MS Tropicale

This article is about the cruise ship Tropicale, and later "Ocean Dream". For the Thai cruise ship "Ocean Dream" that sank in 2016, see Ocean Dream (1972 ship).
"Tropicale" redirects here. For other uses, see tropical (disambiguation).

Tropicale in Martinique, December 1996
History
Name
  • 1981–2000: Tropicale
  • 2000–2005: Costa Tropicale
  • 2005–2008: Pacific Star
  • 2008–2020: Ocean Dream
  • 2020–2021: Dream
Owner
Operator
Port of registry
BuilderAalborg Værft, Ålborg, Denmark
Cost$100 million[4]
Yard number234[1]
Launched31 October 1980[1]
Acquired4 December 1981[1]
Maiden voyage1982
In service16 January 1982[1]
Out of service2021
Identification
FateScrapped at Alang, India, in 2021
NotesFirst newbuild ship for Carnival Cruise Lines.
General characteristics (as built)[1]
TypeCruise ship
Tonnage
Length204.76 m (671 ft 9 in)
Beam26.45 m (86 ft 9 in)
Draught7.00 m (23 ft 0 in)
Installed power
  • 2 × Sulzer 7RND68M
  • 19,570 kW (combined)
PropulsionTwo propellers[5]
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity1,022 passengers[6]
General characteristics (as Pacific Star)[4]
TypeCruise ship
Tonnage35,190 GT[6]
Decks10 (passenger accessible)
Capacity1,412 passengers (maximum)
Crew550

MS Tropicale (also known as Costa Tropicale, Pacific Star, and Ocean Dream) was a cruise ship that entered service in 1982, and was one of the pioneering cruise ships in the modernization of the cruise industry. She was Carnival Cruises Line's first newly built ship, initially operating mainly in the Mexican Riviera and the Caribbean.

Tropicale was transferred to the Costa fleet in July 2001, and renamed the Costa Tropicale. The Costa Tropicale was transferred to P&O Cruises Australia in 2005 as the Pacific Star in December of that year. In March 2008, P&O Cruises Australia sold the Pacific Star to Pullmantur Cruises becoming the Ocean Dream. After Pullmantur, the ship's final operator was Peace Boat, sailing as the Ocean Dream until 2020. After 38 years of service, the former Tropicale was scrapped in January 2021.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Asklander, 1981.
  2. ^ a b P&O Cruises Australia 2007.
  3. ^ "OCEANIC for OCEAN DREAM? | MaritimeMatters | Cruise ship news and ocean liner history". Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  4. ^ a b Ward 2006, p.473.
  5. ^ a b Miller 1995, p. 129.
  6. ^ a b c United States Coast Guard, 2008.
  7. ^ "Pioneering Cruise Ship Arrives in India to be Scrapped". The Maritime Executive. Retrieved 3 January 2021.