1 May, 2026 by Manuel Aguilera Panadero 👁️ 1,204

First Visit of the Ship “VidantaWorld's Elegant” to the Port of Seville

For the last three days, the cruise ship VidantaWorld's Elegant, belonging to Vidanta Cruises, a shipping company under the VidantaWorld hotel brand, which operates two resorts in Mexico and whose parent company is the Vidanta group, has been docked at the port of Seville.

The ship has an extensive history; it was built in Spain, specifically at the Unión Naval del Levante shipyards in Valencia, under the name Crown Monarch, entering service in 1990 for Crown Cruise Line, initially cruising the Caribbean from Palm Beach.

Over time, it changed hands many times, being used by Cunard in Australia, serving as a casino ship in Hong Kong, and operating for Vision Cruises, Phoenix Seereisen, and Voyages of Discovery among others, adopting various names (Cunard Crown Monarch, Nautican, Walrus, Havens Star, Neptune, Rembrandt II, Jules Verne, Alexander Von Humboldt and Voyager) until in 2017 it was acquired by the Vidanta group, which refurbished it at various shipyards, including Navantia Cádiz, reducing its passenger capacity by remodeling the interior spaces and creating a new structure at the stern. It was initially named Vidanta Alegría, later changed to Vidanta Elegant, and finally to its current name VidantaWorld's Elegant.

The ship, adults-only, has re-entered service in 2025, measuring 152.5 meters in length, 20.6 meters in width, with a gross tonnage of 15,595 tons, and has a total of 149 cabins to accommodate a maximum of 298 passengers.

The current voyage began at the port of Cádiz last Saturday, later visiting Huelva, and then heading to Seville where it has been until this Wednesday when it departed for Puerto Banús, and will subsequently visit Málaga where the cruise will end this coming Saturday. This summer, it is scheduled to conduct cruises in the Mediterranean.

In Seville, it has been docked at the Tablada wharf, where it stayed from Monday to Wednesday, a longer stay than usual for cruise ships.

Photos of the ship's stay at the Tablada docks have been included, as well as its descent down the Guadalquivir River towards the ocean. Additionally, several photos taken a few years ago at the port of Palma de Mallorca with previous names (Jules Verne and Voyager) are included, where comparisons can be made to see the modifications, especially at the stern.