Island Escape( IMO 8002597)

[phantom53]

Just back from a cruise on the Island Escape, and as it appears to be her penultimate cruise, because come the 27th of October when she dock in Palma she is to be decommissioned as a cruise ship, I have no idea of her fate, apart from some speculative rumours.
Can anyone supply info on her ultimate fate

[Johnny Holmen]

There might be a shuffle of ships. It is reported that CELESTYAL ODYSSEY is going to join her sister in Chinese waters and she will be braking her charter with Celestyal Cruises (ex Louis Cruises) at the end of this season in the Med. So for the spring they will bring in the current hotelship in the Shetlands, GEMINI and introduce her as CELESTYAL NEFELI and prior to that, she need a refit/prep. period. My hunch is that a ship like Island Escape can fill that role.