Bankrupt - Pullmantur Cruises

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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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[@lostlegend2197]

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

[@user-jp5lp8yi2r]

Yeah

[@JstA1denn]

FRR

[@YungEpichael]

The way I found this channel

[@powerprogaming4221]

@@YungEpichaelsame

[@adrianmoya8399]

Yea I would have to agree I even watch all his old videos when there is no new one

[@Morzat59]

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

[@bababababababa6124]

Wendover has Airplanes, Jake has Cruise Ships 😂

[@ajburrr]

and shopping malls

[@AnontheGOAT]

Mustard has planes.

[@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.

[@SnoDawg]

Please find someone else to do the narration with a less dull and monotone voice. My God this like audio Valium.

[@johndong7524]

How many times did you engage in man on man love?

[@gonzalopenagil4454]

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…

[@Labyrinth6000]

Let’s just say the best things for others are never the most profitable. America wins as usual. 🤣🇺🇸

[@patricec.2957]

Spanish and Portuguese people are fun, American ones aren't. That's why European companies (Costa, MSC, Aida) seem better than American ones.

[@jcspotter7322]

​@@patricec.2957Costa and MSC are pretty bad

[@Azurethewolf168]

@@Labyrinth6000except when it comes to Afghanistan

[@goblinnnn]

@@Labyrinth6000 shhhhhhh

[@LuckyPierre789]

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!

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

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.

[@supertouring1]

I agree, they could have been bought for probably a few million dollars, but b/c this all happened during the middle or early reocvery from the pandemic, no one wanted to take a chance on them.

[@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!

[@carolitoffana]

Me too!! I still remember everything, every single detail, I had the opportunity to travel again on Sovereign in 2014 and it was just as amazing (I still have the room key and card, and I do not regret "stealing" it 😂), I'll miss traveling with them.

[@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

[@mach1_v1]

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

[@1981deloreanfan]

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.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

That had a lot to do with the scrapping of many cruise ships in the last 5 years. Those Azipods are just so much more efficient that it made more sense to get rid of the old style propulsion system. The same thing happened at the end of the 90s with the bankruptcy of Premier and the end of steam turbine technology for use in passenger ships..

[@Denozo88]

​@ashleighelizabeth5916 what exactly is the azipod system? Engineering isn't my field.

[@1981deloreanfan]

@@Denozo88 think of an Azipod (or azimuth thruster) as a giant electric outboard motor. A standard ship propulsion system is usually like this: engine->gearbox->shaft->propeller Meanwhile a ship with Azipods (azimuth thrusters) is like this: Engine->electric systems->electric motor->propeller Azipods (azimuth thruster) have a few advantages: 1. Less space needed for mechanical components 2. 360 degrees of rotation which allows more precise movement of the ship *Azipod is a brand of azimuth thruster.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

@@Denozo88 what he said. ^^^^

[@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.

[@kylebell9364]

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!

[@vwfanatic2390]

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.

[@venomousnate7263]

Man you have to wonder how many companies couldn’t survive the pandemic.

[@kimgordon3695]

6

[@dragon_ninja_2186]

@@kimgordon3695elaborate please?

[@FoxWolfWorld]

It wasn’t the pandemic it was the government’s response to the pandemic

[@Unluckydood]

The Cruise industry took a hit due to less people booking cruises during the pandemic

[@Reticulating-Splines]

Pandemic is the new "and then the recession hit"

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

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

[@weston407]

My family and I went on a Pullmantur cruise about a decade ago and had a really great time. My mom found cheap tickets so we flew to Florence and sailed out of Revenna and visited Venice, Dubrovnik, some Greek islands, and Athens. It was a lot of fun but we were a few of maybe a dozen English-speaking guests on the entire boat which was pretty hilarious. We spent most of the time in the casino because all of the dealers spoke English so we could have someone to talk to 😂😂

[@raafmaat]

yeah i would much rather have that, compared to a cruise with just people from my own country, or like where everyone speaks english, that would just be boring to me!

[@MikeJohnson2017]

Jake, would be super cool to see a video from you where you document the beginning of COVID through cruises sailing again, a look at the whole industry. Cruise lines were sort of ground zero

[@lorddrayvon1426]

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.

[@brendanperry542]

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.

[@Mavrick2380]

My first cruise was on Sovereign of the Seas in 2006! Hate that it’s been scrapped.

[@EricThyKaiser]

This new into (I haven‘t watched in 1 year) is dope

[@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!

[@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!

[@raitchison]

2:35 worth noting that the Pacific was one arguably the most famous "Cruise Ship" in the world (at least until the Costa Concordia) when it was the star of the TV Series The Love Boat as the Pacific Princess

[@theparliament_]

Correction: Neither Empress (of the Seas) nor Holiday Dream (today Blue Sapphire) have been sold for scrap. Horizon wasn’t scrapped in Alang but in Aliaga, too.

[@kristenquartz_4058]

The Big red boat! I remember going in it when I was a kid! Have a whole bunch of photos in boxes from the trip.

[@mr.cookiecatgb3921]

As a Brazilian, it is very sad to see a company that frequented Brazilian beaches a lot, like in Balneário Camboriú, almost every time it went there on any given day, there was a Pullmantur ship docked in the cruise area. As an enthusiast and big fan of the shipping industry, those ships with paintings as dark blue as the sea, with that observation dome near the funnel, when I saw that giant ship, with the writing "Sovereign" or "Monarch" on the bow, I was enchanted by the beauty of these sea monsters, for me this is incredible. When I found out that Pullmantur went bankrupt, I was in shock, it was as if an era of cruises visiting Brazil had ended. I researched everything about what had happened, but no relevant information was found. But while I was looking for why the company went bankrupt, I found a photo of two Pullmantur ships, on a beach, stuck in the sand, waiting for the time to be demolished, that broke my heart. When I saw the thumbnail of this video, I got goosebumps, remembering when this company, which was very famous in Brazil, went bankrupt.

[@kathryncoffey8961]

Ah, a new episode of Bankrupt just in time for my birthday!

[@BrightSunFilms]

Happy birthday Kathryn!!

[@mehmeh1852]

This series is super educational and I really enjoy watching them!

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

Thank you for the video.

[@Thehondad]

Yes! More ship videos please!

[@gerga007]

Another great video Jake, AS ALWAYS. I love your videos!

[@aluvrianne]

Breaker Yards are such depressing sights. I'm a bit of a Pan Am buff (even though I was an elementary school student when they met their demise), so seeing pictures of the Clippers being dismantled still gets me. To see perfectly serviceable cruisers scrapped bothers me in a different way. Breaking those seems like implodingpotentiall affordable housing. Dry dock them, do some conversion and get senior citizens and little kids off the streets. I know it's more complex than that, but it sounds good in theory.

[@Denozo88]

Yeah destroying perfectly good ships breaks my heart too.

[@HawkstarofShadowClan]

I was interested to hear you mention Azamara-I don’t think I remember you ever talking about them before! I worked on costumes for one of their onboard shows in 2019, and I remember that out of all our cruise ship contracts we were using the most expensive materials for theirs, including huge numbers of Swarovski rhinestones ($$$$). Ever since I’ve had a massive curiosity for what their cruises are like and I’d love to see you give it the Bright Sun Travels treatment if you ever decide to go one one of their cruises.

[@MarksKicksOnRoute66]

Jake thanks for a great start to my weekend! Your the best!

[@BrightSunFilms]

My pleasure!!

[@clintcountryman4849]

Great video, as always 😊

[@LadyLakeMusic]

As always so well done and interesting Jake. My family are all fans 💯

[@Maxdekriek]

As always verry well done!!😉

[@MysticMitch95]

I just found this channel recently and I love your videos and content.

[@grantsoest1212]

Another great one, Jake!

[@joaopedroalbernaz]

5:40 "To Caribbean and South America too, capitalizing on the Spanish speaking population of Colombia, Panama and Brazil". Yeah, we don't speak Spanish in Brazil

[@PaulMcElligott]

There is a Spanish-speaking population there, however. It’s hard to avoid when you’re surrounded by Spanish-speaking countries. The United States is an English-speaking country, but we have millions of Spanish speakers living here.

[@rogerrei1]

There are some Spanish speakers. But definitely not enough to make a dent on the cruise market. They definitely focused on Portuguese speakers in Brazil. The number of Spanish speakers in the US is orders of magnitude bigger then in Brazil.

[@brianplord]

Some beautiful looking boats...

[@VonChoker]

Great job doing a video on this Cruise line. I'd love to see you do one on the rise and fall of CMV (Cruise and Maritime Voyages) too as it sailed in both the UK and Australia

[@raymondmartin6737]

We cruised on the then Celebrity, Horizon or Zenith in April 2001, from Manhattan, to Bermuda, just about 6 months before 9/11, which were in a photo as we left NYC harbor. 😢

[@A2Wx8]

They had good taste picking up the old but still glorious Oceanic, one of my favorite ships.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

I really hate that ship wasn't saved. I saw her in New York in 1985 when I was sailing to Bermuda with RCCL (actually she sailed in tandem with us on the way to Bermuda). She was such a beautiful classic ship. She actually was used by Peace Boat for her last three years and the end of Pullmantur didn't have anything to do with her scrapping.

[@Noahdegaard]

great video man keep up the good work 😃

[@scottcol23]

I got to sail on the Oceanic in 1991 when I was 9 years old. It was owned by Premier Cruise Line, promoted as the Big Red Boat official Cruise of Disney . We sailed from Port Canaveral to Nassau Bahamas. I had a blast. I have old camcorder footage I made walking through the whole ship, going to the buffet, ice cream shop (all you could eat) and even a bridge tour. I should convert and upload it.

[@cristinaschu4338]

Love your videos!

[@Nicki_Minaj00]

I've always loved ur videos they're so interesting 😭😭

[@jameswg13]

While i now longer work for a cruise line i still cruise and its alwags nice seeing ships i recognise in port. Recently was on cruises and bumped into 2 R class ships including Quest ( formerly of pullmantur)

[@parkeryocum6830]

Yes I forget about pullmantor! I thought Royal would save them but they did not. Great Video!

[@shannonyoast6906]

As always great video. 👍

[@BrightSunFilms]

Thanks!

[@fayecox9401]

I always look forward to these hi jake

[@OHarri]

Good Video!

[@BrightSunFilms]

Thanks!

[@ryanh3635]

Always fun to see a cruiseline go under

[@NwoFresh]

Here to support

[@sollariuum]

Thank you for making a video about Pullmantur Cruises! My only two cruises were with them in brazilian waters and I have so many cherised memories from them!! ❤

[@jcash72]

5:40 "Capitalizing on the spanish speaking populations of Columbia, Panama and Brazil..." There might be something of on that sentence 😅

[@alyssalauren8088]

You make the best videos!!

[@Nanderone]

I work in the cruise industry and I love your videos! Hope to never see my company in this series :)

[@twilightman2816]

The actual ad that I had to watch was for another cruise line. My laptop is becoming self-aware.

[@foxdavani4091]

Reminds me of the 2009 song so far from the Clyde from Mark Knopfler. It is a very sad song about the tearing apart and recycling of ships. Presented in an emotional point of view from those who love ships. And I am reminded of that song as I look at these ships being gutted. It’s sad.

[@aanntthhoonnyy]

Love bright sun

[@HurricanePatrick]

Can't wait till ydo an episode on Ocean Gate!

[@antkowy]

Good video!

[@nuandlarry]

The Pacific Princess? TV's original Love Boat? Burying the lead a little!

[@ChannleDDD]

Majesty of the Seas was my first cruise, sad it's gone now.

[@supersonicadventures123]

Very nice

[@michailokeefeMooMoo]

Very interesting video

[@YukariAkiyamaTanks]

I remember seeing a pullmanteur ship in aruba. My mother got a photo of me in front of it

[@air_aviates1937]

Holy crap man, that intro was amazing.

[@nursestoyland]

indeed man

[@2TRUE210]

OH MAN! JAKE IS GOING HARD!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥 LOVE YOU BROTHER

[@hayleywaalen2612]

Happy 20th Episode!

[@Razorbacksby90]

Love this channel! Been Here since day one!!! First

[@GamerPro-tn6rh]

Hey Jake, maybe someday for a new bankrupt video.. can you do Atari or Polaroid. Itll be amazing to hear from you from your own research, reading, and perspective. Anyway keep it up, Jake.

[@speevoli6315]

Little correction on the pronounciation of Oceania cruises that was mentioned at the end (as I traveled myself withthis line and exactly on this ship class), even tho it is spelled Oceania, it is pronounced Oceana (there is some legal thing so they couldn't name it just Oceana but yeah qwq)

[@Mizai]

always shoveling nebula to us in the most sneaky ways

[@duhduhblah1]

The gym looks good, from the picture I can see it has a proper bench press.

[@TakeMeToYourLida]

“Pullmantur was both a success and a failure.” I feel you, Pullmantur

[@baystated]

oh! I've cruised on the RC Sovereign of the Seas!

[@chrislindsay3104]

Not Friday without Bright Sun

[@jokitownleite1959]

Thank you so much jake you just made my day better I love your channel and thank you for talking about cruise ships 😊

[@avrinrose5457]

In my fictional world, this ship never bankrupt and still successful

[@gonzalopenagil4454]

Btw, pullmantur started as a bus operator

[@AydinAndArchie]

How do you only have 1m With your content You deserve way more subs

[@PhelipeTorres-xz8lr]

Great video as always. One small detail is that Brazil is definitely not Spanish speaking. We speak portuguese 😅

[@skylineXpert]

Can you do SeaEscape cruises next? Their ships that lit up like matches and insurance, it was dubious...

[@andrew6xrv]

One bankrupt video I’d be interested in is Rite Aid- sounds like they’ve in decline for years, and they’ve been closing stores and selling them off to Walgreens for a while too. Sounds like bankrupt could be imminent for them.

[@raitchison]

If you do make sure you include their 1996 Acquisition of regional drug store chain Thrifty Drug and the Thrifty Ice Cream brand that survives to this day (and hopefully past Rite-Aids demise) as probably the last Drug Store Ice Cream counters in the U.S.

[@kittenmatchvids6440]

might get one soon since they have now officially filed Chapter 11. Walgreens and CVS are also doing really poorly.

[@studiosinger]

Never heard of it!

[@nevadaxelizabeth]

Hey Pullmantur ships used to come around here on Curacao. To me they all came across as “normalish” specially when you are used to see the behemoths of Royal Caribbean

[@tropikiwi]

Have you done a video on Renaissance Cruises and what happened to all the R ships?

[@philipmurphy2]

Always good content on Bright Sun Films

[@kobra6660]

Sad what premeirs big red boat went through i miss premeir cruise

[@IHONESTLYDONTKNOW225]

I went on monarch of the seas in 2012 before it got sold to Pullmantur I am sad to see her be scrapped

[@Thej611]

You should do a video on the Penn Central bankruptcy! It was the largest corporate bankruptcy in US history at the time

[@tvdan1043]

2:37 🎵The Love Boat soon will be making another run, The Love Boat promises something for everyone...🎶

[@bababababababa6124]

When will you film yourself exploring an abandoned cruise ship (if you haven’t already)

[@BrightSunFilms]

Man would I love to do that…

[@bababababababa6124]

@@BrightSunFilms shocking that you havent already lol

[@johndong7524]

When will you film yourself exploring food and water?

[@Jason-fq9iw]

Literally the only channel I look up on a regular basis❤

[@gabrielgaitan4856]

I hope that Bright Sun Films hopefully can do episode of Bankrupt regarding the Force India Formula 1 Team.