DavidB Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 I found this shirt at Nordstrom Rack and had to get it. Was this ship ever in Royal Caribbean's fleet? I don't see it in the list of their former fleet on Wikipedia, but the crown and anchor seems too similar to be a coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 I'm assuming Regal Voyager is a description of the passenger, not the name of a ship. The ship Regal Voyager was a ferry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 Not a Royal Caribbean ship but I did find this: Profile is similar https://opposite-lock.com/topic/42695/the-ms-scandinavian-star-fire-april-7th-1990 Excerpts: Massalia entered service with Paquet on July 13th, 1971, setting out on her maiden voyage from Marseille, France to Casablanca, Morocco, via Malaga, Spain. Massalia remained on her original Marseille-Malaga-Casablanca service for about 3 years, until 1974, when she transitioned to Paquet's traditional core Senegalese service, sailing from Marseille-Dakar, which only lasted a year. 1975 saw Massalia return to Marseille-Casablanca service, now sailing via Alicante, Spain and Sète, France. At 2am on April 7th, 1990, with Scandinavian Star outbound from Frederikshavn, loaded with 395 passengers and 97 crew, a passenger noticed fire on deck 3 and alerted staff. Flames spread quickly, with the stairwells and gaps in between the lowered ceilings and structural overheads acting as chimneys. The captain attempted to close the fire doors, but the door mechanisms required manual engagement of fire alarms in each area, which had not been triggered, so many doors remained open (and some of those that did close malfunctioned and didn't shut all the way). In the aftermath, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea was heavily amended in 1992 to further strengthen fire safety regulations for passenger ships in international service. Scandinavian Star was initially declared a total loss, towed from Lysekil to Copenhagen in late April, then to Hull, UK in August, where her name was shorted to Candi. After sitting idle for several years, Candi was sold at auction to ship management and chartering firm International Shipping Partners in April of 1994, renamed Regal Voyager, and sent to Industrie Navali Meccaniche Affini SpA in La Spezia, Italy for a through rebuilding, returning to service in late 1994, sailing under charter to Moroccan-based Comarit Ferries for service between Tangier and Port-Vendres. This lasted until 1997, when Regal Voyager was charted to Saint Thomas Cruises, for service between Port Isabel, Texas and Puerto Cortes, Honduras for two years. In 1999, she was chartered again to Dominican-based Ferries del Caribe for service between Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and San Juan, Puerto Rico, which lasted 4 years, with Regal Voyager being laid up in Charleston, South Carolina in 2003. International Shipping Partners initially tried to market her for further charter service, but she was ultimately sold for scrap in 2004, renamed Regal V for the final voyage, and beached in Alang, India on May 14th, 2004. Also this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Scandinavian_Star MS Scandinavian Star, originally named MS Massalia, was a car and passenger ferry built in France in 1971. The ship was set on fire on 7 April 1990, killing 159 people. The official investigation determined the fire had been caused by a convicted arsonist who died in the blaze.[1] This finding has since been disputed.[2] After a lengthy period of lay-up after the fire, she was eventually repaired and refitted and put back into ferry service as the Regal Voyager, initially in the Mediterranean, and later in the Caribbean. She was eventually scrapped in 2004. DavidB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 The stack on that ship looks further after than in the shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWaits Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 Reminds me of the shirts that are printed up proclaiming both participants as Super Bowl Champions so they're in stock regardless of who wins. In the past, incorrect versions were donated to charity (not sure if that's still true). There is an entire generation of African orphans who believe the Buffalo Bills won four consecutive Super Bowls. CrimsonCruiser, DavidB, Villageidiot and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 While that's definitely the Royal Caribbean logo, that's not a Royal Caribbean shirt. I'm going to go on a limb and say the logo is not licensed for use on that shirt. DavidB and DDaley 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 I think they made up the flags too, those don't appear to proper signal flags. No reason to assume the ship pictured has any connection to the name used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobroo Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 I'm wondering how they get that boat to landlocked Moscow and Milan? Maybe they are "...in the spirit of" Royal Caribbean. For example, when Royal claims to sail from Orlando? CrimsonCruiser and DavidB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 Thanks all! I'm going to take SmokeyBandit's suggestion and declare myself a Regal Voyager whenever I wear it! Villageidiot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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