Royal Cruise Line

The line catered mainly to American passengers looking for an upscale cruise experience and sailed mainly worldwide routes.

In 1989, owner Panagopulos unexpectedly decided to sell the highly successful and profitable line.

[6] In 1994, Norwegian transferred her sister ship, which was had been sailing as the Westward, to Royal Cruise Line after a 30 million dollar refit and renamed it Star Odyssey.

In 1996, parent company Kloster Cruises, was continuing to have financial difficulties, and was forced to reorganize.

The fleet was transferred or sold, with the Crown Odyssey and Royal Odyssey transferred to the Norwegian Cruise Line fleet to become the Norwegian Crown and Norwegian Star; the Queen Odyssey sold to Seabourn Cruise Line to become Seabourn Legend; and the final ship to leave the fleet, the Star Odyssey, which went to Fred Olsen Cruise Line to become the Black Watch.

Golden odyssey , Royal Cruise Line's first ship
Crown Odyssey, the line's second new build