![]() ^ "FEMA Charters Grand Celebration to House National Guard in St.^ "Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line Launches Hurricane Dorian Relief Effort".Archived from the original on 11 March 2015. "Grand Celebration to set sail Tuesday, cruise line says". "Port of Palm Beach to get new cruise ship in February". ^ South Florida Sun-Sentinel (24 December 2014)."Grand Celebration ship could launch in February - Protecting Your Pocket". ^ "Celebration Cruise Line rebrands as Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line".^ "Norwegian Cruise Line Sets Sail for Exclusive Partnership with Margaritaville"."Margaritaville at Sea Starts First Cruise Ship". In November 2020, the company confirmed she had been sold to an undisclosed buyer, in January 2021 she was beached in Alang to be scrapped. The ship was purchased on November 21, 2014, one day before she was to operate for Costa Cruises. Previously was the Celebration for Carnival Cruise Lines, Grand Celebration for Ibero Cruises, and Costa Celebration for Costa Cruises. Operated for Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line prior to the rebranding. Prior to that, the ship was the Costa NeoClassica and originally the Costa Classica that operated for Costa Cruises. It began sailing for Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line as the Grand Classica in 2018. Renamed the Margaritaville Paradise in April 2022. It will continue to offer 2 day cruises from the Port of Palm Beach to Freeport, Bahamas. It is scheduled to begin sailing for the rebranded line starting April 30th. Also during the refit the ship will be renamed the Margaritaville Paradise. Upon the completion of the final cruise, the Grand Classica will sail to the Grand Bahama Shipyard for a rebranding and refit of the ship's interiors and venues to be themed under the Margaritaville brand. The last voyage under Bahamas Paradise is scheduled to take place on April 16, 2022. On December 8th, 2021 Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville announced the partnership with the cruise line to rebrand it as Margaritaville at Sea while still retaining the same ownership and CEO as before. In September 2021 all cruises were cancelled as Grand Classica was chartered to Entergy in New Orleans to house over 1500 workers restoring power to the area following Hurricane Ida. In November 2020, the cruise line sold Grand Celebration to an undisclosed buyer, and in January 2021 she was beached in Alang for scrapping. īeginning in September 2019, Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line began running Humanitarian missions to Grand Bahama Island in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. It entered service on 13 April 2018 as the Grand Classica. It was announced in December 2017 that the cruise line purchased the former Costa ship neoClassica. The ship returned to service on December 23, 2017. Thomas, which was devastated by Hurricane Irma. On September 19, 2017 FEMA chartered the ship for a 90-day period through December 2017 to house the National Guard in St. The company is currently majority-owned by the family of former Norwegian Cruise Line President and CEO Kevin Sheehan. Repairs were made and the ship set sail on February 3. ![]() Due to technical difficulties, the voyage was cancelled. The cruise line's first cruise was scheduled to depart on February 1, 2015. ![]() ![]() Former Celebration Cruise Line executives formed Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line and purchased the Costa Celebration to take over the route formerly operated by the Bahamas Celebration. The cruise line was formed after Celebration Cruise Line ceased operations following a grounding incident that left its only ship, the Bahamas Celebration, damaged beyond repair. The original Margaritaville at Sea dining venue aboard the Norwegian Escape prior to its closure History The restaurants were later unbranded and converted into other dining venues. The partnership with Norwegian Cruise Line ended in late 2019. Before the cruise line's rebranding, Margaritaville at Sea was previously a small chain of Margaritaville style restaurants and bars that were included or later added to the newer Norwegian Cruise Line ships starting in 2015 with the Norwegian Escape. Their sole ship the Grand Classica was refurbished and renamed the Margaritaville at Sea Paradise. In May of 2022 the company was rebranded to Margaritaville at Sea following a partnership between Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line and Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville brand. The company was originally founded as Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line in late 2014, and began operating its first cruises in February 2015 with the now retired Grand Celebration. Margaritaville at Sea (formerly Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line) is a cruise line that operates two-day voyages out of West Palm Beach, FL to Grand Bahama Island.
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