Costa neoRomantica
Costa neoRomantica after reconstruction in 2012
- Costa Romantica
IMO no. 8821046
The Costa neoRomantica is a cruise ship of Costa Crociere. It was put into service in 1993 as Costa Romantica and placed in service after extensive renovation and modernization measures in February 2012 under the name Costa neoRomantica again.
History
On 30 December 1985, the contract for the construction of the Costa Romantica was signed. The design of the ship was designed by architects Pierluigi Cerri and Ivana Porphyrius the Milanese architectural offices Gregotti e Associati. The ship was laid on 14 December 1988 with the hull number 5899 at the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, a district of Venice, at Kiel. The launch took place on 28 November 1992. During the acceptance by the classification society RINA, the ship was measured with 53 049 GT and passed on 20 September 1993 to the owner. Two days later the ship by Maria Alessandra Costa Fantoni was baptized. At this time, the Costa Romantica and her sister ship Costa Classica are the largest Italian passenger ships.
A special feature of the ship was the " Lisbon- deck ", a round, fully glazed plateau in about 40 meters altitude above the sea.
Conversion 2011/2012
From late October 2011 to February 2012, the Costa Romantica for about 90 million euros in the dry dock of the shipyard San Giorgio del Porto in Genoa in collaboration with the shipyard T. Mariotti SpA thoroughly renovated and expanded to include two half- decks. In this case, 111 new cabins and 120 more cabins were developed with private balconies. Numerous areas of the ship, such as the spa area ( " samsara " ), bars, theater or night club re-emerged or have been completely redesigned. The designs for the renovation came from syntax Design ( UK) and Tillberg Design (Sweden). After the renovation work, the gross tonnage increased from 53 049 to just under 57,000 GT, cabin number rose to 789 as a visible sign of the extensive modernization of the ship was then renamed in Costa neoRomantica.
After the conversion
Areas of application
The winter season 2007/2008 spent the cruise ship in Dubai and went on an eight-day cruises to Oman and the United Arab Emirates. After completion of the conversion work, the Costa neoRomantica will take from end of February 2012 cruises from Savona to the Canary Islands. In the summer of 2012, the ship in Northern Europe is on the way. As of September 2013, it is back for 4 months traveling around the world on a southern route around South America, Australia and around the Cape of Good Hope to Savona.
Identical ships
- Costa Classica