The casino will be larger than the one on the Paradise, and the cruise line is developing an energetic new stage show for the main auditorium, he said. A retractable dome will make every day a pool day. The 5′ O Clock Somewhere Bar will be adjacent to the pool in the middle of the ship and feature a stage for live entertainment “so guests can watch the entertainers while they’re relaxing in the pool,” Ivy said. Other elements not found on the Paradise will be a 14-story atrium and bar, the Daydreaming Sports Bar, the three-story LandShark Bar at Sea, and a tiki bar at the ship’s adults-only pool. Upgrades will include Grand Terrace suites, corner suites “and ultra-exclusive Islander suites,” according to the release. More than 700 of the ship’s 1,100 staterooms have balconies - a first for the brand, Ivy said. The ship’s size prevented it from sailing from the Port of Palm Beach, and Port Everglades spokeswoman Ellen Kennedy said the Broward County port might not be able to host the ship during weekdays of the busy winter cruise season.īuilt in 2000 as the Costa Atlantica, the Islander weighs 85,861 gross tons and is 959 feet long.

Since the pandemic, the ship spent most of the past three years anchored off Cypress before going into dry dock in the spring. and the China-owned China State Shipbuilding Corp., which operated it under the Costa name until the cruise industry shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Maritime Executive in October reported that the cruise line had purchased the ship from Adora Cruises, a partnership between Carnival Corp.

All 1,100 of the ship’s staterooms will be redesigned when the ship sails on its first voyage on June 14 from Port of Tampa, the cruise line says. A stateroom on the Margaritaville at Sea’s newest ship, Islander.

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