ship. 👍

Tony

[cruisingellie]

We spent our 25th anniversary (and our first cruise) on the Star in 1989.  Have many fond memories of what cruising used to be.

[thewhip]

We also sailed on the Star Princess in 1992 for our 25th anniversary.  This was also our first cruise.  Many fond memories of that cruise.   We still have the dining room menus from that cruise.

 

Enjoyed viewing the current pictures of this ship.

 

The Whip