{{Short description|Cruise ship built in 1989}} {{for|the cargo ship|MV Horizon-1}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image = Mv horizon.jpg |image_caption = ''Horizon'' at Key West. }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header = |name = *1990–2005: ''Horizon'' *2005–2009: ''Island Star'' *2009–2010: ''Pacific Dream'' *2010–2012: ''Horizon'' *2012–2017: ''L'Horizon'' *2017–2022: ''Horizon'' *2022: ''Ori'' |renamed = |operator = *1990–2005: Celebrity Cruises *2005–2009: Island Cruises *2009–2012: Pullmantur Cruises *2012–2017: Croisières de France *2017-2020: Pullmantur Cruises |registry = *1990–2002: Monrovia, {{flag|Liberia}} *2002–2009: Nassau, {{flag|Bahamas|civil}} *2009–2021: Valletta, {{flag|Malta|civil}}<ref name="FoF" /><ref name="datos_tecnicos">{{cite web|title=Buque ''Horizon'' – Datos tecnicos|language=Spanish|trans-title=Ship ''Horizon'' – Technical data |url=http://www.pullmantur.es/barco/horizon/datos-tecnicos.html|publisher=Pullmantur Cruises|access-date=2011-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817103322/http://www.pullmantur.es/barco/horizon/datos-tecnicos.html|archive-date=2011-08-17}}</ref> |route = |ordered = |builder = Meyer Werft, Papenburg |original_cost = |yard_number = 619<ref name="FoF" /> |way_number = |laid_down = |launched = 19 November 1989<ref name="FoF" /> |completed = 1990 |christened = 11 April 1990<ref name="FoF" /> |acquired = 30 April 1990<ref name="FoF" /> |maiden_voyage = 1990 |in_service = 1990 |out_of_service = 2020 |identification = *Call sign 9HYZ9 *{{IMO Number|8807088}} *{{MMSI|249727000}} |notes = Sister ship to ''Zenith'' |fate = Scrapped at Aliağa, Turkey in 2022. }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header = |header_caption = <ref name="FoF">{{cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/horizon_1990.htm|title=M/S Horizon (1990)|access-date=2007-12-10|last=Asklander|first=Micke|work=Fakta om Fartyg|language=Swedish|archive-date=2012-08-01|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801065309/http://www.faktaomfartyg.nu/horizon_1990.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> |class = ''Horizon''-class cruise ship |type = |tonnage = *{{GT|46,811}}<ref name="datos_tecnicos"/> *{{DWT|5,550}} <!-- *{{NetT|}} --> |displacement = |length = {{convert|208|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |beam = {{convert|29|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |height = |draught = {{convert|7.31|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="datos_tecnicos"/> |depth = |decks = |deck_clearance = |ramps = |ice_class = |sail_plan = |power = 3 x 3300 kW MAN-B&W AUX |propulsion = *2 × 5994 kW MAN-B&W diesels *2 × 3996 MAN-B&W diesels |speed = {{convert|21.5|kn}} |capacity = 1,828 passengers<ref name="datos_tecnicos"/> |crew = |notes = }} }} '''MV ''Horizon''''' was a cruise ship that sailed from 1990 to 2020, and was the first new build for Celebrity Cruises. She was sent for scrapping at Aliağa, Turkey, in 2022.
==History== The vessel was ordered on April 28, 1988, at Meyer Werft by Chandris Cruises as a replacement for {{SS|Amerikanis||2}} in the Chandris Fantasy fleet. However, upon the formation of Celebrity Cruises after an agreement with the government of Bermuda,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Plowman |first=Peter |title=The Chandris liners and celebrity cruises |date=2006 |publisher=Rosenberg |isbn=978-1-877058-47-9 |location=Dural, N.S.W. |oclc=162119399}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1989-04-17 |title=Chandris to Launch Chandris Celebrity Cruises |url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/15178-chandris-to-launch-chandris-celebrity-cruises.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Cruise Industry News |language=en-gb}}</ref> it was transferred while under construction, and entered service for the new upscale brand.
The ship was significant as it was the first new build ordered by parent company Chandris and the new Celebrity brand, both of which only had operated second hand ships prior. The exterior of the ship was designed by Jon Bannenberg while the principal designers for the interiors were Athens based Michael Katsourakis, Patricia Hayes & Associates, and British Designer John McNeece.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1990-05-31 |title=Celebrity Keeps Horizon in NYC for Two Weeks |url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/15127-celebrity-keeps-horizon-in-nyc-for-two-weeks.html |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Cruise Industry News |language=en-gb}}</ref>
The ship was christened by Myrto Chandris, the wife of company founder Dimitri Chandris, and was delivered on April 11, 1990.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Meyer-Werft: 25 years in the cruise industry |date=2011 |isbn=978-3-7822-1051-5 |location=Hamburg |publisher=Koehler |oclc=773365000}}</ref> The ship was built for New York to Bermuda cruises sailing in tandem with the ''Meridian,'' calling at Hamilton and St, George's during the summer, and spent the winter sailing Caribbean cruises. The ''Horizon'' was joined by an identical sister ship, the ''Zenith,'' in 1992. The ''Horizon'' would continue the Bermuda routes, and would also be Celebrity's first ship to sail Alaska cruises.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-29 |title=A Cruise Ship History: The Horizon |url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/23414-a-cruise-ship-history-the-horizon.html |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Cruise Industry News |language=en-gb}}</ref>
The vessel's service with Celebrity ended after 15 years in September 2005, when it was transferred to Island Cruises, a then subsidiary of Royal Caribbean. The ship underwent refits over the end of 2005 and the beginning of 2006 and was operating out of Palma de Mallorca in the Mediterranean Sea as ''Island Star'' in summer and from Caribbean in winter season of 2008. It advertised cruising as "relaxed, friendly, and informal".
On 6 October 2008, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL), the owner of ''Island Star'', sold their 50% interest in Island Cruises to First Choice Holidays.<ref>Michael Sheehan of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd [https://archive.today/20120908012928/http://www.rclinvestor.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=103045&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1206019&highlight= "Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. to Sell Its Interest in Island Cruises to First Choice Holidays Ltd"]</ref> ''Island Star'' was reported to be transferred to the fleet of RCL's Spain-based subsidiary Pullmantur Cruises, although reports in May 2009 said that the ship would go to another Royal Caribbean company, CDF Croisières de France.<ref name=CBR>{{cite web |url=http://www.cruisebusiness.com/news.php?u=20081007000153 |title=Royal Caribbean to sell its interest in Island GRTCruises – to redeploy ''Island Star'' to Pullmantur |date=2008-10-06 |work=Cruise Business Review |publisher=Cruise Media Oy Ltd |access-date=2008-10-07 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Pictures in May 2009 showed the ship in Pullmantur Cruises colors and renamed ''Pacific Dream'', although the trademark "X" of Celebrity Cruises, while painted-over, could still be seen. ''Horizon'' sailed European and Caribbean itineraries. [[File:Pullmanturs Horizon, River Mersey (geograph 4581129).jpg|left|thumb|Pullmantur's ''Horizon'' on the River Mersey]] In November 2010, it was reported that ''Pacific Dream'' would be replacing their ship {{MS|Bleu de France||2}}. She was renamed ''L'Horizon'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maritimematters.com/2010/11/saga-expands-fleet/#comment-3636|title=Saga Expands Fleet?|access-date=19 November 2010|archive-date=22 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122134337/http://maritimematters.com/2010/11/saga-expands-fleet/#comment-3636|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pullmantur Reducing Capacity, Ocean Dream Leaving Fleet?|url=http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/6713-pullmantur-reducing-capacity-ocean-dream-leaving-fleet.html|access-date=27 January 2012|newspaper=Cruise Industry News|date=27 January 2012|archive-date=28 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128140539/http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/6713-pullmantur-reducing-capacity-ocean-dream-leaving-fleet.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In late 2016, it was announced that the CDF Croisières de France brand was to be discontinued, with ''Horizon'' returning to the fleet of Pullmantur Cruises.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}
An anonymous crew member of the ''Horizon'' reported on 28 March 2020 that a member of the crew had tested positive for COVID-19 on 26 March 2020.<ref name="horizon.crew">{{cite web |date=2020-04-04 |title=Pullmantur Horizon Crew Reports COVID-19 Positive Cases Onboard |url=http://crew-center.com/pullmantur-horizon-crew-reports-covid-19-positive-cases-onboard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411035343/http://crew-center.com/pullmantur-horizon-crew-reports-covid-19-positive-cases-onboard |archive-date=2020-04-11 |access-date=2020-04-12 |publisher=Crew Center}}</ref> With about 250 crew members and contractors aboard, the ship had docked at Port Rashid in Dubai on 15 March 2020, and the crew has been isolated and placed under lockdown.<ref name="horizon.crew" />
In June 2020, as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Pullmantur Cruises filed for financial reorganization under Spain's insolvency laws.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/royal-caribbeans-spanish-cruise-line-jv-pullmantur-files-for-reorganization-2020-06-22| title=Royal Caribbean's Spanish cruise line JV Pullmantur files for reorganization| author=Tomi Kilgore| publisher=MarketWatch| date=22 June 2020| access-date=14 July 2020| archive-date=22 July 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722075804/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/royal-caribbeans-spanish-cruise-line-jv-pullmantur-files-for-reorganization-2020-06-22| url-status=live}}</ref> The following month, Royal Caribbean International's CEO Richard Fain stated that ''Horizon'', along with the other ships in Pullmantur's fleet, had been or will be sold.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cruisecritic.co.uk/news/5423| title=Which Cruise Ships Will Be Scrapped Or Taken Out of Service Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic?| author=Aaron Saunders| date=20 July 2020| access-date=23 July 2020| archive-date=27 July 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727034317/https://www.cruisecritic.co.uk/news/5423/| url-status=live}}</ref> By August 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Psarras |first=Petros |date=2022-08-28 |title=HORIZON: Τέλος εποχής για το πρώτο νεότευκτο κρουαζιερόπλοιο των Χανδρήδων |url=https://www.pireaspiraeus.com/horizon-%cf%84%ce%ad%ce%bb%ce%bf%cf%82-%ce%b5%cf%80%ce%bf%cf%87%ce%ae%cf%82-%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%b1-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%80%cf%81%cf%8e%cf%84%ce%bf-%ce%bd%ce%b5%cf%8c%cf%84%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%ba%cf%84%ce%bf/ |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=PireasPiraeus . the web |language=el}}</ref> the ship was laid up in Elefsis Bay, Greece.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/27778-former-marella-dream-starts-scrapping-process.html?fbclid=IwAR3wdLh4ONBNOwAKzc3-5n_xH7mKX-AveB1zoyutpx1TVhY25uOJmGGZGV4|title=Former Marella Dream Starts Scrapping Process |date=July 2, 2022|website=Cruise Industry News |access-date=July 2, 2022|archive-date=July 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728015732/https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/27778-former-marella-dream-starts-scrapping-process.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/23124-pullmantur-files-for-reorganization.html|title=Pullmantur Files for Reorganization |date=June 22, 2020|website=Cruise Industry News |access-date=July 2, 2022|archive-date=July 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702160018/https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/23124-pullmantur-files-for-reorganization.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 25 August 2022, the ship left Eleusis towed by the tugs ''Vernicos Sifnos'' and ''Christos XL'' to Aliağa for scrapping.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arxipelagos.gr/%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BF-%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BE%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B9-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF-horizon/|title=Τελευταίο ταξίδι για το Horizon|date=2022-08-05|access-date=2022-08-26}}</ref><ref>Another ship bound for Turkey ''Ships Monthly'' October 2022 page 12</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Model horizon2.jpg|A model of the ''Horizon'' as built. File:MS Horizon MS Costa Marina (4198206014) (cropped).jpg|''Horizon'' and ''Costa Marina'' File:"Horizon" - Norfolk.jpg|''Horizon'' at Norfolk, Virginia. File:Islandstaratbrazil2008.JPG|''Horizon'' as ''Island Star'' at Ilhabela, Brazil. File:Pacific Dream in Saint Lucia.JPG|''Horizon'' at Castries, Saint Lucia while still with Pullmantur Cruises. File:Horizon in the Port of La Guaira.jpg|''Horizon'' in Pullmantur Cruises livery before being transferred to CDF Croisieres de France. File:AliagaPanoramaJanuary2023.jpg|''Marella Celebration'' and ''Horizon'' being scrapped at Aliağa, January 2023 </gallery>
==See also== * List of cruise ships * MV Zenith
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|IMO 8807088}} * [https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/ships/horizon.jsp Meyer Werft: Horizon] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120506164218/http://www.cdfcroisieresdefrance.fr/boats/2/ Horizon] at CDF Croisières de France * {{csr|register=E|id=8807088|shipname=Horizon|access-date=2012-04-27}} * [http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/search.php?search_imo=8807088&page_limit=300 Professional photographs] from shipspotting.com
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