{{Short description|Cruise ship}} {{Infobox ship | display_title = ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Genting Dream in Malacca, Malaysia, 2025 (cropped).jpg | image_caption = ''Genting Dream'' under Resorts World Cruises in Malacca, Malaysia in 2025 }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = ''Genting Dream'' | owner = *2016–2020: Genting Hong Kong *2020–present: Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co., Ltd, CMB Financial Leasing Co., Ltd, CCB Financial Leasing Corporation Limited and China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Ltd <ref>{{cite web |title=Genting Hong Kong confirms $900m sale, leaseback of Genting Dream |date=8 January 2020 |url=https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/genting-hong-kong-confirms-900m-sale-leaseback-genting-dream}}</ref> | operator = *2016–2022: Dream Cruises *2022–2025: ''Resorts World Cruises'' *May 2025: Dream Cruises | registry = Nassau, {{flag|Bahamas|civil}} | route = Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Brunei | ordered = | builder = Meyer Werft | original_cost = | yard_number = 711 | flag = | way_number = | laid_down = 29 July 2015 | launched = 19 August 2016 | maiden_voyage = 4 November 2016 | in_service = 4 November 2016 | out_of_service = | identification = *Call sign: C6BO5 *{{IMO number|9733105}} *{{MMSI|311000319}} *Classification Society: DNV-GL | fate = | status = In Service | notes = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = ''Genting-Dream''-class cruise ship<ref name="meyerwerft.de">https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/ships/world_dream.jsp</ref> | tonnage = {{GT|150695}}<ref name="DNV">{{DNV|shipname=Genting Dream|id=34079|accessdate=7 February 2017}}</ref> | length = {{convert|335.33|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="DNV"/> | beam = {{convert|39.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="DNV"/> | height = 61 m (200 ft) | draft = {{convert|8.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="DNV"/> | depth = | decks = 18 | ramps = | power = Total installed power: {{cvt|76800|kW|hp|lk=out}} | propulsion = 3 bow thrusters, 2 azimuth thrusters | speed = | capacity = 3,352 passengers<ref name="gentingdreammw">{{cite web|url=https://rwcruises.com/faq |title=FAQs |accessdate=17 June 2022 |work=www.rwcruises.com |date=}}</ref> | crew = ~1,700 | notes = <ref name="meyerwerft.de">https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/ships/world_dream.jsp</ref> }} }}
'''''Genting Dream''''' is a cruise ship of ''Dream Cruises''. The ship has a length of {{convert|335.33|m|ftin}}, a width of {{convert|39.7|m|ftin}}, a size of {{GT|150695}}, and a top speed of over {{convert|23|kn|lk=in}}.<ref name="DNV"/>
The construction of ''Genting Dream'', the first ship of the cruise brand, Dream Cruises, was completed on 12 October 2016, and the vessel sailed from Papenburg, Germany the next day. The ship was originally designed and ordered for Star Cruises, but she was transferred to Dream Cruises during construction.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cruisetotravel.com/2016/07/31/genting-dream-the-first-asian-luxury-cruise-ship/ | title=Genting Dream, the first Asian luxury cruise ship | publisher=Cruisetotravel | date=31 July 2016 | access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref> After the liquidation of Dream Cruises parent company, Genting Hong Kong, the vessel was chartered to Resorts World Cruises.
== History == ''Genting Dream'' was ordered in October 2013 for Star Cruises.<ref name="Order">{{cite web|url=http://www.meyerwerft.de/en/meyerwerft_de/medien/presseticker/pressemitteilung_detail_12480.jsp|title=Star Cruises places Contract for New Cruise Vessel|date=2013-10-08|accessdate=2016-04-04}}</ref> Construction began on 9 February 2015;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meyerwerft.de/en/meyerwerft_de/medien/presseticker/pressemitteilung_detail_19989.jsp|title=First steel cut for a new Star Cruises Ship|date=2015-02-09|accessdate=2016-04-04}}</ref> the keel was laid a few months later.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/press/press_detail/laying_the_keel_for_genting_dream.jsp | title=Laying the keel for Genting Dream }}</ref> In November 2015, she was transferred to sister brand Dream Cruises as ''Genting Dream'' and on 19 August 2016 she was floated out of dry dock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/200147/video-genting-dream-floats-out|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904001315/http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/200147/video-genting-dream-floats-out/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 4, 2016|title=World Maritime News - VIDEO: Genting Dream Floats Out|date=2016-08-22|accessdate=2016-08-22}}</ref>
''Genting Dream'' was christened in November 2016 in Guangzhou by Puan Sri Cecilia Lim, the wife of Genting CEO Lim Kok Thay.<ref>https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/16007-genting-dream-christened-in-guangzhou-nansha.html Cecilia Lim</ref> Following Dream Cruise's insolvency, the ''Genting Dream'' was transferred to Resorts World Cruises, operating under the same name.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/genting-dream-to-debut-from-june-15-under-new-cruise-brand-resorts-world-cruises |title=Genting Dream making comeback on June 15 under tycoon Lim Kok Thay's new cruise brand |newspaper=The Straits Times |date=19 May 2022}}</ref>
On 25 February 2025, ''Resorts World Cruises'' announced that the brand would split its operations, reforming Dream Cruises and Star Cruises as ''StarCruises'', with Genting Dream becoming the first ship of the reformed Dream Cruises.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A New Era Begins with the Grand Return of StarCruises and Dream Cruises |url=https://media.rwcruises.com/FIN_20250226_PR_RWC_Transition_to_SC_&_DC_-_Eng.pdf}}</ref>
==Areas of operation==
A positioning cruise was undertaken from Papenburg to Guangzhou in 2016. Subsequently, she has undertaken regional cruises from various Asian ports, such as the Singapore Cruise Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreamcruiseline.com/en/media/press-releases-20170119-dream-cruises-to-homeport-genting-dream-year-round-in-singapore-from-3-december-2017.aspx|title=Dream Cruises to Homeport "Genting Dream" Year-Round in Singapore from 3 December 2017 |date=2017-01-19|accessdate=2017-05-02}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|IMO 9733105}} * {{Official website|https://rwcruises.com/}} * [https://stardreamcruises.com/en-nz/our-ship/genting-dream ''Genting Dream'' Ship page] * Pictures of the river Ems convenyance [https://rheiderland.de/artikel/11050/genting-dream-hat-ihr-ziel-erreicht?suchbegriff= »Genting Dream« hat ihr Ziel erreicht] [https://www.rnd.de/wirtschaft/kreuzfahrtschiff-world-dream-dockt-aus-NNHWTFE7VZH73WMAIIX4FJ5KMA.html Kreuzfahrtschiff „World Dream“ dockt aus] [https://www.schiffsjournal.de/world-dream-meyer-werft-neubau-meistert-emspassage/ World Dream: Meyer Werft-Neubau meistert Emspassage]
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Category:2016 ships Category:Ships of the Dream Cruises