AIDAblu

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This article is about the 2010 AIDA Cruises ship. For the former ship of the same name, see Pacific Jewel.
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AIDAblu in Ajaccio
History
Name: AIDAblu
Owner: Costa Crociere S.p.A.[1]
Operator: AIDA Cruises
Port of registry: Genoa, Italy[2]
Ordered: July 1, 2006[2]
Builder: Meyer Werft (Germany)
Cost: $420 million
Yard number: S. 680[2][3]
Christened: February 9, 2010 in Hamburg by Jette Joop[4]
Maiden voyage: February 9, 2010 to Palma, Majorca
Identification:
Status: In service[5]
General characteristics
Class & type: Sphinx-class[6] cruise ship
Tonnage: 71,304 GT[1]
Length: 253.33 m (831.14 ft)[1]
Beam: 32.2 m (105.64 ft)[1]
Draught: 7.3 m (23.95 ft)[1]
Decks: 15 decks
Installed power: Diesel-electric (about 36,000kW)[3]
Propulsion: 4 Caterpillar MaK engines[3][6]
Capacity: 2,050 passengers
Crew: 607 crew

AIDAblu is a Sphinx-class cruise ship, operated by the German cruise line, AIDA Cruises. AIDAblu is the seventh ship[7] in the cruise line. The vessel was delivered by Meyer Werft to its owners last 4 February 2010.[5] She is a sister ship to AIDAdiva, AIDAbella, AIDAluna[7] with a half deck more, and is followed by similar AIDAsol and AIDAmar. She has a passenger capacity of 2,050.

The name of AIDAblu had been used for a former AIDA ship from 2004-2007. AIDA Cruises' parent company, Carnival Corporation & plc, then transferred the ship to another cruise line., Ocean Village, and was renamed Ocean Village Two. In 2009, Ocean Village Two was again transferred to another cruise line, P&O Cruises Australia, also a Carnival daughter company, and was renamed Pacific Jewel.

Record Holder

AIDAblu is presently the record holder for the fastest English Channel crossing between Le Havre and Southampton by cruise ship. AIDAblu left Le Havre, France at 20:00 5/9/2011 in poor weather with 70 mph winds and 5metre seas and arrived in Southampton, England at 02:45 5/9/2011 (a crossing time of 6 hours, 45 minutes).[8]

Facilities

AIDAblu offers six restaurants (with a total area of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).,[6] ten bars,[6] a Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). wellness area,[6] Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). of outer deck area,[6] and a Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). theatrium.[6] There are also special internal and external areas for children.[6]

AIDAblu currently feature one of the largest wellness centers on a cruise ship, at 2,600 m2, surpassing the Costa Concordia, of Costa Cruises, with a 2,000 m2 (21,000 ft2).[5] It also has the first brewery installed on a cruise ship, where the beer served in the ship are brewed.[5]

AIDAblu has 1096 cabins, 374 are on the inside and 722 on the outside.[5] The callsign is IBWX . IMO 9398888 . MMSI 247282500.

References

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