Launch date:<\/b> Late Autumn<\/span><\/p>\n Capacity:<\/b> 3,400<\/span><\/p>\n Sister ships:<\/b> Unnamed, to come in 2017<\/span><\/p>\n Maiden voyage:<\/b> Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n Home port: <\/b>Asia <\/span><\/p>\n Ships then in Dream\u00a0Cruises fleet:<\/b> 1<\/span><\/p>\n Interesting:<\/b> The most recent information from Star Cruises (that’s the Star Pisces<\/a> in picture) is that this first ship for Dream Cruises will have the highest crew-to-guest ratio (2,000-to-3,400) of any Asia Pacific ship. What\u2019s more intriguing is that it will have two submersibles to take passengers 20,000 leagues under the sea\u2026okay, on an underwater adventure \u201cto discover the treasures of the ocean,\u201d four passengers at a time. The ship will also serve as a bridge, between Genting\u2019s luxury brand (Crystal) and its mass-market brand (Star), a category that the parent company calls \u201cpremium.\u201d The Genting Dream and the sister ship that’s expected to follow late next year are being positioned as \u201cmega ships\u201d and there are reports the second one will carry 4,500 passengers. But don\u2019t take that to the bank!<\/span><\/p>\n In the news…<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Holland America Koningsdam to feature micro greens grown onboard Today at\u00a0<\/span>portsandbows.com<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em>Harvest Caye opening delayed nine months<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Ninth\u00a0in a series of new ships for 2016 Don\u2019t stop the presses for this new ship, because it may or may not arrive when announced. The ship \u2014 Genting Dream \u2014 is the first of two ships for a new cruise line, Dream Cruises, which is owned by Genting Hong Kong, which also owns Crystal… Continue reading New ship No. 9 \u2014 Genting Dream<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,19,15],"tags":[137,154,200,912,72,819,86,35,227,2183,2184,2185,151,126,26,27,1119,1967],"class_list":["post-26710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ships","category-stories","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-fantasy","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-crystal-cruises","tag-dream-cruises","tag-genting-dream","tag-genting-hong-kong","tag-new-cruise-ships","tag-norwegian","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-regent-seven-seas","tag-star-cruises","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span>\u2022\u00a0Fathom adds four new voluntourism activities in Dominican Republic
\n<\/span>\u2022\u00a0Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection ramps up push\u00a0for the family market<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" "\\"DailyDeal-2\\"")
\nCarnival Fantasy
\n<\/a><\/span>4 nights
\n<\/span>May 9, 2016
\n<\/span>Miami<\/a><\/span> (return): Key West<\/span><\/a>, Cozumel
\n<\/span><\/a><\/span>Inside: $249
\n<\/span>Cost per day: $62<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>www.carnival.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"