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MS ''Splendour of the Seas'' is a Vision-class cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International. Her itineraries include European cruising in the Mediterranean and Baltic along with South America and other more "exotic" locations in Royal Caribbean's worldwide destinations. Dedicated towards an international clientele, official languages on ''Splendour of the Seas'' include English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. The second in the line of the Vision-class ships, she features a seven-story lobby, rock-climbing wall, and an 18-hole miniature golf course. Her sister ship is ''Legend of the Seas''. ==History== ''Splendour of the Seas'' was built for Royal Caribbean International by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at their shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France. ''Splendour of the Seas'' was assigned the yard number "B31". The cruise ship was launched on June 17, 1995 by Lisa Wilhelmsen. The ship is registered to the port of Nassau, in the Bahamas. Maiden voyage for ''Splendour of the Seas'' commenced on March 31, 1996. On 31 October 2011, Royal Caribbean and Spanish shipyard Navantia signed a contract for ''Splendour of the Seas'' to receive structural modifications, maintenance to the propellers, propeller shafts and rudder, and interior upgrades, including new dining and public areas, 124 new balconies, and improvements to staterooms.〔 The work was expected to take about five weeks to complete. , ''Splendour of the Seas'' is based in Brazil during the southern hemisphere summer, doing a series of itineraries from 3 to 12 nights throughout South America, and is based out of Venice, Italy during the northern hemisphere summer, sailing 7 night cruises to the Eastern Mediterranean. In March 2015, Royal Caribbean ''Splendour of the Seas'' to TUI Cruises, which planned to lease the vessel to Thomson Cruises, with the final sailing for Royal Caribbean departing on April 4, 2016. She'll be renamed Thomson Discovery and be based in Palma starting in June 2016 after some modernization work.〔http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/13293-thomson-announces-plans-for-new-ship-discovery.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MS Splendour of the Seas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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