the Bahamas and from Florida to the Caribbean. Her sister ship was a year later named as . Originally both the Dreamward and Windward carried the early-1990s NCL livery with a white funnel and red and blue decorative stripes on the hull. Some time before 1998 they received the new NCL livery with a dark blue funnel and an all-white hull. The Dreamward made a brief cameo in David Foster Wallace's 1995 Harper's magazine essay "Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise", when the ship Wallace was travelling on, the Zenith, docked alongside the Dreamward in Cozumel. Wallace expresses his amazement at the scale of the Dreamward as it docks, and at what he perceives as its relatively impressive appearance compared to the Zenith. Afterward, she also used for cruising around Europe. On 24 August 1999, the Norwegian Dream was involved in a collision with the container ship (IMO 9134244) while en route from Zeebrügge, Belgium to Dover, England. Although her bow was damaged, the Norwegian Dream continued to Dover under her own power. The IMO report states that the weather at the time was good with a slight sea and good visibility. The Ever Decent was severely damaged, eventually listing 40 degrees to port. As a result of the collision the Ever Decent caught fire and a toxic plume formed. The cargo her included all IMO hazmat classes except explosives, in particular two containers of cyanide were a concern. Following the incident, the Norwegian Dream was repaired at Lloyd Werft. In 2004 the ownership of the Norwegian Dream was transferred to NCL's parent company Star Cruises, in preparation for possible sale or transfer to the Star Cruises fleet. On 10 December 2007, the cruise ship was involved in a further collision with a barge while leaving the port of Montevideo, Uruguay. The collision caused some damage above the waterline that did not appear to be serious. The collision caused several cars and five containers to fall off the barge, which closed the port for some time. On 23 April 2008 Star Cruises entered an agreement to sell the Norwegian Dream, as well as her fleetmate , to the Cyprus-based Louis Cruise Lines, which was reportedly willing to pay $218 million for the ship. International Shipping Partners was also interested in the Norwegian Dream. Louis was supposed to pay the entire $218 million upon the ship's