List of stretched cruise ships

Cruise lines have opted to increase capacity by stretching their current ships. Known as lengthening, the process of enlarging a cruise ship usually includes cutting the ship in half and adding a new midsection, adding more cabins and public areas.^[1] The first modern cruise ship to be stretched was Royal Caribbean Line's Song of Norway in 1977.^[2]

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  Royal Viking Sky Before Stretch
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  Royal Viking Sky After Stretch
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  Norwegian Wind & Norwegian Dream Before and After Stretch

	Ship Name	Cruise Line	Year Stretch	Length of Section	Shipyard Lengthened	Notes
	Song of Norway	Royal Caribbean Cruise Line	1977	85 feet	Wärtsilä Marine, Finland
	Nordic Prince	Royal Caribbean Cruise Line	1980	85 feet	Wärtsilä Marine, Finland
	Royal Viking Star	Royal Viking Line	1981	27.77 metres (91 ft 1 in)	A.G. Weser shipyard in Bremerhaven, West Germany
	Royal Viking Sky	Royal Viking Line	1982	27.77 metres (91 ft 1 in)	A.G. Weser shipyard in Bremerhaven, West Germany
	Royal Viking Sea	Royal Viking Line	1983	27.77 metres (91 ft 1 in)	A.G. Weser shipyard in Bremerhaven, West Germany
	Westerdam	Holland America Line	1989	36.9 m (121 ft 1 in)	Meyer Werft, Germany
	Norwegian Dream	Norwegian Cruise Line	1998	40-metre (131 ft 3 in)	Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany.
	Norwegian Wind	Norwegian Cruise Line	1998	40-metre (131 ft 3 in)	Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany.
	Norwegian Majesty	Norwegian Cruise Line	1999	33.76 m (110 ft 9 in)	Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany.
	Costa Classica	Costa Cruises	2000 (CANCELLED)	146 ft (intended)[3]	Cammell Laird Birkenhead shipyard, United Kingdom	New midsection constructed, job was cancelled when ship was enroute to shipyard[4] Would have been largest lengthening of a cruise ship.
	Pride of America	NCL America	2004	70 ft	Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany.	Stretched while under construction at Lloyd Werft shipyard.
	Enchantment of the Seas	Royal Caribbean International	2005	22 m (73-ft)	Keppel Verolme shipyards in Rotterdam
	Balmoral	Fred Olsen Cruises	2007	30 m (98 ft)	Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany
	Braemar	Fred Olsen Cruises	2009	102-foot[5]	Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany
	MSC Armonia	MSC Cruises	2015	24 metres (79 ft)[6]	Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy[7]
	MSC Sinfonia	MSC Cruises	2015	24 metres (79 ft)	Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy[7]
	MSC Lirica	MSC Cruises	2015	24 metres (79 ft)	Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy[7]
	MSC Opera	MSC Cruises	2015	24 metres (79 ft)[8]	Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy[7]
	Silver Spirit	Silversea Cruises	2018[9]	(49 ft)[10]	Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy[11]
	Star Breeze	Windstar Cruises	2020[12]	25.6-meter	Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy
	Star Legend	Windstar Cruises	2021[13]	25.6-meter	Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy
	Star Pride	Windstar Cruises	2021	25.6-meter	Fincantieri Shipyard, Palmero, Italy

External links

• Balmoral Stretch Time-lapse
• MSC Armonia Stretch
• Silver Spirit Lengthening Video
• Windstar Cruises - How to Stretch a cruise ship