CRUISE SHIPS IN MADEIRA 2007-11-19

Four cruise ships visited Madeira Island today, 19-11-2007: the MSC MUSICA, THOMSON DESTINY, ARION and AIDAdiva.
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AIDAdiva at Funchal 2007-11-18

The Italian flagged German operated and US owned cruise ship AIDAdiva, the latest ship to join the fleet of AIDA Cruises, photographed at Funchal, 2007-11-18.
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AIDAdiva interiors

Interior photographs of the new Aida Cruises flagship AIDAdiva taken onboard the ship in Lisbon while doing her inaugural cruise and maiden call in the Tagus on 5th May 2007.

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Homenagem ao AIDAdiva em Lisboa

Decorreu no dia 5 de Maio último a bordo do novo paquete AIDAdiva uma homenagem ao navio por ocasião da primeira escala efectuada em Lisboa, que coincidiu com o cruzeiro inaugural do paquete.

Para além da habitual troca de lembranças, decorreu a bordo uma sessão de autógrafos, tendo o comandante do AIDAdiva autografado diversos livros sobre o seu navio que foram oferecidos aos visitantes mais ilustres.

Nas imagens, vê-se o capitão do AIDAdiva a receber do Sr. Malcolm Rawes uma placa da agência James Rawes, consignatária do paquete, e Marques Afonso, Director da APL a oferecer uma placa ao navio.

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AIDAdiva maiden cruise at Lisbon

The new flagship of AIDA CRUISES, the brand-new AIDAdiva visited Lisbon on her inaugural cruise on 5 and 6 May 2007. Built in Papenburg, Germany by Messrs Meyer Werft, she was named at Hamburg on 20 April and will be based at Palma de Mallorca for 7-day Mediterranean cruises until September when she starts a series of winter cruises in the Canary and Madeira Islands. She is the first of four sister ships and sails under the Italian flag although she was designed to the German market under the Carnival Group umbrella.

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AIDAdiva delivered in Germany

On 16 April 2007 Meyer Werft delivered the 69,200-gt cruise ship “AIDAdiva” to the Owner AIDA Cruises in the German port of Emden.
The AIDAdiva is the first ship out of a series of four the Papenburg shipyard is building for AIDA Cruises. On this ship specialized designs for German passengers, comfortable interiors are combined with state-of-the-art technical outfitting.
Along with its new design, the luxury liner offers the passengers numerous specialities and a great deal of convenience: Some 65 per cent of the cabins are outside cabins, most of them having their own balconies.
Both safety and entertainment meet the latest technical standards ensured by the diesel-electric propulsion system, interactive communication systems and sophisticated stage technology.
Upon delivery to the Owner, the “AIDAdiva” will leave the port of Emden for Hamburg, where she will be named on 20 April 2007 by Maria Galleski who won a special casting that was held in Hamburg. The naming ceremony will be the highlight of an impressive light show in the port of Hamburg.
AIDAdiva’s first cruise will be to Palma de Mallorca, starting from Hamburg on 30 April 2007. The first Portuguese port visited will be Lisbon where she is due on her inaugural cruise arriving at 16h00 on 5 May and staying overnight to sail for Cadiz on 6 May at 14h00.

Text and images courtesy of Meyer Werft, Papenburg

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ADEUS AIDAblu - Farewell

O paquete AIDAblu largou hoje, 22 de Março, de Lisboa na última escala efectuada com o nome actual.
O navio vai ser substituido na frota da companhia AIDA pelo novo AIDAdiva, que está a ser construido pelo estaleiro alemão Meyer.
O AIDAblu é um veterano das visitas ao Tejo, onde esteve pela primeira vez no cruzeiro inaugural, com o nome CROWN PRINCESS, em 1990. O navio integrou a frota da Princess durante 12 anos, sendo transferido em 2002 para a empresa A'ROSA, quando se passou a chamar A'ROSAblu. Em 2004 nova transferência de operador, para a AIDA, levou ao nome actual.
O AIDAblu vai continuar a fazer cruzeiros, passando a pertencer à frota da OCEAN VILLAGE com o nome OCEAN VILLAGE TWO. Todas estas operadoras fazem parte do universo da Carnival Corporation.

The Italian-registered cruise ship AIDAblu sailed from Lisbon today on her final call under the present name. She will be replaced soon in the AIDA fleet by the new AIDAdiva now in the final stages of fitting-out by builders Meyer Werft.
Built in 1990 as the CROWN PRINCESS, she was retained by original owner Princess Cruises until 2002 when she was allocated to a new P&O Group associate, the A'ROSA Cruises of Germany as the A'ROSAblu. Another transfer in 2004 led to the present name in the AIDA fleet. Next operator will be OCEAN VILLAGE as the OCEAN VILLAGE II.

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