Bankrupt - Pullmantur Cruises

In the mid 1990's a travel company based in Spain was seeking an ambitious goal. They wanted to be the leader in Spanish speaking cruises, sailing ships all around the Mediterranean, Mexico, Caribbean and South America. They ultimately succeeded and got the interest and investment from Royal Caribbean, the mega American cruise company. But despite all of their success, the company declared bankruptcy in 2020 and was completely liquidated. Join me today as I find out why!

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[lostlegend]

It's always a good day when Bright Sun Films talks about ships 😁

[Morzat]

I used to work on board Pullmantur cruises as a receptionist from 2018 until 2020. I was on board during the global shutdown due to the pandemic. I vividly remember being part of the video you show and it feels like yesterday.

Like you mentioned, employee morale was kept high because of all the crew that was stuck at sea with their home countries borders closed and waiting to be repatriated. Slowly our food was running low because there were limited ports that wanted to take us just to receive supplies of food or fresh water. Tough times and I appreciate you taking the time to discuss about Pullmantur and its crew.

Luckily now I am working in a different cruise line and I am happy

[ekpearse]

Boy, this one really tugged at my heartstrings - we sailed with them in the summer of 2015, 2016 and 2018 out of Barcelona. While the ships themselves weren’t great, the crew was wonderful.

[LuckyPierre]

Monarch holds a special place in my heart. I sailed her well over a dozen times from Florida. She was once the largest cruise ship sailing! Thanks for another great video!

[gonzalopenagil]

As I Spaniard, I have to say it was the best cruise line for Spanish/Portuguese speaking guests. Everything from the food to the entertainment was Taylor made for us and it was way more fun than any other American cruise line, even with the older cruise ships…

[LuisAngelSantos]

The Sovereign and the Monarch were my favorite ships ever. I love love LOVE their designs! Seeing the Sovereign and Monarch scrapped is like seeing the Olympic and Mauretania scrapped back in the mid 1930s.

Can’t wait for “Bankrupt: TelevisaUnivision” soon

[bababababababa]

Wendover has Airplanes, Jake has Cruise Ships 😂

[richardvlogsdisney]

Sovereign of the Seas was the first RC ship I ever went on. Went on Majesty of the Seas as well which was its sister. They were great ships. Easily could be sailing today with some updates.

Another great video Jake!

[vwfanatic]

That was bittersweet for me. The last vacation I took with my fiancée before breast cancer took her out, was a cruise on Monarch of the Seas. That was a beautifully designed ship. I think that model of cruise ship was much nicer looking than what they build since. Monarch was about 15-20 years old in 2006. So, making it to 2020 before being scrapped is sad to see, but as cruise ships go 30+ years is a long life, and now I know what when and where my beloved ship met its end. Sad, but adding some additional closure for me. Thanks Jake.

[mach_v]

Went on a Caribbean cruise on the Monarch in Oct 2019. It was a good experience and we had a lot of fun. Sad to have seen the Monarch taken to a junkyard in summer 2020

[ashleighelizabeth]

The saddest part of it all to me is what happened to those ships the line owned. They may no longer have been frontline ships but they were still attractive vessels with a lot of life left in them under other circumstances.

[hpscarvalho]

Been in a cruise with them in Brazil, in 2019, on MS Sovereign! Such a fine ship, was in immaculate conditions and had such a history. Was not a bad experience, for the price paid and the “all inclusive” part of the cruise.

[lorddrayvon]

Fun fact; whilst Pullmantur Cruises collapsed spectacularly, Pullmantur Air still operates today as Wamos Air. How’d they survive? The same way most passenger airways did; during lockdown, they gutted the seats, put them in storage and replaced it with packing space so they’d temporarily become a cargo airline.

[brendanperry]

Brought a tear to my eye when I saw the monarch of the sea or monarch, rotting away. That was my favorite cruise line growing up.

[benderbendingrodriguez]

These ships/cruise lines videos are by far the best imo. Sad these guys couldn't survive, by all acounts passengers seem to have loved this fleet

[inigomartinezrubio]

Funny enough I worked at Pullmantur back in 2017. Watching the images from the office brought back so many memmories. Thank you for the video!

[kylebell]

The first cruise I ever went on was royal Caribbean’s sovereign of the seas. She was transferred to pullmantur shortly after. It was sad to see it destroyed in 2020. Since then I’ve been on 3 more cruises. We love them!

[carolitoffana]

I had THE BEST times on board Pullmantur cruises, my graduation trip when we finished high school was on MS Sovereign, I've been on it twice and on Zenith once, here in Brasil they were very famous, I've been in MSC cruises and they are beautiful, but Pullmantour and the whole staff was 10/10, I will miss traveling on board with them!

[deloreanfan]

The three Carnival ships were Fantasy class. The company ended up scrapping 6 of 8 ships in the class. The 2 ships that were saved were built with Azipods instead of traditional propellers and rudder.

[daoutdoorvloger]

I remember seen one of Pullmantur ships the Horizon been docked in Port of Souda Greece before covid!Mostly during the winter and summer of 2018-19