What Have They Done to Legend of the Seas?

The former Legend of the Seas has been sailing for a couple of weeks in her new identity for Thomson as TUI Discovery 2. A couple weeks ago we shared a video with you about the painting of the hull. That was the exterior of the ship. But inside, interior refit specialists Trimline were given the task of rebranding it, and making it look like a Thomson ship, not Legend of the Seas.

One of the major projects was the combination of two spaces into one of the main entertainment areas, the Live Room, shown below.

The complete story appeared in the June 6 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - March 23, 2016

CND subscribers also read about:

• Holland America's Koningsdam is nearing handover to the line. In the seventh video in the Countdown to Koningsdam series, Hotel Director Stan Kuppens talks about the officers and crew arriving at the shipyard. 
• P&O's Britannia will be skipping it's call at Zeebrugge (Belgium) this weekend due to the tragic events in Belgium earlier this week. 
• Century Casinos will expand to operate the casino aboard Thomson Discovery. 

Details appeared in the  March 23 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Another Life for Old Friends

TUI, the German travel conglomerate, said today they eventually move Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 from their TUI Cruises brand (which they own jointly with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd) to their British unit, Thomson Cruises, as part of their plan to modernize the Thomson fleet.

The complete story appeared in the May 13 edition of Cruise News Daily.