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History buffs have long wondered what attracted the beautiful Joséphine de Beauharnais to marry Napoleon Bonaparte but you’re about to find out exactly why as The Empress Josephine by High 5 Games sees you rewind the clock to pay a visit to Château de Malmaison where you’ll witness the lavish lifestyle that she basked in.
Visit Château de Malmaison
You’ll be gobsmacked as soon as you step through the grand doors of Château de Malmaison as you set your sights on crystal chandeliers and golden candelabras, however no sight is more beautiful than Joséphine. You’ll be hoping to spot her dazzling green eyes across this 5-reeled slot as many times as possible as she is much more generous to visitors than her husband.
The Empress Jospehine video slot contains 40 win lines, meaning you can enjoy a tour of the Empress’s home from a low limit of 40p up to a maximum of £400, while players she takes a shine to can benefit from Wild wins worth up to 1,000 coins, Super Stacks that can result in Stacked Wilds appearing, a Multiplier feature where specific combinations can be multiplied by up to 5x and there is also a Free Games Bonus to ensure this is a royal visit you never forget.
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Lavish Lifestyle of the Royals
Joséphine was the first Empress of the French Empire so she was used to the finer things in life and High 5 Games have ensured you get a taste of that lavish lifestyle through the stunning symbols that have been included, however they begin with five that are most disappointing.
That’s right, five playing card symbols have been included on these historic reels with A and K symbols being worth up to 40 coins while Q, J and 5 symbols are worth a maximum of 30 coins. We are used to seeing these represent the lowest-paying symbols, however High 5 Games had so much opportunity to exclude these and opt for more relevant symbols such as Joséphine’s daughter Hortense and her son Eugène.
As you are guided through Château de Malmaison, you’ll want to keep your eyes peeled for bronze tea sets and lilac jewellery boxes as locating these will see you rewarded with up to 50 coins. Setting your sights on the bronze statue of Napoleon and his horse Marengo or coming face-to-face with the man himself will see you pocket up to 100 coins, while the stunning Joséphine taking a shine to you will see you secure up to 200 coins.
The Empress Josephine logo represents the Wild symbol, possessing the royal power to substitute for all other symbols except for the Scatters, plus it is also the highest-paying symbol of all – offering the top prize of 1,000 coins!
Your Crowning Moment
Joséphine’s love of the finer things in life was permanently on display through the sparkling emerald and diamond tiara that she always wore so proudly and, if she takes a shine to you, you could find yourself kneeling before her for your very own crowning moment.
Filling all positions of the second, third and fourth reels with Scatter symbols, represented by a crown on a cushion, in this free The Empress Josephine slot machine will see you trigger the Free Games Bonus which sees her present you with 8 free games. Despite being unable to retrigger the feature and there being no multiplier bonuses, both the Super Stacks and Multiplier features remain active.
The Multiplier feature works in the same way it does in the base game, however the Super Stacks feature has been improved to increase the odds of you reeling in plenty of regal rewards. Before your free games begin, you’ll have to select a Scatter symbol to reveal one of the five highest-paying standard symbols, with this symbol filling all stacks of mystery symbols throughout the feature – fingers crossed you get lucky and select Joséphine!
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Marriage Made in Heaven?
The marriage between Joséphine and Napoleon was met with disapproval by his family as she was six years older and already had two children. Subsequent affairs on both sides strained the marriage further with things coming to a head in 1810 when they decided to divorce as she couldn’t produce an heir and he subsequently married Marie Louise of Austria.
While theirs wasn’t a marriage made in heaven, the combination of a theme based on such a historical figure, stunning symbols and incredible bonus features will see you falling in love with The Empress Josephine.
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I’ve not come across any other casino slot machines based on the beautiful Empress but the notoriety of Napoleon Bonaparte is such that he’s been the subject of numerous releases, none funnier than Napoleon Boney Parts by NextGen Gaming which depicts the French dictator as a skeleton with plenty of bonus features to ensure you prove as victorious as he did!
Empress of the Seas in Grand Cayman on Monday, 30 May 2016. | |
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| Owner: | Royal Caribbean Group |
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| Builder: | Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France |
| Yard number: | G29[1] |
| Launched: | 25 August 1989[1] |
| Sponsored by: | Gloria Estefan |
| Acquired: | 31 May 1990[1] |
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| Homeport: | Miami, Florida |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8716899[1] |
| Status: | Warm lay-up in Souda, Greece |
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| Type: | Empress-class cruise ship[2] |
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| Length: | 210.81 m (691.63 ft) |
| Beam: | 30.70 m (100.72 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.10 m (23.29 ft) |
| Decks: | 9 Passenger Decks |
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| Speed: | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
| Capacity: | 1,840 |
| Crew: | 668 |
Empress of the Seas (formerly Nordic Empress and simply Empress) is a cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International (RCI). She is the sole ship of her class and the oldest vessel in the Royal Caribbean fleet. The ship was transferred to Pullmantur Cruises in 2008 and renamed Empress, but she returned to her original fleet eight years later and retained her previous name.
History[edit]
The ship was ordered by Admiral Cruises and was intended to be called the Future Seas and join the other Admiral ships, the Azure Seas and the Emerald Seas. However, when Royal Caribbean merged with Admiral in 1987, the Admiral brand was dissolved and the newbuild (still under construction) was incorporated into the Royal Caribbean fleet. A few signature Royal Caribbean brand elements were added, including the Viking Crown and Windjammer Cafe.
The ship was originally named Nordic Empress and was the final Royal Caribbean ship whose name did not end with 'of the Seas' until the name was changed to match the rest of the fleet following an extensive rebuilding that ended on 8 May 2004.
Nordic Empress was the first mainstream cruise ship especially designed for the 3 and 4 day cruise market. Her initial itinerary was a short cruise to the Bahamas, which was then combined with 3 and 4 day cruises from San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1999, following the sale of the Song of America, the Nordic Empress took over the New York City to Bermuda route.
In 2000, Royal Caribbean announced that the Nordic Empress would be undertaking a series of cruises in South America. Shortly after these cruises were put on sale, Royal Caribbean decided to replace the Nordic Empress with the Splendour of the Seas on the South American itineraries, leaving the Nordic Empress in the Caribbean.
2001 engine room fire[edit]
In June 2001 the Nordic Empress suffered extensive engine room fire damage while sailing 140 miles north of Bermuda. Subsequent investigation revealed the cause of the fire was failure of a loose bolt in a fuel line flange assembly that had been improperly repaired.[3] The broken bolt caused the flange assembly to separate, allowing fuel to leak around the engine. Moments after a low fuel pressure alarm sounded in the engine room, the leaking fuel ignited against the hot engine surfaces, causing a large explosion that was visible on the engine room CCTV.[3] The engines were stopped immediately and all fuel pumps switched off. Crew members attempting to enter the engine area to fight to fire with fire hoses were forced to turn back from the intense heat.[3] 6 minutes into the fire, the engine room overhead fire sprinkler system was activated along with the ship's general emergency alarm. The sprinklers appeared to have extinguished the fire after 4 minutes, and crew once again attempted to re-enter the engine area, only to have the residual fuel in the engine area ignite a flash fire that was quickly extinguished with fire hoses.[3] During the subsequent inspection of the engine room and surrounding areas, burning wires were discovered in an adjacent compartment. The space was evacuated before lowering watertight doors and releasing 885 kg of halon and restarting the overhead sprinkler system.[3] 3 hours after the first fire broke out, the incident was logged as resolved. The ship was able to return to Bermuda under reduced power, and was subsequently taken out of service for 2 weeks for repairs. Total expenses and lost revenue related to the fire totaled over $8.8 million.[3]
Actress Tina Fey and then recently married husband Jeff Richmond were reportedly on board at the time. The incident was recounted in Fey's autobiography, Bossypants.[4]
On 26 March 2007, it was reported that in March 2008, the Empress of the Seas would be transferred to the fleet of Royal Caribbean's subsidiary Pullmantur Cruises.[5] Her final voyage for Royal Caribbean took place on 7 March 2008. The maiden voyage as Empress for Pullmantur Cruises took place on 15 March 2008.
In November 2012, the Empress was the first of the fleet to receive a brand new logo as well as new hull color scheme.[6]
Pullmantur refocused on Europe after concentrating passenger sourcing efforts on Latin and South America after the Spanish market went soft. As a result, MS Empress returned to Royal Caribbean after a dry dock in Spring 2016 and was again named Empress of the Seas. The Royal Caribbean 'Crown and Anchor' logo was reinstalled onto her funnel. She was repainted with Royal Caribbean's livery, although without her original hull striping.
On 21 December 2015, Royal Caribbean started offering 4- and 5-night Empress of the Seas cruises from Miami, originally scheduled to begin 30 March 2016, with the Bahama Islands, Key West, and Grand Cayman among ports to be visited. On 18 March 2016, Royal Caribbean announced that the reintroduction of Empress of the Seas into its fleet would be delayed until 25 April 2016,[7] and on 20 April 2016, Royal Caribbean announced a further delay to 28 May 2016 to give them time to completely rebuild the ship's galleys.[8]
A spokesperson from Royal Caribbean quickly dismissed rumors that Empress of the Seas was sold for scrap in 2020, stating that the ship is still part of the fleet and is only staying in Greece for a few months.[9][10]
2018 rescue of two fishermen[edit]
On 21 December 2018, Empress of the Seas rescued two fishermen who were without food, fuel or water after having set sail in the Caribbean sea twenty days earlier.[11][12] Crew members operating the radar system for the Empress of the Seas had noticed an anomaly that turned out to be the small fishing boat. Royal Caribbean lowered one of its lifeboats to rescue the fishermen.[13][12]
In popular culture[edit]
In the novel World War Z, by Max Brooks, the Nordic Empress is found to be heavily infested by zombies and drifting near Dakar, Senegal by the Chinese Type 094 submarineAdmiral Zheng He.[14]
Routes[edit]
In 2019, the ship was scheduled to take longer and more extended cruises to Cuba. Besides Havana, she was scheduled to visit Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba. These routes have since been suspended, the ship instead substituting other ports in the Caribbean and Bahama Islands for the Cuban ports. [15]
References[edit]
- ^ abcdeAsklander, Micke. 'M/S Nordic Empress (1990)'. Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 August 2008.
- ^'Empress of the Seas'. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ abcdefDanieloncarevic (27 May 2013), Lessons learned - Engine Room Fires, retrieved 29 April 2016
- ^'Tina Fey's Honeymoon Ruined By Cruise Ship Fire? : Cruise Law News'. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^'Royal Caribbean International's Empress of the Seas to Join Pullmantur Fleet' (Press release). Royal Caribbean International. 26 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^'Pullmantur Rebranding'. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^'Royal Caribbean Cancels Six Empress of the Seas Cruises'. Cruise Critic. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^'Royal Caribbean Cancels More Empress of the Seas Cruises'. Cruise Critic. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^'No, Royal Caribbean still has not sold Empress of the Seas'. Royal Caribbean Blog. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^'Royal Caribbean rebuffs rumors of Empress of the Seas sale'. seatrade-cruise.com. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^AM, Ewan Palmer On 12/24/18 at 5:18 (24 December 2018). ''Christmas miracle': Sailors lost at sea for three weeks rescued by cruise ship changing course'. Newsweek.
- ^ abhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/12/24/lost-sea-their-food-was-running-low-then-empress-seas-appeared
- ^https://www.foxnews.com/travel/royal-caribbean-ship-rescues-two-men-stranded-at-sea-for-20-days
- ^Brooks, Max (2006). World War Z. pp. 242–243.
- ^'Royal Caribbean Will Sail Longer Cuba Cruises in 2019, Including 3 Cuban Ports of Call'. www.cruisecritic.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
External links[edit]
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- Empress of the Seas at Royalcaribbean.com