, 2018
Construction and service The ship was ordered in February 2014 for Star Cruises and was
laid down on 29 July 2015. Construction started in February 2016. In November 2015, she was transferred to sister brand Dream Cruises before completion as
World Dream She was
launched on 26 August 2017 and completed on 26 October 2017.
World Dream measures at 150,695
gross tons and is long with a
beam of . On 5 February 2020, all 3,800
World Dream passengers and crew were put under quarantine on board the ship at Hong Kong's
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal after Taiwan blocked its
port of call in
Kaohsiung. , checks of those on board were ongoing. On 26 February the
Indonesian government evacuated their 188 citizens from
World Dream using the
hospital ship KRI dr. Soeharso. All Indonesians that were aboard the cruise ship were taken to Sebaru Kecil Island which is part of the
Thousand Islands Regency in
Jakarta. After that, they underwent 14 days of quarantine and observation.
Auction and refit Following the insolvency of parent company
Genting Hong Kong, Dream Cruises collapsed. On 1 March 2022, it was announced that
World Dream would cease operations the next day after its last sailing return to shores.
World Dream was then laid up in Singapore and sold at auction with sealed bids due by 21 December 2022. In March 2023, the ship was finally sold to
Cruise Saudi and renamed
Manara. In June of that year,
Manara arrived in Bremerhaven for an extensive refit at the shipyard Bredo. The ship was sold at an auction for about US$355 million with
Meyer Werft being involved in the modification. The ship was renamed
Aroya, which is a combination of the words
Arabian and
roya, translating to
vision or
dream. She started operations in December 2024. == Lego model ==