What Happened To The Big Red Boat Cruise Ship

The Big Red Boat was owned by the Greyhound Corp yes the bus folks and had deals with Disney among others.

What happened to the big red boat cruise ship. The vessel was renamed Red Boat stopping in the Azores to refuel before being broken up for scrap at Alang scrapyards. This was also when the Big Red Boat logo and marketing campaign was conceived. But the parent company got into financial trouble and went out of business.

Bruce Nierenberg began his career with Norwegian Cruise Lines. Government after which she was laid up at Freeport where most of her fleet mates had already been laid up. In 1989 and 1990 the northern part of Guana was developed as a cruise ship destination and was used by Premier Cruise Lines Big Red Boat.

Most crew balked about being referred to as the Big Red Boat. Sadly The Big Red Boat II did not have a long cruising life with Premier Cruises as the company also went into liquidation in September 2000. The Big Red Boat was the original Disney cruise package.

We had a great time and it got our feet wet to cruising. The article discusses the history of the ship and the photos show her as the Peace Boat in June 2009. The SS Oceanic Big Red Boat I was still sailing until 2012 when she was sailed to Yokohama for scrapping.

By 2005 it was obvious cruise companies were not willing to take their chances with her due to her history of mechanical problems. The Big Red Boat II was sold to Argo Ship Management who kept her up on the market. We did the Majesticbig red boat for our honeymoon 10-89.

Ad Save Up To 30 Off Your Cruise Receive 5 Free Offers Including A Free Beverage Package. For about two years until early 1993 it was in use. It was eventually sold to the breakers and was scrapped in Alang India in late 20058 The Big Red Boat III formerly Carnival Cruise Lines Festivale was also sold for scrap.