One of the vessels which pioneered cruising in the Far East has been sold for scrap in China. The 12,700grt, 1967-built Golden Princess, owned by Hong Kong’s Golden Princess Cruise Line, started operations in the Far East back in the 1980s as the Pearl of Scandinavia and then as Ocean Pearl, and attracted European and North America cruise passengers to Asia for the first time.
Ending Far East operations in 1995, the vessel then moved to Cuba as the Costa Playa, before returning to Hong Kong as a casino ship, operating in this role until this year.
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Monday, August 10, 2009
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I worked for Pearl Cruises in the 80's and sailed several times on the Pearl of Scandinavia as well as when it became the Ocean Pearl. She was a great little ship and had one of the best crews in the industry. Her voyages to the Far East are some of my best memories. I raise my glass to the Pearl of Scandinavia.
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