Horizon

Construction and technical specifications

Horizon (IMO 8807088) was built in 1990 by Meyer Werft in Papenburg for Celebrity Cruises. She is 208 meters long and 29 meters wide, with a gross tonnage of 47,427 GT. The ship could carry a maximum of 1,828 passengers, with around 620 crew members on board. It had twelve decks in total, ten of which were accessible to passengers, a speed of 22 knots, three restaurants—Le Splendide, Le Marche Gourmand, and Terrace and Grill—and two swimming pools.

Names and service

The ship initially sailed as Horizon for Celebrity Cruises. In 2005, she was renamed Island Star and operated by Island Cruises. In 2009, she was renamed Pacific Dream. From 2010, she was once again called Horizon. In April 2012, she transferred to Croisières de France; after that brand ceased operations, she returned to Pullmantur in 2017. During her time with Pullmantur, Malta was listed as her flag state and Valletta as her port of registry. The regions she visited during her various periods in service included the Mediterranean, the Baltic Sea, the Canary Islands, and the Caribbean. Seasonal departure ports included Calais, Marseille, Valletta, and Santo Domingo, among others; Dubai was the departure port in winter 2018/19.

Sample itineraries

The winter 2018/19 program offered seven-day round trips from Dubai in the Middle East, calling at Abu Dhabi, Khasab, Fujairah, and Muscat. Before departure, the ship stayed overnight in Dubai. Seven-day round trips are also documented for earlier Caribbean programs.

Retirement

After Pullmantur ceased operations, Horizon did not return to cruise service. She began her final voyage from Greece to Turkey on August 26, 2022, and was beached for scrapping in Aliaga on August 29.