Cruise Line & Ship Profiles

CRUISE LINE

Festival Cruises

Festival (U.K.) Limited
Suite 304 - 305, Albany House
324/326 Regent Street
LONDON WIR 5AA - England
(171) 436 0827
(171) 438 0828 (fax)
Festival Cruise Web Site

Note: These ships are marketed by First European Cruises in the U.S.

Note: Festival Cruises (First European) ceased operations in May of 2004. The ships have been sold to other operators (see below).

SHIPS

MS Azur (sold to Golden Shipping, Odessa, renamed ROYAL IRIS, chartered to Mano Cruise)
MS Caribe (chartered to Arcalia Shipping by owners Nina Cruises, renamed ATHENA, subcahrtered to various operators such as Vivamare in Germany)
MS European Stars (purchased by MSC Cruises, sailing as MSC Sinfonia)
MS European Vision (purchased by MSC Cruises, sailing as MSC Armonia)
MS Flamenco (sold to Ravenscroft Shipping Florida, renamed NEW FLAMENCO, chartered to Globalia Tours from Spain)
MS Mistral (sold to Iberojet now sailing as Iberojet Mistral)

Former Ships:

MS Bolero (sold to Abou Merhi Lines, Beirut, renamed ORIENT QUEEN)

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