The Marella Discovery 2 recently completed 30 years of service. The ship originally launched service as the Legend of the Seas for Royal Caribbean International.

Constructed at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard, the Vision-class ship was delivered on April 28, 1995.

After crossing the Atlantic with no guests onboard, the vessel embarked on its maiden voyage a few weeks later on May 16, 1995.

Sailing from PortMiami, the inaugural cruise visited destinations in the Caribbean and transited the Panama Canal before arriving in Los Angeles.

The Legend of the Seas then sailed to Vancouver to kick off a summer season sailing to Alaska and Canada.

Before returning to the Panama Canal and the Caribbean for its inaugural winter deployment, the 1,804-guest ship also offered Royal Caribbean’s

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