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| name = Premier Cruise Line | logo = Premier cruise lines logo.svg | logo_size = 250px | type = Cruise line | foundation = 1983 | location = Cape Canaveral, Florida | industry = Transportation | products = Cruises | homepage = | defunct = 2000 | fate = Bankruptcy/Liquidation }}Premier Cruise Line, a subsidiary of Premier Cruises, was a cruise line that was headquartered in Cape Canaveral, Florida.[1][2] It was at one time licensed as the official cruise line of Walt Disney World and used the trademark "The Big Red Boat" based on the color scheme of some of its ships.[3] Dolphin Cruise Line, a company that became a part of Premier, was headquartered on Dodge Island in Miami.[4] Company historyPremier Cruise Line was formed in 1983 by two cruise veterans and later bought by Dial Corporation (of Dial soap fame), which then also owned the Greyhound Bus Company. The ships typically operated three- and four-day Bahamas trips out of Port Canaveral, Florida. The company earned over $20 million annually on a gross revenue of $100 million during the 1980s. The successful niche that Premier served was the family cruise line, especially attractive to grandparents sailing with their children and grandchildren. Starting in 1985, Premier partnered with Walt Disney World, providing seven-night land and sea vacations on the Big Red Boat. Premier was licensed to provide Disney characters on its ships, until the relationship ended in 1993.[5] Premier then affiliated itself with the Looney Tunes characters to maintain its family friendly image,[6] and was returned to profitability under the direction of 20-year cruise veteran Jim Naik. The company had an aging fleet of Italian-designed ships competing with newer and larger liners. Mr. Naik brought Premier to profitability in his first quarter with the company. Premier's parent company, Dial, sold the company after posting profits for 1995, 1996, and 1997. New owners and new leadership followed, with Larry Magnum as president in 1998. The older ships were designed before the current disability acts, requiring reasonable access for persons with physical disabilities, were even envisioned, let alone enacted into law. Much later, after 1997, Premier was sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act for not making accommodations for people with disabilities. Premier ships included the Majestic (the former Sun Princess of Princess Cruise Lines), the former Home Lines flagship Oceanic, the Atlantic (another former Home Lines ship), and the Royale, a former Costa Cruises liner known then as the Frederico C. The original four ships had the prefix "Star/Ship" before their names. During Premier's reorganization in the mid 1990s all but the Oceanic (Big Red Boat I) were sold off. Premier then became an amalgamation of Dolphin and Seawind Cruises. Later, the Rembrandt, formerly the Rotterdam of Holland America Lines, was added to the line. The SS Oceanic/(Big Red Boat I) was still sailing until 2012 when she was sailed to Yokohama for scrapping.[7] The Big Red Boat II, formerly Eugenio Costa, was put up for sale and was laid up in Freeport, Bahamas. She had no potential buyers and remained there until 2005, eventually being sold to the breakers and was scrapped in Alang, India in late 2005.[8] The Big Red Boat III, formerly Carnival Cruise Line's Festivale, was also sold for scrap. The former Frederico C (called the Seabreeze I) was to be scrapped at India but instead sank in a storm {{convert|220|nmi|km|0}} off the Virginia coast. Lastly, the Rembrandt, formerly the Rotterdam, was purchased by the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, to be restored and kept as a historic landmark. Former fleet
ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = left:100 bottom:60 top:30 right:10 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy Period = from:12/31/1982 till:12/31/2000 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy ScaleMajor = increment:2 start:1983 ScaleMinor = increment:2 start:1984 LineData = at:12/31/1983 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1984 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1985 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1986 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1987 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1988 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1989 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1990 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1991 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1992 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1993 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1994 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1995 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1996 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1997 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1998 color:black layer:back at:12/31/1999 color:black layer:back at:12/31/2000 color:black layer:back BarData = bar:StarShipOceanic text:"StarShip Oceanic" bar:BigRedBoat1 text:"Big Red Boat I" bar:StarshipMajestic text:"Starship Majestic" bar:StarShipAtlantic text:"StarShip Atlantic" bar:BigRedBoat2 text:"Big Red Boat II" bar:Rembrandt text:"Rembrandt" bar:OceanBreeze text:"OceanBreeze" bar:SeaBreeze text:"SeaBreeze" bar:BigRedBoat3 text:"Big Red Boat III" bar:SeaWindCrown text:"SeaWind Crown"
PlotData= width:11 textcolor:black align:left bar:StarShipOceanic from:01/01/1985 till:12/31/1999 bar:BigRedBoat1 from:01/01/2000 till:09/14/2000 bar:StarshipMajestic from:09/22/1988 till:03/05/1995 bar:StarShipAtlantic from:01/01/1996 till:05/01/1997 bar:BigRedBoat2 from:04/01/2000 till:09/14/2000 bar:Rembrandt from:10/01/1997 till:09/14/2000 bar:OceanBreeze from:01/01/1997 till:09/14/1999 bar:SeaBreeze from:01/01/1997 till:09/14/2000 bar:BigRedBoat3 from:01/01/1997 till:09/14/2000 bar:SeaWindCrown from:01/01/1999 till:04/01/2000 }} References1. ^"Cape Canaveral city, Florida{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 27, 2009. 2. ^"[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/04/travel/fall-and-winter-cruises-where-to-get-information.html FALL AND WINTER CRUISES; Where to Get Information]". The New York Times. Sunday October 4, 1998. Retrieved on September 27, 2009. 3. ^Sealetter Cruise Magazine 4. ^"[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/06/travel/a-directory-of-cruises-worldwide-where-to-write-or-call-for-information.html A DIRECTORY OF CRUISES WORLDWIDE; WHERE TO WRITE OR CALL FOR INFORMATION]." The New York Times. Sunday February 6, 1994. Retrieved on September 27, 2009. 5. ^"How Disney Cruises Started" USA Today Travel. 6. ^[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEFDA143BF934A35753C1A965958260 "Cruise Line Will Cut a Disney Link"]. The New York Times, October 7, 1993. 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://maritimematters.com/2012/06/scraps-of-news/ |title=Scraps Of Shipping News |author=Peter Knego |date=June 2012}} 8. ^Eugenio C / Big Red Boat II External links{{Commons category|Premier Cruise Line}}
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