Tropicale

Ocean Dream in the Harbour of Tallinn, 2013
History
Name:	1981–2000: Tropicale 2000–2005: Costa Tropicale 2005–2008: Pacific Star 2008–present: Ocean Dream
Owner:	1981–1991: AVL Marine Inc (Aalborg Værft) 1991–2000: Carnival Cruise Lines 2000–2005: Costa Cruises 2005–2008: P&O Cruises Australia 2008–present: Pullmantur Cruises 2012-present: Peace Boat
Operator:	1981–2000: Carnival Cruise Line 2000–2005: Costa Cruises 2005–2008: P&O Cruises Australia 2008–2012: Pullmantur Cruises 2012–present: Peace boat
Port of registry:	1981–2000: Monrovia,  Liberia 2000–2005: Panama City,  Panama 2005–2008: London,  United Kingdom 2008–2012: Valletta,  Malta 2012 onwards: Panama City,  Panama
Builder:	Aalborg Værft, Ålborg, Denmark
Cost:	$100 million
Yard number:	234
Launched:	31 October 1980
Acquired:	4 December 1981
In service:	16 January 1982
Identification:	Call sign: 3EWW6 IMO number: 7915096 MMSI number: 373297000
Status:	In service
Notes:	First newbuild ship for Carnival Cruise Lines.
General characteristics (as built)
Type:	Cruise ship
Tonnage:	36,674 GT 6,654 DWT
Length:	204.76 m (671 ft 9 in)
Beam:	26.45 m (86 ft 9 in)
Draught:	7.00 m (23 ft 0 in)
Installed power:	2 × Sulzer 7RND68M 19,570 kW (combined)
Propulsion:	Two propellers
Speed:	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity:	1,422 passengers
General characteristics (as Pacific Star)
Type:	Cruise ship
Tonnage:	35,190 GT
Decks:	10 (passenger accessible)
Capacity:	1,412 passengers (maximum)
Crew:	550

The Ocean Dream (formerly Tropicale, Costa Tropicale and Pacific Star) is a cruise ship, built in 1981. The ship began sailing for Carnival Cruise Lines as the Tropicale in 1982. The Tropicale was Carnival's first newly built ship, operating mainly in the Caribbean. She was transferred to the Costa fleet in July 2001 and renamed the Costa Tropicale. The Costa Tropicale was retired in 2005 and entered service for P&O Cruises Australia as the Pacific Star in December of that year . She was formerly Queensland’s latest cruise liner, she was based in Brisbane, performing cruises along the Tropical Queensland coast, to various islands in the South Pacific, New Caledonia, and to New Zealand. In March 2008, P&O Cruises Australia sold the Pacific Star to Pullmantur Cruises. She has been refurbished and is currently sailing as the Ocean Dream.

The vessel was constructed for Carnival Cruise Lines by Danish shipyard Aalborg Vaerft, and when it launched in 1982, was the first cruise ship custom-built for the company, pioneering Carnival's characteristic winged funnel. As the company expanded and acquired larger ships, Carnival decided that Tropicale would be their 'test ship' for new cruises, and as such was the first Carnival ship to be based in San Juan, New Orleans, Alaska, and Tampa. In 1985 the vessel appeared in an episode of the A-Team called "Judgement Day (part 2)".