Dream Cruises is a cruise line owned by the Malaysian company StarDream Cruises.
It was previously owned by Genting Hong Kong. Genting announced the introduction of Dream Cruises in November 2015 in Guangzhou as an Asian luxury cruise line. It debuted in November 2016. In October 2022, a court in Bermuda ordered the liquidation of Genting Hong Kong and Dream Cruises. Lim Kok Thay bought back the trademark of Genting Hong Kong brands.
On 26 February 2025, Lim Kok Thay Resorts World Cruises announced that the brand would split its operations, reforming Dream Cruises and Star Cruises as StarCruises. With the new reform, Genting Dream became the first ship of the reformed Dream Cruises.
Fleet Current fleet Ship Year built Class Entered service with Dream Cruises Gross tonnage Notes ImageGenting Dream 2016 Genting 2016-2022, 2025-present 150,695 Originally ordered for Star Cruises. Transferred before completion to Dream Cruises as Genting Dream.Transferred to Resorts World Cruises in 2022. Rejoined the Dream Cruises fleet in 2025.
Former fleet Ship Year built Class Entered service with Dream Cruises Gross tonnage Notes ImageWorld Dream 2017 Genting 2017-2023 150,695 Originally ordered for Star Cruises. Transferred to Dream Cruises before completion as World Dream. Purchased by Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia in 2023 for US$ 330 million and renamed her Manara for Aroya Cruises. Now named as Aroya. Explorer Dream 1999 Leo 2019-2023 75,338 Formerly sailed as SuperStar Virgo for Star Cruises. Transferred to Resorts World Cruises in 2023. Transferred to StarCruises as Star Navigator in 2025.
Cancelled fleet Ship Class Gross tonnage Notes ImageGlobal DreamGlobal208,000Originally ordered for Star Cruises. Construction started on 8 March 2018, before the keel was laid on 11 September 2018. Was to be home-ported in Shanghai. Incomplete ship was sold to Disney Cruise Line in November 2022. Disney has arranged to work with the shipbuilding companies LTH-Baas and Meyer Werft to complete the unfinished ship now renamed Disney Adventure, currently sailing as of March 2026.Global Dream II (interim name)Global 208,000Construction started on 10 September 2019, keel laid on 9 December 2019. Unfinished lower hull of ship sold for scrap in late 2022 after the cruise line's insolvency.
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