The cruise line attracted both vacationers and vintage ship fans from around the world.
[1] The cruise line's current operations ended on March 9, 2009, when the Regal Empress was retired.
[2] In 2003, due to high costs, Imperial Majesty sold the OceanBreeze for scrap and replaced it with another vintage ship, the 1953-built MS Regal Empress, after its previous owner folded.
In the fall of 2008, several sources reported that the Regal Empress was due to be replaced by the 1981-built cruiseferry MS Bahamas Celebration in 2009,[3][4] but this information proved to be false.
All crew and food stores were transferred to Bahamas Celebration prior to the ships departure.