{{Short description|Ship built in 1992}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{other ships|SuperStar Gemini}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Norwegian Dream1.jpg | image_caption = ''Norwegian Dream'' departing Galveston Bay }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = *1992–1998: ''Dreamward'' *1998–2012: ''Norwegian Dream'' *2012–2022: ''SuperStar Gemini'' *2022: ''Gem'' | owner = *1993–2004: Norwegian Cruise Line<ref name=FoF>{{cite web |url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/dreamward_1992.htm |title=M/S ''Dreamward'' (1992) |access-date=8 April 2008 |last=Asklander |first=Micke |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language=Swedish }}</ref> *2004–2022: Star Cruises<ref name=Newman>{{cite web |url=http://dougnewmanatsea.com/2008/04/15/lloyds-list-three-ncl-ships-nearly-sold/ |title=Lloyd's List: Three NCL Ships Nearly Sold |access-date=16 April 2008 |date=15 April 2008 |last=Newman |first=Doug |work=At Sea with Doug Newman |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122063129/http://dougnewmanatsea.com/2008/04/15/lloyds-list-three-ncl-ships-nearly-sold/ |archive-date=22 November 2008}}</ref><ref name=CBR>{{cite web |url=http://www.cruisebusiness.com/cbr_old/news.php?u=20080423140950 |title=Louis acquires Norwegian Dream and Majesty |access-date=23 April 2008 |date=23 April 2008 |work=Cruise Business Review |publisher=Cruise Media Oy Ltd |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708211611/http://www.cruisebusiness.com/cbr_old/news.php?u=20080423140950 |archive-date=8 July 2011}}</ref> | operator = *Norwegian Cruise Line:<ref name=FoF /> 1993–2008 *Star Cruises: 2012–2022 | registry = *Nassau, {{flag|Bahamas|civil}}<ref name=FoF /><ref name="DNV">{{cite ship register |register=DNV |id=21462 |shipname=Norwegian Dream |accessdate=7 April 2008 }}</ref> (until 2022) *{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} (2022) | route = | ordered = | builder = Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France | original_cost = $240 million<ref name=Ward>{{cite book |title=Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships |last=Ward |first=Douglas |year=2006 |publisher=Berlitz |location=Singapore |isbn=981-246-739-4 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/berlitz2006compl00doug/page/436 436–437] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/berlitz2006compl00doug/page/436 }}</ref> | yard_number = C30<ref name=FoF /> | way_number = | laid_down = 6 March 1991<ref>{{cite ship register |register=DNV |id=21462 |shipname=SuperStar Gemini |accessdate=7 April 2008 }}</ref> | launched = 24 February 1992<ref name=FoF /> | completed = 1992 | christened = 5 December 1992<ref name=FoF /> | acquired = 4 November 1992<ref name=FoF /> | maiden_voyage = 1992 | in_service = 6 December 1992<ref name=FoF /> | out_of_service = 2022 | identification = *{{IMO Number|9008419}}<ref name=FoF /> *{{MMSI Number|308272000}} *Callsign: C6LG5 | fate = Scrapped at Alang, India in 2022 | notes = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = (as built)<ref name=FoF /> | class = ''Dreamward''-class cruise ship | tonnage = *{{GT|39,172}} *{{DWT|5,589}} | displacement = | length = {{convert|190.04|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|28.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | height = | draught = {{convert|6.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | depth = | decks = | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = 1 C<ref name=DNV /> | power = *2 × 8-cylinder, 2 × 6-cylinder MAN-B&W diesels * {{cvt|18,638|kW|lk=on}} combined | propulsion = *2 × propellers *2 × bow thrusters<ref name=Miller>{{cite book |title=The Pictorial Encycpedia of Ocean Liners, 1860-1994 |last=Miller |first=William H. Jr. |year=1995 |publisher=Dover Publications |location=Mineola |isbn=0-486-28137-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/pictorialencyclo0000mill/page/40 40] |url=https://archive.org/details/pictorialencyclo0000mill/page/40 }}</ref> | speed = {{convert|21|kn|2|lk=in}} | capacity = 1,246 passengers (all berths)<ref name=Miller /> | crew = | notes = }}
|section4={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = (after 1998 refit)<ref name="DNVDimensions">{{cite ship register |register=DNV |id=21462 |shipname=Vessel info: ''Norwegian Dream'' Dimensions |accessdate=7 April 2008 }}</ref> | tonnage = *{{GT|50,764}} *{{DWT|6,731}} | displacement = | length = {{convert|229.84|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|32.10|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | height = | draught = {{convert|7.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | depth = {{convert|17.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | decks = 10 (passenger accessible)<ref name=Ward /> | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | power = | propulsion = | speed = | capacity = *1,750 passengers (lower berths) *2,156 passengers (all berths)<ref name=Ward /> | crew = 700<ref name=Ward /> | notes = }} }} '''MS ''Dreamward''''' was a cruise ship owned and operated by Star Cruises.<ref name="cruiseindustrynews.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/7180-norwegian-dream-set-to-sail-for-star.html |title=Norwegian Dream Set to Sail for Star |work=Cruise Industry News |date=27 April 2012 |access-date=16 May 2021 }}</ref><ref name="starcruises.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.starcruises.com/media/640333/SSQ_shorex_ENG.pdf |title=Shore Excursion |publisher=Star Cruises |access-date=27 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105723/http://www.starcruises.com/media/640333/SSQ_shorex_ENG.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref> 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 ''Norwegian Dream''.<ref name=FoF /> In late 2012, she was transferred to the fleet of Star Cruises and renamed ''SuperStar Gemini''.
==History==
===Concept and construction=== ''Dreamward'' was the first in a pair of two identical cruise ships ordered by Kloster Cruise for Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) from Chantiers de l'Atlantique. The sisters were planned with a gross tonnage of approximately 40,000, and maximum passenger capacity of 1,246 persons.<ref name=FoF /><ref name=Miller /> 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.<ref>Ward (2006). p. 440</ref>
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 {{convert|40|m|ftin|adj=on}} midsection was inserted.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} 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.<ref name=FoF /><ref name=Ward /><ref name=Simplon>{{cite web |url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/NCLPCs3.html |title=Norwegian Cruise Line - Page 3: The New Fleet Livery |access-date=8 April 2008 |work=Simplon Postcards}}</ref> Coinciding with the lengthening, ''Dreamward'' was renamed ''Norwegian Dream''.<ref name=FoF /> She re-emerged at {{GT|50,764}}<ref name=DNVDimensions /> and with maximum passenger capacity of 2,156.<ref name=Ward /> A documentary film about the lengthening has been broadcast by ARTE Television on 19 January 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://offroadreports.ch/NORDREAM_E.html |title=Operation Ship |website=Offroad Reports |access-date=29 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915011324/http://offroadreports.ch/NORDREAM_E.html |archive-date=15 September 2016}}</ref>
=== Service history === [[File:Zenith & Dreamward at Grand Cayman (Dreamward).jpg|thumb|left|''Dreamward'' at Grand Cayman]] ''Dreamward'' was delivered on 4 November 1992. She was named on 5 December 1992 at Port Everglades, Florida, and started on her first cruise to Bermuda the following day.<ref name=FoF /> Subsequently, the ship was used for cruising from New York to the Bahamas and from Florida to the Caribbean.<ref name=Miller /> Her sister ship was a year later named as {{MS|Windward||2}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/windward_1993.htm |title=M/S ''Windward'' (1993) |access-date=8 April 2008 |last=Asklander |first=Micke |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language=Swedish}}</ref> Originally both ''Dreamward'' and ''Windward'' carried the early-1990s NCL livery with a white funnel and red and blue decorative stripes on the hull.<ref name=Miller /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/NCLPCs2.html |title=Norwegian Cruise Line - Page 2: Second Generation Ships |access-date=8 April 2008 |work=Simplon Postcards}}</ref> Sometime before 1998 they received the new NCL livery with a dark blue funnel and an all-white hull.<ref name=Simplon />
''Dreamward'' made a brief cameo in David Foster Wallace's 1995 ''Harper's'' magazine essay "Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise", when the ship Wallace was travelling on, the ''Zenith'', docked alongside ''Dreamward'' in Cozumel. Wallace expresses his amazement at the scale of ''Dreamward'' as it docks, and at what he perceives as its relatively impressive appearance compared to the ''Zenith''.<ref>{{cite news | first=David Foster | last=Wallace |author-link = David Foster Wallace | title=Shipping Out | url=https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazine-1996-01-0007859.pdf | newspaper=Harper's Magazine | date=January 1996 }}</ref>
[[File:Naturmessungen (18850462822).jpg|left|thumb|''Norwegian Dream'' at Kiel Canal]] left|thumb|''Norwegian Dream'' The ship had a scerial funnel to pass the Kiel Canal, you can see on the pictures at the left.<ref>https://www.thb.info/rubriken/schiffsverkaeufe/detail/news/star-cruises-verschrottet-zwei-einheiten.html</ref><ref>https://www.thb.info/media/thb/_processed_/a/4/csm_28270997_006_28325435_pi_28332598_f0a66f7fc9.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=November 2025}}</ref> Afterwards, she was also used for cruising around Europe.<ref name=Simplon /> On 24 August 1999, ''Norwegian Dream'' was involved in a collision with the container ship {{ship||Ever Decent}} (IMO 9134244) while en route from Zeebrügge, Belgium to Dover, England. Although her bow was damaged, ''Norwegian Dream'' continued to Dover under her own power. The IMO report<ref>{{cite report |title=Collision between Ever Decent and Norwegian Dream |publisher=IMO Legal Committee |year=2002 |work=Monitoring Implementation of the Hazardous and Noxious Substance Convention; Report on Incidents Involving HNS. LEG 85/Inf. 2. |url=http://folk.uio.no/erikro/WWW/HNS/INF-2.pdf}}</ref> states that the weather at the time was good with a slight sea and good visibility. ''Ever Decent'' was severely damaged, eventually listing 40 degrees to port. As a result of the collision ''Ever Decent'' caught fire and a toxic plume formed. The cargo her included all IMO hazmat classes except explosives, in particular, two containers of cyanide were a concern. Following the incident, ''Norwegian Dream'' was repaired at Lloyd Werft.<ref name=FoF />
In 2004 the ownership of ''Norwegian Dream'' was transferred to NCL's parent company Star Cruises, in preparation for possible sale or transfer to the Star Cruises fleet.<ref name=Newman /> On 10 December 2007, the cruise ship was involved in a further collision with a barge while leaving the port of Montevideo, Uruguay. The collision caused some damage above the waterline that did not appear to be serious. The collision caused several cars and five containers to fall off the barge, which closed the port for some time.<ref name="Dreamcollision">{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN10448469 |title=Cruise ship, barge collide in Montevideo |access-date=10 December 2007 |date=10 December 2007 |work=Reuters }}</ref>
On 23 April 2008 Star Cruises entered an agreement to sell ''Norwegian Dream'', as well as her fleet mate {{ship||Norwegian Majesty}}, to the Cyprus-based Louis Cruise Lines, which was reportedly willing to pay $218 million for the ship.<ref name=CBR /><ref name="nosale">{{cite web|url=http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/news/star-cruises-218m-norwegian-dream-sale-fails/20017575692.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911052940/http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/news/star-cruises-218m-norwegian-dream-sale-fails/20017575692.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 September 2012 |title=Star Cruises $218m ''Norwegian Dream'' sale fails |last=Hand |first=Marcus |date=30 September 2008 |publisher=Lloyd's List |access-date=30 September 2008}}</ref> International Shipping Partners was also interested in ''Norwegian Dream''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dougnewmanatsea.com/2008/04/18/seatrade-pride-of-america-not-sold/ |title=Seatrade: Pride of America Not Sold |access-date=19 April 2008 |date=18 April 2008 |last=Newman |first=Doug |work=At Sea with Doug Newman |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122064508/http://dougnewmanatsea.com/2008/04/18/seatrade-pride-of-america-not-sold/ |archive-date=22 November 2008}}</ref> Louis was supposed to pay the entire $218 million upon the ship's delivery,<ref name="nosale" /> but by 29 September 2008, when the ship should have been delivered to Louis, they canceled the deal due to "technical issues relating to the vessel."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cruisebusiness.com/cbr_old/news.php?u=20080930102316 |title=No ''Dream'' for Louis Cruises |access-date=30 September 2008 |date=30 September 2008 |work=Cruise Business Review |publisher=Cruise Media Oy Ltd |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708211617/http://www.cruisebusiness.com/cbr_old/news.php?u=20080930102316 |archive-date=8 July 2011}}</ref> The deal for ''Norwegian Majesty'', however, was completed in July.<ref name="nosale" /> In November 2008 ''Norwegian Dream'' was laid up in Freeport, Bahamas awaiting a buyer.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}. The ship had a brief spell in the port of Piraeus, Greece, before relocating to Kalamata on 13 June 2011 for inspection by Louis Cruise Lines and Pullmantur Cruises. Shortly thereafter, she returned to the anchor point off Piraeus. Later, on the move yet again, ''Norwegian Dream'' was sighted at anchor in Singapore Harbour in June 2011. Star Cruises confirmed that the vessel was in Singapore for a technical dry-dock. She was also seen anchored in the harbour in Penang, Malaysia, in May 2012.
left|thumb|''SuperStar Gemini'' in 2014 On 10 September 2012, Star Cruises announced that it would refurbish ''Norwegian Dream'', and rename the ship to ''SuperStar Gemini''.<ref name="cruiseindustrynews.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=4361 |title=Star Cruises to unveil SuperStar Gemini after US$50m refurbishment |work=TTG Asia |access-date=15 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920122421/http://ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=4361 |archive-date=20 September 2012}}</ref> The refurbished ''SuperStar Gemini'' now housed new onboard facilities including restaurants of Chinese, Asian and international cuisines, open-deck barbecue, show lounge, karaoke, spa & health club, beauty salon, children's playroom and swimming pool. With a passenger capacity of 1,532, the vessel houses 766 guest cabins in a variety of layouts including ergonomic oceanview rooms, junior suites and deluxe executive suites.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.traveldailynews.asia/news/article/50357/star-cruises-to-introduce-superstar |title=Star Cruises to introduce SuperStar Gemini after a US$50m renovation |last=Citrinot |first=Luc |work=TravelDailyNews.asia |access-date=15 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910022551/http://www.traveldailynews.asia/news/article/50357/star-cruises-to-introduce-superstar |archive-date=10 September 2012 }}</ref> The estimated cost of this refurbishment was US$50 million.
left|thumb|''SuperStar Gemini'' On 27 November 2016, while cruising to Penang, CCTV footage on ''SuperStar Gemini'' showed that a Singaporean man fell overboard {{convert|9.5|nmi}} off Pulau Besar and {{convert|12|nmi}} off Tanjung Kling. He was reported missing after he failed to respond to the ship's announcements before the ship docked in Georgetown, Penang.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In April 2022, it was announced that ''SuperStar Gemini'' along with ''SuperStar Aquarius'' and ''Star Pisces'' were all sold for scrap, following the collapse of Star Cruises' parent company, Genting Hong Kong. On 29 May 2022, the ship departed from Penang as ''Gem'' with flag Saint Kitts and Nevis for scrap in India.
== References ==
===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
=== Bibliography === {{Refbegin}} *{{Saunders: Giants of the Seas}} *{{Smith: Cruise Ships 2010}} {{Refend}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|IMO 9008419}} * [http://www.starcruises.com/en/home/ships/superstar-gemini/introduction.aspx SuperStar Gemini] * [https://archive.today/20130129164904/http://www.ncl.com/nclweb/fleet/shipInformation.html?shipCode=DREAM NCL Website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060923202918/http://www.bookerassociates.btinternet.co.uk/Pages/dream1.htm Collision photos] * [http://fishki.net/comment.php?id=41259 Collision photos]
{{Star Cruises}} {{Norwegian Cruise Line}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dreamward}} Category:Ships of Norwegian Cruise Line Category:Ships of Star Cruises Category:1992 ships Category:Ships built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique