{{Short description|Cruise ship built in 1995}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Marella Discovery 2 at Argostoli.jpg | image_caption = ''Marella Discovery 2'' anchored at Argostoli, Kefalonia }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | country = | flag = | name = *1995–2017: ''Legend of the Seas'' *2017: ''TUI Discovery 2'' *2017–present: ''Marella Discovery 2'' | owner = * Marella Cruises 2017 – present * Royal Caribbean Cruises 1995–2017<ref name=DNV>{{DNV|id=18204|shipname=Marella Discovery 2}}</ref> | operator = * Royal Caribbean International 1995–2017 * Thomson Cruises 2017 * Marella Cruises 2017 – present | registry = * 1995–2002: Monrovia, {{flag|Liberia}} *2002–present: Nassau, {{flag|Bahamas|civil}} | route = | ordered = | builder = *Chantiers de l'Atlantique *Saint-Nazaire, France | original_cost = | yard_number = A31<ref name="Fakta om fartyg">[http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/legend_of_the_seas_1995.htm Fakta om fartyg]{{in lang|sv}}</ref> | way_number = | laid_down = | launched = September 5, 1994 | christened = | completed = | acquired = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = 1995<ref name="Fakta om fartyg"/> | out_of_service = | identification = *Call sign C6SL5 *{{IMO Number|9070620}} *{{MMSI|311378000}} *{{Ship register|DNV|18204}} | status = In service | notes = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = {{sclass2|Vision|cruise ship}} | tonnage = {{GT|69,472}}<ref name=DNV /> | displacement = | length = {{convert|264.26|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=DNV /> | beam = *Max: {{convert|37|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=DNV /> *Waterline: {{convert|32|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=DNV /> | height = {{convert|50|m|ftin|abbr=on}} air draft | draught = | draft = {{convert|8.068|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=DNV /> | depth = {{convert|10.45|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=DNV /> | decks = 11 | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | power = *5 × Wärtsilä Vasa 12V46B V12 engines *{{convert|11,700|kW|abbr=on|lk=on}} each | propulsion = 2 × {{convert|5.8|m|abbr=on}} diameter, fixed pitch propellers | sail_plan = | speed = {{convert|24|kn|lk=in}} | capacity = 1,836 passengers<ref name=MD2 /> | crew = 771 crew<ref name=MD2 /> | notes = }} }} '''''Marella Discovery 2''''', launched as '''''Legend of the Seas''''', is the lead ship of the {{sclass2|Vision|cruise ship|4}} of cruise ships (originally operated by Royal Caribbean International). With a gross tonnage of {{GT|69,130}}, the ship can carry 2,074 passengers. Its maiden voyage was May 16, 1995.<ref>{{cite book|title=Significant Ships of 1995|date=1996|publisher=Royal Institution of Naval Architects|isbn=0 903055 21 X|page=74}}</ref> The ship's facilities include a rock climbing wall, a mini-golf course, dining areas and bars, an atrium, two pools, a theatre and a fitness centre.<ref name=MD2>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tui.co.uk/cruise/ships/marella-discovery-2/|title=Marella Discovery 2 Cruise Ship {{!}} Thomson now Marella Cruises|website=TUI Group|language=en|access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tui.co.uk/cruise/ships/marella-discovery-2/facilities/|title=Marella Discovery 2 Facilities|website=TUI Group|access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref>
==Career== As ''Legend of the Seas'', it was the most-traveled ship in the Royal Caribbean fleet, having been based in Asia, Australia and New Zealand, the South Pacific, Alaska, Central America, Caribbean, the Baltic, Mediterranean and the Middle East during her 19-year career at sea.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} Starting in the winter of 2009 she was based in Asia on a year-round basis.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, almost all of her North Asia routes were canceled.
In 2013 she returned to Europe to offer cruises in the Mediterranean Sea. During the winter period the ship was based at Fort Lauderdale for Caribbean cruises. In the summer period in 2014, she offered cruises to Northern Europe where she visited port in the Baltic Sea and Norway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Deployment/13033455_LG_Northern_Europe_Deployment_2014.pdf |url-status=dead |title=Legend of the Seas 2014 Northern Europe |publisher=Royal Caribbean International |access-date=16 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233202/http://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Deployment/13033455_LG_Northern_Europe_Deployment_2014.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>
On 2 June 2016, Royal Caribbean sold ''Legend of the Seas'' to the UK based Thomson Cruises. ''Legend of the Seas''{{'}}s last scheduled cruise with Royal Caribbean ended on 26 March 2017 before the ship was transferred to Thomson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=7054|title=Thomson Cruises Acquires Second Royal Caribbean Ship|work=Cruise Critic|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref> She first appeared as the ''TUI Discovery 2'' in Malaga, Spain on 14 May 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/news/on-euro-weekly-news/costa-del-sol-malaga/139751-homeport-honours-for-Malaga|title=Homeport honours for Malaga|first=Matt|last=Ford|work=EuroWeekly News|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref>
Following the announcement on 9 October 2017, that Thomson Cruises would be renamed Marella Cruises, TUI Group also announced that ''TUI Discovery 2'' would adopt the name ''Marella Discovery 2'' at the end of October 2017. On 28 October 2017, ''TUI Discovery 2'' was renamed ''Marella Discovery 2'' in a ceremony held at the port of Tenerife by members of the ship's crew chosen as 'outstanding performers' by the company, together with the Captain.<ref>{{cite web|title="TUI Discovery 2" formally renamed as "Marella Discovery 2"|url=http://www.crew-center.com/tui-discovery-2-formally-renamed-marella-discovery-2|website=Crew Center|access-date=13 January 2018|date=28 October 2017}}</ref>
''Marella Discovery 2'' is the sister ship to ''Marella Discovery''.<ref name="Fakta om fartyg"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline|IMO 9070620}} *[https://www.tui.co.uk/cruise/ships/marella-discovery-2/ Marella Discovery 2] TUI Group
{{Royal Caribbean Cruise International Ships}}
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