Norwegian Dream
SuperStar Gemini.
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Nassau,  Bahamas
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| Builder: | Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France |
| Cost: | $240 million |
| Yard number: | C30 |
| Laid down: | 6 March 1991 |
| Launched: | 24 February 1992 |
| Christened: | 5 December 1992 |
| Acquired: | 4 November 1992 |
| In service: | 6 December 1992 |
| Identification: | IMO 9008419 |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | Dreamward class cruise ship |
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| Length: | 190.04 m (623 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 28.80 m (94 ft 6 in) |
| Draught: | 6.80 m (22 ft 4 in) |
| Ice class: | 1 C |
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| Speed: | 21 kn (38.89 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 1246 passengers (all berths) |
| General characteristics (after 1998 refit) | |
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| Length: | 229.84 m (754 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 32.10 m (105 ft 4 in) |
| Draught: | 7.00 m (23 ft 0 in) |
| Depth: | 17.83 m (58 ft 6 in) |
| Decks: | 10 (passenger accessible) |
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| Crew: | 700 |
MS SuperStar Gemini is a cruise ship owned and operated by Star Cruises. She was built in 1992 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France as MS Dreamward for traffic with Norwegian Cruise Line. In 1998 she was lengthened at Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven, Germany and renamed as the Norwegian Dream. In late 2012, she was transferred to the fleet of Star Cruise and renamed SuperStar Gemini.
The Dreamward was the first in a pair of two identical cruise ships ordered by Kloster Cruise for Norwegian Cruise Line from Chantiers de l'Atlantique. The sisters were planned with a gross register tonnage of approximately 40,000, and maximum passenger capacity of 1246 persons. However, they were also designed from the start with the concept of lengthening in mind, making it possible for the company to easily expand their capacity without having to order entirely new ships.
The lengthening was eventually carried out in March—May 1998 at Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven, Germany, where the ship was cut in half and a new 40-metre (131 ft 3 in) midsection was inserted. In addition to the lengthening, the ship's funnel and radar mast were adapted so that they could be folded down, allowing her to pass under the bridges of the Kiel Canal. Coinciding with the lengthening the Dreamward was renamed Norwegian Dream. She re-emerged at 50,764 GT and with maximum passenger capacity of 2,156. A documentary film about the lengthening has been broadcast by ARTE Television on 19.01.1999
The Dreamward was delivered on 4 November 1992. She was named on 5 December 1992 at Port Everglades and started on her first cruise to Bermuda the following day. Subsequently, the ship was used for cruising from New York to the Bahamas and from Florida to the Caribbean. Her sister was a year later named as Windward. Originally both the Dreamward and Windward carried the early-90s Norwegian Cruise Line livery with a white funnel and red and blue decorative stripes on the hull. Some time before 1998 they received the new NCL livery with a dark blue funnel and an all-white hull.
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