Azalea Cruises

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Azalea Cruises
Azalealogo.jpg
Basic info
CEOSTthecat
FoundedApril 21, 2021
TypeCruise line
Other info
Ships in fleetIn service: 3
On order: 5
Cities served7
Company sloganChoose life, choose Azalea
HeadquartersNew Singapore (proposed)

Azalea Cruises is a cruise line based out of New Singapore and operating in the New World, intending to be one of the four cruise lines to revolutionise the cruise ship industry in the MRT server. It was formed on April 21, 2021, by STthecat.

History

When STthecat joined the server, he always intended to start a low-cost airline that could compete with FliHigh Airlines and dominate the aviation industry and call it Azalea MRT, the MRT version of his off-server airline Azalea Airlines. However, when he was approached by AirplaneNiner, who convinced him to build cruise ships, he decided to start a cruise line instead on April 21, 2021. STthecat would later move on to form JiffyAir, a low-cost airline under his other company Variety Brands.

The Arctic-class of ships was subsequently announced, named after 6 of 11 initial lines in the New World MRT system.

On April 22nd, it was announced that the Azalea Arctic would begin operations sometime in May 2021, servicing the Dogwood to Wenyanga via Cape Cambridge route. The maiden voyage of the Azalea Arctic was held on May 9, 2021, after being pushed from April 30th and May 3rd.

On May 13, 2021, Azalea Cruises made its first exposition appearance at the Titsensaki Convention Center, allowing passersby to walk in and sign up for a cruise on the spot.

On May 22, Azalea Cruises formed a joint venture with long-time rival Nansei Cruise Lines to form Magic Cruise Line, a cruise line based out of Seoland. It was formed to operate an abandoned cruise ship sitting in Seoland, namely the Magical Holiday. This partnership led to talks between the two cruise lines, and on May 27, NCL, Azalea, and Magic merged to become subsidiaries under the Azalea Group.

On May 26, 2021, due to protests between Wenyanga and Shenghua that spread to most of Azalea Arctic’s destination cities, Azalea Cruises was forced to suspend operations briefly as instructed by the Dogwood city council. However, as the protests gradually relaxed, Azalea resumed operations a few minutes later.

Planning for Azalea Taiga began at the start of June 2021 and the confirmed route was revealed on June 6th. Following the release of Azalea Taiga's confirmed route, Azalea received several accusations, as well as failing to ask for perms.

On June 22, 2021, Azalea Arctic changed its port of registry from Wenyanga to New Singapore, in preparation of the construction of Azalea Taiga. However, maintenance will continue to take place in azaleatwo yard in Wenyanga, while the finalisation of new Azalea ships and major refurbishment works will be carried out in azaleaone yard in New Singapore.

On July 25th, Azalea Taiga made its maiden voyage on a one-off "4-day special cruise" from Lapis Bay and stopping at Dogwood for 2 days, bundled with a Fast Boi tour of Bristol.

On October 16, 2021, Azalea Cruises completely refreshed their logo, changing from a generic stylised A to the same tulip logo used by Azalea Group, in order to tie in line with Azalea Group’s portfolio of cruise lines.

Following the October 2021 SSM, Azalea Cruises announced the cessation of operations by the end of 2022, with ships expected to be transferred to other Minecraft servers beginning in March 2022. The lead ship of the Arctic class, Azalea Arctic was sold to Kagawa Cruises in November 2021, owned by Sandstone Buss and Sandstone Airr CEO LabCylian. Azalea later confirmed that only 7 cruise ships, including 3 outstanding orders, will be transferred.

In December 2021, Azalea cancelled the planned transfer of its fleet due to the server’s continuation. Kagawa’s lease of Kagawa Sobu was shortened to one year, with Sobu planned to be transferred back to Azalea in November 2022.

Azalea Cruises' Dogwood operations moved to the new Terminal 2 at the Dogwood Madison Beach Cruise Center on May 30, 2022.

Fleet

Azalea Cruises currently has a planned total of 8 ships, 6 in the Arctic class and 2 in the Northern class. More ships are being proposed, in bigger lengths and sizes.

Arctic-class

The Arctic class is a series of medium-sized ships built by Azalea Shipbuilding. Not much is known about this class, except it will have several amenities, including several franchises, a cinema and a signature entrance known as the Great Azalea Hall. Azalea Taiga is currently sailing out of Lapis Bay and Azalea Plains is sailing out of Nui Loa. All ships were ordered on April 21, 2021, following Azalea's formation.

Arctic-class
Name Entered service Length Width Height Status Image
Azalea Taiga 25 July 2021 113m 29m 38m In service Azaleataiga.png
Azalea Plains 8 November 2021 125m 29m 38m In service Azaleaplains.png
Arctic Plus-class
Name Entered service Length Width Height Status Image
Azalea Valley Scheduled February 2022 151m 31m 46m Awaiting launch Azaleavalley.png
Azalea Forest TBD 2022 ~170m 31m ~46m Planned
Azalea Island TBD 2022 ~170m 31m ~46m Planned

Northern-class

The Northern class is a sub-class of the 200m Ecstasy class built by Azalea Shipbuilding, which are also used for Nansei Cruise Lines and Magic Cruise Line. It is planned to have 7 decks, featuring most of Arctic class’ amenities, as well as new amenities including a new theme park which will include the only roller coaster onboard a cruise ship in the MRT. Azalea Northern and Azalea Eastern were ordered on July 16, 2021, with an option to order two more ships.

Name Entered service Length Width Height Status Image
Azalea Northern TBD 2021 ~200m N/A N/A Planned
Azalea Eastern TBD 2022 ~220m N/A N/A Planned

Former fleet

Former fleet
Name Class Length Width Height Duration in service for Azalea Cruises Current status Image
Azalea Arctic Arctic 101m 19m 39m 9 May-23 November 2021 Operating as the Kagawa Sobu for Kagawa Cruises AzaleaCruisesCons1.png