Marella Discovery
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| Route | Marmaris, Turkey Orlando, Florida And Bridgetown, Barbados |
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| Yard number | B31 |
| Launched | 17 June 1995 |
| Christened | March 1996 |
| Maiden voyage | 31 March 1996 |
| In service | 31 March 1996 (as Splendour of the Seas) June 11, 2016 (as TUI Discovery) |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Vision-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 69,130 GT |
| Displacement | 35,396 tonnes (34,837 long tons; 39,017 short tons) |
| Length | 264 metres (866 ft) length overall |
| Beam | 32 metres (105 ft) |
| Height | 50 metres (160 ft) air draft |
| Draft | 25.9 feet (7.9 m) |
| Decks | 11 |
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| Propulsion | 2 5.8-metre (19 ft) diameter, fixed pitch propellers |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Capacity | 1.830 passengers |
| Crew | 720-750 crew |
Marella Discovery (formerly Splendour of the Seas and TUI Discovery) is a former Royal Caribbean International Vision-class cruise ship now sailing for Marella Cruises. The second in the line of the Vision-class ships, she features a seven-story lobby, rock-climbing wall, and a 9-hole miniature golf course.
Following the announcement on 9 October 2017 that Thomson Cruises would be renamed Marella Cruises, TUI Group also announced that TUI Discovery would adopt the name Marella Discovery at the end of October 2017, and also that she would become the first ship in the Thomson fleet to be based in Asia, home porting Malaysia in Autumn 2018, following the end of her UK debut season.