type subsidiary industry transportation fate replaced by bahamas paradise cruise line founded 2008 defunct 2015 headquarters riviera beach florida united states area served the bahamas products cruises parent celebration cruise holdings website bahamaships.com celebration cruise line was a small cruise line that operated two day voyages out of port of palm beach to grand bahama island . the company was founded in late 2008 and began operations on march 9 2009 . the company moved the ship s operations from port everglades to the port of palm beach in march 2010 . contents 1 history 2 former fleet 3 references 4 external links history edit the cruise line began operation in march 2009 with the bahamas celebration which was formerly a cruise ferry built in 1981 but was later converted to a cruise ship in 2008 . the cruise line replaced imperial majesty cruise line . in 2010 celebration cruise line announced it would be moving to the port of palm beach due to being overshadowed by larger cruise lines at port everglades . the port of palm beach has a passenger terminal that was built to accommodate smaller cruise ships . in 2010 they stopped sailing to nassau bahamas . their two night cruises then departed every other day at 6 00 pm . to freeport bahamas . on 31 october 2014 the bahamas celebration struck an unknown object while departing from freeport creating a small hole in the ship s hull and resulting in the vessel listing 10 percent . all passengers and crew were unharmed . 1 celebration cruise line ceased operations following the grounding incident . 2 former celebration cruise line executives formed bahamas paradise cruise line and purchased the grand celebration to take over the route formerly operated by the bahamas celebration . 3 4 former fleet edit ship built entered service for celebration cruise line tonnage flag notes image bahamas celebration 1988 2009 2014 35 483 gt bahamas on october 31 2014 bahamas celebration struck an unknown object while departing from freeport opening up a small hole in the port side . the ship was able to return to the port and all passengers and crew were able to disembark and no injuries were reported . as of 3 november 2014 update the hole had been patched but the ship was still listing by about 10 percent and salvage crews was trying to assess the damage . 5 6 7 in december 2014 it was announced that the ship could not be repaired and would be replaced by the ms grand celebration which would be operated by the newly formed bahamas paradise cruise line . references edit bahamas celebration cruise ship won t sail for first two weeks of november . the tribune freeport . 4 november 2014 . http www.cruisecapital.net news celebration cruise line rebrands as bahamas paradise cruise line grand celebration ship could launch in february protecting your pocket . south florida sun sentinel 24 december 2014 . port of palm beach to get new cruise ship in february . sun sentinel.com . updated bahamas celebration cruise ship runs aground no danger of it sinking . tribune242.com . 1 november 2014 . retrieved 7 november 2014 . bahamas celebration cruise ship won t sail for first two weeks of november . tribune242.com . 3 november 2014 . retrieved 7 november 2014 . new vessel to resume celebration cruise service . retrieved 17 december 2014 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title celebration cruise line & oldid 729869016 categories cruise lineshidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from november 2014all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 july 2016 at 03 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view