Sovereign Of The Seas Kenny Chesney $5 LE Cruise
Obsolete
Denom: $5
Type: Limited Edition Chips
Event: Concert
Issued: 2/27/2006
Added: 2011-06-02
Last Update: 2024-10-22
Color: Red
Mold: Full Chipco Satin
Collected By: A. J. Giametta
Royal Caribbean International, Wet Chips
Type: Cruise Ship
Status: Closed
Open: 1/16/1988, Close: 11/2008
Kenny Chesney Feb 27-Mar 3, 2006
NOTES — At the time of Sovereign's maiden voyage was Jan. 16, 1988, and she was the largest cruise ship in the world at 73,192 gross tons.
Sovereign was initially based at the Port of Miami. In 2006, she sailed three- and four-night cruises to the Bahamas out of Port Canaveral, Florida.
These cruises visited Coco Cay, one of RCI's privately-owned islands, in the Berry Islands group.
Her refurbishment in November 2004 was the subject of the Travel Channel mini-series Dry-Dock, A Cruise Ship Reborn.
In November 2008 Sovereign of the Seas was transferred to the fleet of Pullmantur Cruises and renamed MS Sovereign.
Sovereign set sail on its first voyage with Pullmantur Cruises on March 23, 2009. and was scrapped in July, 2020
