Thomson Cruises, one of the most important British shipping companies will bet on the port of Santa Cruz, on the island of Tenerife, to be the home port of your new ship: the TUI Discovery 2.
The shipping company has considered this port as ideal for families, friends and couples, which has been the target audience for the company. The fact of having obtained a 40% discount on port charges, and it will also have had something to do with the decision.
The Thomson Cruise has valued the impact of the TUI Discovery 2 cruise passengers in the port of Santa Cruz, in the next six years in about 6 million euros.
The TUI Discovery 2 vessel, belonging to the Vision Crucero class, measures 264 meters in length and has a maximum capacity of 1.800 passengers, plus a crew of 774 people on board. It has a seven-story-high lobby and highlights its 18-hole golf course, something highly valued by the British, who will also be able to practice this sport on the island of Tenerife during the ship's stopovers.
The TUI Discovery 2 itineraries for the 2017 season include the cities of Barcelona, Valencia, Ibiza, Porto, Lisbon and Marseille, in addition to the cities of Santa Cruz and Malaga, which has also been chosen as a base port. It is from this last city that the ship's cruises will depart every Sunday from August to October, and then the base port will move to Santa Cruz.
TUI Discovery 2 was formerly the Splendor of the Seas, but was sold to TUI Cruises by Royal Caribbean International in March of last year. The details of this sale are not known. After going through some arrangements, the ship was renamed last June in Palma de Mallorca.