Under ownership of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., the ship had been laid up since 2010 before being handed over to STX France in 2013 as a partial payment for the construction of what is now, Harmony of the Seas.

In keeping up with the rest of the Sitmar fleet, she was originally named FairSky and was registered in Liberia.

[3] Replacing the 1957-built Fair Princess, Pacific Sky's was quickly accepted by Australian cruise passengers.

The Italian-built Regal Princess took Sky Wonder's place in the P&O Cruises fleet in mid-2007 as the Pacific Dawn.

[6] In March 2013 it was reported that the ship had departed under tow for Suez, Egypt,[9] and on 14 April 2013, Atlantic Star arrived the shipbreaking yard in Aliaga, Turkey, under the name Antic.

Her draft was approximately 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in), but this figure varies with respect to the amount of stores, fuel and water on board.

They were controlled by hydraulic rams and were fed information from gyroscopes which sense the vessel's rolling motion.