Reportage

Exploring Costa Diadema

Built by Fincantieri and launched in autumn 2014, the Costa Diadema is a Costa Cruises’ ship of the Dream class. The project, used by Carnival Corporation for other brands of the group, is mainly characterized by a fascinating walk outside deck 5, where there are several rooms that follow one another internally. Until the launch of […] Read more

Spectrum of the Seas: the “wow” in Asia

Fourth unit of the Quantum class, but actually “Quantum Ultra”, Spectrum of the Seas was designed by Royal Caribbean International for the Asian market. Launched in April 2019 at German shipyards Meyer Werft immediately made its way to China, where it will start its first cycle of cruises. Spectrum of the Seas numbers are those […] Read more

Costa Fortuna: the ship of the ocean liners

Costa Fortuna was the first Destiny class ship to be built for Costa Cruises and entered service in November 2003. At the time, her size of more than 100,000 tons was undoubtedly part of the new category of sea giants. Today the size seems less impressive, but certainly this brings advantages for lovers of medium sized […] Read more

Msc Bellissima: elegance and avant-garde

It is not so much the sheer size of the Msc Bellissima that amazes us, because we are already used to these big ships, but how this enormity has been made to feel harmonious, elegant, and comfortable. The ship weighs more than 170 thousand tons, and can host more than 7000 people, between passengers and […] Read more

Aida Nova: a floating resort

Aida Nova is a Hyperion class ship built in 2018 by Meyer Werft for Aida Cruises. In the German shipyard the design of the twins Aida Prima and Aida Perla has been slightly modified and on board there are some different characteristics. Aida Nova is a large floating resort, full of attractions of all kinds, […] Read more

Discovering Costa Venezia

The latest arrival of Costa Cruises is a ship in the Vista class dedicated to the famous Venetian city: Costa Venezia. Built by Fincantieri in Monfalcone, it was delivered on February 28th, 2019 and baptized in Trieste with an exciting show by the Italian Air Force aerobatic demonstration team. Costa Venezia is dedicated to the […] Read more

Celestyal Olympia: a ship for the Aegean Sea

The story of Celestyal Olympia, a ship of Celestyal Cruises‘ fleet, is quite long. The ship entered in to service in 1982 for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, with the name Song of America, and operated mostly in the Caribbean until 1999 when it became part of Sun Cruises and was renamed Sunbird. From 2004 until 2012 […] Read more

Msc Magnifica: a Msc Cruises jewel

This fourth Musica-class cruiseship, Msc Magnifica, is known to be one of the most beautiful ships of Msc Cruises. Just under 100,000 tons, it was built in 2010 in the French shipyard STX in Saint Nazaire. The interior decoration is elegant and cozy, played on warm and enveloping tones, with a good […] Read more

Carnival Splendor: not only…Fun

Built for the Carnival Cruise Line in 2008 by Fincantieri, Carnival Splendoris derived from the Concordia class, with only some minor modifications made. It can be classified as a big ship owing to its capacity for 3700 +passengers and a little more than 113 thousand tons of tonnage. It is, however, not as gigantic as some […] Read more

Nieuw Statendam: the evoution of Holland America

On November 29, 2018, Fincantieri delivered Nieuw Statendam, the second ship of the Pinnacle class, twin of Koningsdam, for Holland America Line. Just over 2600 passengers, 99500 tons; it’s a large ship, but with a human-like character. It is distinguishable by the elegance of the premises, perfectly combined with the most modern innovations. Nieuw Statendam […] Read more