creek42 Posted January 28, 2005 #1 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Does anyone know what happened to the day cruise ship Sea Escape that did day cruises out of Port Canaveral, and week end cruises to the Bahamas! It wasn't great, but it was my 1st. Would like to know what happened to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalamari Posted January 29, 2005 #2 Share Posted January 29, 2005 I believe it went "belly up" . One of the owners got into huge legal trouble with something else not related to the ship, was all over the papers but unfortunately I can't tell you specifics....you might do a websearch for the fort lauderdale sun-sentinel or miami herald. Menina Does anyone know what happened to the day cruise ship Sea Escape that did day cruises out of Port Canaveral, and week end cruises to the Bahamas! It wasn't great, but it was my 1st. Would like to know what happened to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creek42 Posted January 30, 2005 Author #3 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Thanks! I knew it just went away, but was wondering what happened to the boat it self, possibly a gambling ship now? It seems that it was about the size of the Sterling gambling ships! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougnewmanatsea Posted January 31, 2005 #4 Share Posted January 31, 2005 What year was this? SeaEscape was a fairly large company which operated many ships over the years... So I can't tell you what happened to the specific ship in question unless of course I know which it is. If you have a year maybe I can help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creek42 Posted February 1, 2005 Author #5 Share Posted February 1, 2005 I believe that it was 1986 or 87 and sailed out of Port Canaveral. It did day trips throught out the week and week end trips to bahamas, I wish that I had could remember the ship name, maybe I can dig out the old photos and find it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalamari Posted February 5, 2005 #6 Share Posted February 5, 2005 The one I am thinking of was based out of Fort Lauderdale or Miami, this was about a year or so ago when there was stuff in the papers...sorry can't help you any further! Menina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougnewmanatsea Posted February 5, 2005 #7 Share Posted February 5, 2005 I believe that it was 1986 or 87 and sailed out of Port Canaveral. Thanks. I'll do a little looking - should be able to find out what ship you were on from that info. SeaEscape was an interesting company with a very interesting history... I don't have the energy to get into this now. Maybe tomorrow :) . The one I am thinking of was based out of Fort Lauderdale or Miami, this was about a year or so ago Yes. That was the Port Everglades-based New SeaEscape Cruises, at least in theory a totally unrelated company. The original SeaEscape folded, at least in name, in 1993. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICruizers Posted February 27, 2005 #8 Share Posted February 27, 2005 If the ship you are referring to is the Scandinavian Sea, she was deliberately sunk as an artificial coral reef many years ago..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splatitudes Posted March 20, 2005 #9 Share Posted March 20, 2005 There's a current SeaEscape atill operating here out of Port Everglades with daily casino junkets... not sure of the relation to the past SE's or what the ships' lineage is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillaFee Posted March 22, 2005 #10 Share Posted March 22, 2005 I can't believe I stumbled upon this SeaEscape thing! It was my first cruise too when I was younger. I went on it two or three times because we used to live in Florida for the winter. I still have a hurricane glass that I won playing some game....hehe. They were sometimes parked near another defunct company called Dolphin cruises and I remember thinking how big they were when in reality they were like like little cabin cruisers compared to the mega ships of today. Okay I'm done being nostalgic I'm too young to be acting like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackiedawg Posted March 24, 2005 #11 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Splatitudes, The current Sea Escae casino ship running out of Port Everglades is a former Russian ship, probably 30-35 years old. I went on that casino ship a few years ago as an office party, and wandered around checking out the ship...all the doors, bulkheads, etc were written in Russian cyrillic. Not sure where it was built, as I couldn't get to any manufacturer plates...maybe Russian or Finnish shipyard? I'm not sure if this is the one of the same boats that used to cruise under the Sea Escape name...but if it helps Host Doug with his research, I can verify the Russian former use of this ship! Funny...I'm such a ship lover that while everyone else is gambling, and some commented on the ugly, rundown, rusting, badly maintained hulk...I'm walking around hallways and outer promenades analyzing the construction and predicting the age and origins of the boat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougnewmanatsea Posted March 25, 2005 #12 Share Posted March 25, 2005 The current Sea Escae casino ship running out of Port Everglades is a former Russian ship, probably 30-35 years old. I went on that casino ship a few years ago as an office party, and wandered around checking out the ship...all the doors, bulkheads, etc were written in Russian cyrillic. Not sure where it was built, as I couldn't get to any manufacturer plates...maybe Russian or Finnish shipyard? The present SeaEscape ship is ISLAND ADVENTURE, built in 1975 as KAZAKHSTAN for Black Sea Shipping Company, the Odessa-based subsidiary of the Soviet state shipping company Morflot (the seagoing equivalent of Aeroflot - Morflot = Sea Fleet; Aeroflot = Air Fleet). She was built at Wartsila in Finland (now Aker Finnyards, before that Kvaerner Masa-Yards) and was one of the five BELORUSSIYA-class ships, designed for use as both cruise ships for the Soviet and Western markets and as ferries for use on Soviet and international routes. She kept her original name until 1994 when she was renamed UKRANIA, becoming ROYAL SEAS in 1996 and UKRAINE in 1997 before going to New SeaEscape as ISLAND ADVENTURE in 1998. She was never affiliated with the original SeaEscape to my knowledge. Because they were designed for potential use as cruise ships for Western passengers, these ships were built to a rather high standard. If you want to compare her interior appearance then and now, there are some excellent interior photos of a BELORUSSIYA-class ship (probably BELORUSSIYA) here. The site is in Swedish and there are three pages of photos; click "Nasta" at the bottom of each page to go to the next page. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splatitudes Posted March 28, 2005 #13 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Host Doug, have you ever felt "up to" posting about the long and winding history of Sea Escape? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougnewmanatsea Posted March 29, 2005 #14 Share Posted March 29, 2005 have you ever felt "up to" posting about the long and winding history of Sea Escape? Not now. Really, most any other time, I'd have obliged (I have to admit that I forgot about it entirely and even made another post on this thread without remembering!), but not tonight. I just got home a few hours ago from a flight from Ft. Lauderdale that took three hours and twelve minutes - I mean three hours and twelve minutes in the air for a flight that in reality is maybe, a 2 1/2 hour flight. And that's ignoing the fact that we left over two hours late. From the time I boarded that blasted airplane until the time I got off was over five hours, to get home from Florida! And to top it off we had a screaming baby in the row behind us, and I didn't sleep well last night, and... Well you get the picture. I'm half asleep already and going to have an early night, during which I will probably have nightmares about being stuck in an airplane for the rest of my life ;) . On the other hand, my car service driver was going to pick up some people flying on a different flight from Ft. Lauderdale to NYC which was four hours late and counting... So I guess at only a little over three hours late, I was lucky. Anyway, I will tell the story another day, I really will. Apologies for forgetting earlier - I even made another post on this thread and still didn't remember. I must be losing my mind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimcruisegirl Posted May 13, 2005 #15 Share Posted May 13, 2005 I SOOOOO remember Sea Escape, I never went on one, but when I was a little girl, they actually flew over Orlando and dropped 10000's of beach balls with the name and logo in the air and one landed in our property.... I was sooo excited..... I remember I used to sing the Sea Escape jingle! LOL HAA HAA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splatitudes Posted May 20, 2005 #16 Share Posted May 20, 2005 the current Sea Escape jingle may be the very thing that drives me to madness.... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRF777 Posted May 21, 2005 #17 Share Posted May 21, 2005 My first cruise was on the Scandinavian Sun (Sea Escape) it was the inagural out of Miami to Freeport. It was a 24hr cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemingway Posted May 22, 2005 #18 Share Posted May 22, 2005 I have been on many of the SeaEscape day and night cruises with both the old and new company. It has always left a lot to be desired.:( Better than nothing, however.:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixiface Posted June 6, 2005 #19 Share Posted June 6, 2005 We went on the sea escape last weekend for a "day out for kidney patients", (my grandmother is on dialysis) ...It was awful...They have one elevator that has enough room to fit, and I am not exagerating, 3 people in it..in order to get my grandfather, who is wheelchair bound, up a level we actually had to remove the feet from the chair and push him up against the back wall then send him up by himself while we ran up the stairs to get him on the next floor, he could not go out to the pool, or sit on any decks outside because of the raised door ways, abd forget taking him to the bathroom...my father and a crew member had to carry him in. I called a few days later just to see what they would say if I asked about handicapped accessibility and was told they were definately accessible..what a joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruzTigger19 Posted June 16, 2005 #20 Share Posted June 16, 2005 I remember sailing on SeaEscape's Scandinavian Saga in 1989. She ran 4 night Cruise from Tampa to Cozumel every 28 days. If your expectations were at the appropriate level you could have a good time. I think she was a converted ferry from Europe. We ran into a cold front dipping South into the Gulf on the return trip in December 1989. It was quite a rough ride. I had not seen so many green people since they colorized the Munsters:D . The ship was decorated for Christmas and by the time we made it back to Tampa, most of the Christmas trees and other decorations had hit the deck. I would say overall it was fun trip. A nice and "cheap" getaway. I think the fare was $350 for two people if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougnewmanatsea Posted June 16, 2005 #21 Share Posted June 16, 2005 I think the fare was $350 for two people if I remember correctly. Of course, accounting for inflation, today you could pay about the same today and take a similar cruise in a shiny new Carnival or RCI megaship! Amazing how cheap cruises really are today considering what you get... What modern ships might lack in personality, they sure do make up for in value! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girlfromoz Posted July 13, 2005 #22 Share Posted July 13, 2005 There is a SeaEscape in Ft Lauderdale with 2 cruises to nowhere daily. I have never done it so I am not sure how fun it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemingway Posted July 23, 2005 #23 Share Posted July 23, 2005 I've done it. It's mediocre at best.:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spfar Posted August 21, 2005 #24 Share Posted August 21, 2005 I'm working on a scrapbook for my mom who has alzheimers and came across a picture of mom and some friends on the seaescape Scandanavian Sky. The date on the photo is 1986. Anyone have an idea of where they might have gone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethaniesmom Posted June 18, 2007 #25 Share Posted June 18, 2007 twice today I have seen mention of SeaEscape....this is exciting.....my daughter (then about five) and I took a 24 hour cruise out of Tampa.....a wonderful way to spend the day.....the kids flew kites off the back of the ship with help from the kids club staff...there was clay pigeon shooting off the back of the ship as well......MEMORIES.... Beverly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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