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Festivale was a first-generation Cruise Ship for Carnival Cruise Lines . Formerly she was the ''RMS Transvaal Castle'' of the South African -based Union Castle Line, and then transferred to the South African Marine Corporation in 1966 . She was 760 feet long, 90 feet wide and weighed over 32,000 tons, making her the second largest Ocean Liner of the Union-Castle Line, behind her running mate, the 38,000 ton ''RMS Windsor Castle''. Carnival purchased her in October 1977 and converted her into a cruise ship. Her capacity was doubled and she was partially rebuilt to add discoteques, lounges and casinos that were popular on cruise ships at the time. She proved to be quite popular. With Carnival creating dramatically newer and larger cruise liners, the ''Festivale'' became redundant. There was still a market for passengers who preferred "traditional" looking ships, and after a brief charter with a British travel firm, Premier Cruises purchased her in 1998. The named her ''Island Breeze: Big Red Boat III'', as she was their third liner, and like all of their ships, had her hull painted a bright and somewhat garish red. Premier Cruises went bankrupt in 2000 , and their ships were seized in various ports in the Caribbean , North America and Europe . By now, old, out-of-date and in need of repairs, the ship could find no work and was sold to the shipbreakers in Alang , India in the summer of 2003. |
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