World Dream


World Dream is a cruise ship operated by Dream Cruises. She was initially ordered under the same name for Star Cruises. The ship was designed for the Asian cruise market and has a large number of restaurants together with a casino and specially designed cabins. She was formally named on 17 November 2017 by Cecilia Lim, wife of Genting CEO Lim Kok Thay, who became godmother of the ship.
On 16 November 2017, Dream Cruises created an Lego model of the ship, the largest such model of a cruise ship, which is on permanent display at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong.

History

Construction and service

World Dream was ordered in February 2014 for Star Cruises. She was laid down on 29 July 2015, launched on 26 August 2017 and completed on 26 October 2017. World Dream measures at 150,695 gross tons and is long with a beam of. World Dream entered service for Dream Cruises in November 2017.

Coronavirus quarantine

Three passengers aboard World Dream during 19–24 January 2020 were confirmed to have been infected by COVID-19. 'during the pandemic. On 5 February 2020, all 3,800 World Dream passengers and crew were put under quarantine on board the ship at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Cruise Terminal after Taiwan blocked its port of call in Kaohsiung., checks of those on board were ongoing.
The quarantine was lifted on 9 February 2020 after all 1,800 crew members were tested negative of the virus. The majority of the passengers were not tested as they had had no contact with the infected Chinese passengers who had been on the ship during 19–24 January. On 26 February the Indonesian Government evacuated their 188 citizens from World Dream using the hospital ship Dr Soeharso. All Indonesians that were aboard the cruise ship were taken to Sebaru Kecil island which is part of the Thousand Islands regency in Jakarta. After that, they underwent 14 days of quarantine and observation.