Dream Cruises

Dream Cruises

Company type	Public company
Industry	Passenger transportation & Cruises
Founded	1 November 2015
Headquarters	Malaysia, Asia
Area served	Asia Pacific
Key people	Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, CEO & Chairman
Services	Cruises
Parent	StarDream Cruises
Website	dreamcruiseline.com

Dream Cruises is a cruise line owned by the Malaysian company StarDream Cruises.

It was previously owned by Genting Hong Kong. Genting announced the introduction of Dream Cruises in November 2015 in Guangzhou as an Asian luxury cruise line. It debuted in November 2016. ^[1] In October 2022, a court in Bermuda ordered the liquidation of Genting Hong Kong and Dream Cruises. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Lim Kok Thay bought back the trademark of Genting Hong Kong brands. ^[5]

On 25 February 2025, Lim Kok Thay Resorts World Cruises announced that the brand would split its operations, reforming Dream Cruises and Star Cruises as StarCruises. Genting Dream will become the first ship of the reformed Dream Cruises. ^[6]

Fleet

Genting Dream will become the first ship of the reformed Dream Cruises. ^[6]

Current fleet

Ship	Year built	Class	Entered service with Dream Cruises	Gross tonnage	Notes	Image
Genting Dream	2016	Genting	2016-2022, 2025-present	150,695	Originally ordered for Star Cruises. Transferred before completion to Dream Cruises as GentingDream. Transferred to Resorts World Cruises in 2022. Will rejoin the Dream Cruises fleet as Resorts World Cruises under goes a rebrand

Former Fleet

Ship	Year built	Class	Entered service with Dream Cruises	Gross tonnage	Notes	Image
World Dream	2017	Genting	2017-2023	150,695	Originally ordered for Star Cruises. Transferred Dream Cruises before completion as World Dream. Purchased by Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia in 2023 for US$ 330 million and renamed her Manara for Aroya Cruises [7]
Explorer Dream	1999	Leo	2019-2023 [8]	75,338	Formerly sailed as SuperStar Virgo for Star Cruises. Transferred to Resorts World Cruises in 2023. Transferred to StarCruises as Star Navigator in 2025. [9]

Cancelled Fleet

Ship	Year built	Class	Entered service with Dream Cruises	Gross tonnage	Notes	Image
Global Dream	-	Global	-	208,000	Originally ordered for Star Cruises. Construction started on 8 March 2018, [10] before the keel was laid on 11 September 2018. [11] Was to be home-ported in Shanghai. [12] Incomplete ship was sold to Disney Cruise Line in November 2022. [13] [14] Disney has arranged to work with the shipbuilding companies LTH-Baas and Meyer Werft to complete the unfinished ship now renamed Disney Adventure by 2025. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
Global Dream II (interim name).	-	Global	-	208,000	Commonly referred to by many as Global Dream II [ citation needed ] Construction started on 10 September 2019 [19] keel laid on 9 December 2019. [20] Unfinished lower hull of ship sold for scrap after the cruise line's insolvency. [21] Scrapped as of late 2022. [22]

References

1. "DREAM CRUISES MAKES HISTORY WITH CHRISTENING OF MAIDEN LUXURY CRUISE SHIP IN GUANGZHOU HOMEPORT│Dream Cruises". Dreamcruiseline.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
2. "Court orders bankrupt cruise operator Genting Hong Kong to be liquidated". 10 October 2022.
3. "Bermuda Gericht ordnet die Liquidation von Genting Hong Kong, Dream Cruises an". 12 October 2022.
4. http://www.gentinghk.com/media/1856350/e_-_a49271464_v0.0_ghk_-_announcement__winding_up_order__v2.pdf
5. Newsdesk (2022-09-14). "GEN HK liquidators nod trademark sale to Lim cruise biz - GGRAsia" . Retrieved 2025-05-24.
6. "A New Era Begins with the Grand Return of StarCruises and Dream Cruises" (PDF).
7. "Saudi Staatsfond PIF zahlt 330 Millionen US$ für AL MANARA, ex World Dream". www.seereisenportal.de. 6 March 2023.
8. Bond, Mary (12 September 2018). "Explorer Dream joins Dream Cruises as brand expands outside of Asia". www.seatrade-cruise.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
9. "A New Era Begins with the Grand Return of StarCruises and Dream Cruises" (PDF) (Press release). Resorts World Cruises. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
10. "News & Presse - MV WERFTEN". Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
11. "News & Presse - MV WERFTEN". Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
12. Mathisen, Monty (25 October 2018). "First Global-Class Ship to Homeport in Shanghai". www.cruiseindustrynews.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
13. "Disney Cruise Line Announces Acquisition of Ship with Plans to Visit New Markets". Disney Parks Blog. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022.
14. Parfitt, Dave (November 16, 2022). "Disney Cruise Line acquires Global Dream cruise ship". Attractions Magazine.
15. "Neues Kreuzfahrtschiff kommt! "Disney Adventure" soll ab 2025 bis Singapur fahren". nord24 (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-04.
16. Schröder, Kerstin (2024-04-04). "Neues Disney-Schiff entsteht in Wismar: Innenausbau soll Hunderte Jobs bringen". www.ostsee-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-04.
17. "Estnisches Unternehmen LTH-Baas erhält Auftrag für "Disney Adventure"". NZ-Online (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-04.
18. Lohse, Sebastian (2024-04-02). "Disney Adventure in Wismar: LTH-Baas baut an Kreuzfahrtschiff mit | SVZ". svz.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-04.
19. Förster, Krischan (10 September 2019). "MV Werften starten zweiten Neubau der Global Class". hansa-online.de.
20. "MV Werften: Zweites Global Class Schiff auf Kiel gelegt & Start der Universum-Class". 9 December 2019.
21. "Second Genting Newbuild To Be Sold for Scrap". 15 June 2022. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
22. "Warnemünde: 17.500 Tonnen Stahl der früheren "Global 2" werden zerlegt" (in German). 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-10-07.