{"id":11694,"date":"2018-06-09T14:22:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T12:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=11694"},"modified":"2025-11-13T19:06:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T17:06:54","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=11694","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=11678\">Back to&nbsp;Ship<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>LOI<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Building started<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16\/9\/1994<\/td><td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/7\/1997<\/td><td>Launch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Sea trial<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Second sea trial<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15\/10\/1997<\/td><td>Delivered to Celebrity Cruises<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>27\/10\/1997<\/td><td>Maiden voyage<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/2002<\/td><td>Bahamas flag<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/2008<\/td><td>New name Celebrity Mercury. Malta flag.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>27\/5\/2010<\/td><td>Sold to TUI Cruises.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2-5\/2011<\/td><td>Rebuild by Lloyd Werft<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/2011<\/td><td>Delivered to TUI Cruises. New name Mein Schiff 2.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1\/12\/2018<\/td><td>New name Mein Schiff Herz.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4\/2023<\/td><td>Refurbished by navantia, Cadiz, Spain.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>31\/5\/2023<\/td><td>New name Marella Voyager. Operated Marella Cruises.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to&nbsp;Ship &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; History LOI Building contract Building started 16\/9\/1994 Keel laid 11\/7\/1997 Launch Sea trial Second sea trial 15\/10\/1997 Delivered to Celebrity Cruises 27\/10\/1997 Maiden voyage 8\/2002 Bahamas flag 2\/2008 New name Celebrity Mercury. Malta flag. 27\/5\/2010 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=11694\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11678,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11694","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11694"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43382,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11694\/revisions\/43382"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}