in 2008 with her original Pullmantur livery She sailed on her maiden voyage on January 16, 1988, and was initially based at the
Port of Miami. In 1998 and 1999, the
Royal Caribbean International cruise company was fined US$9 million because
Sovereign of the Seas had repeatedly dumped oily waste into the ocean and tried to hide this using false records, including fake piping diagrams given to the
US Coast Guard. Because the company was and is incorporated in
Liberia, Royal Caribbean argued that this case was not in the jurisdiction of US courts. Her refurbishment in November 2004 was the subject of the
Travel Channel mini-series
Dry-Dock, A Cruise Ship Reborn. Similar to other ships in the same class,
Sovereign had a multi-deck atrium lobby and a top-deck, funnel-mounted lounge with panoramic views of the sea. The ship's facilities included nine bars, five restaurants, four pools, a spa and a casino. In 2018, the ship was featured in the film
Yucatán, filmed by
Telecinco Cinema. In 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic,
Sovereign and were placed into "cold lay-up" and Pullmantur Cruises filed for financial reorganization. According to reports, the interiors of the ships were stripped of "everything of value." On 23 July 2020 she was beached in Aliağa alongside her sistership
Monarch, which was beached one day before. Scrapping began in August that year and was finished in February 2021. ==See also==