FreestyleNovice Posted June 15, 2015 #1 Share Posted June 15, 2015 http://www.ihsmaritime360.com/article/18273/carnival-orders-four-lng-powered-ships-for-aida-at-meyer-s-yards That's.. quite.. large.. AIDAinsane? AIDA is expecting a large growth? Having difficulties understanding this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Single Cruiser Posted June 16, 2015 #2 Share Posted June 16, 2015 I saw it say Papenburg deliveries will be 2019 and 2020. However my understanding is that 2019 Spring will be the 4th Royal Quantum class and 2019 Autumn the 4th Norwegian Breakaway plus ship. The only free slot they have is Autumn 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted June 17, 2015 Author #3 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Hmm.. None of those will be build in Finland I guess, strange. I'm still impressed by the announced size, second largest class in the world and all German? Two? Germany is a growth market, no doubt and I have no personal experience with AIDA but adding the numbers means an growth of around 30-40% in berths in 5 year, taken in that the older ships will be replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Single Cruiser Posted June 17, 2015 #4 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Also they'll be largest built at Papenburg. The Quantum class barely squeezes into the dry dock so these are some 20,000GT more can only guess they'll be longer?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steamboats Posted June 17, 2015 #5 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Carnival Corp ordered 4 ships of this size, two to be built in Papenburg, 2 in Turku. The Papenburg ones are for AIDA. The other twos are for the "Costa Group" which can be AIDA, Costa or a new brand. steamboats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Single Cruiser Posted June 17, 2015 #6 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Carnival Corp ordered 4 ships of this size, two to be built in Papenburg, 2 in Turku. The Papenburg ones are for AIDA. The other twos are for the "Costa Group" which can be AIDA, Costa or a new brand. steamboats I emailed Meyer Werft to try and find out. As it stands they have three new builds for 2019 and a spare slot H2 2018 so I reckon they'll do a deal with Norwegian or Royal for one of theirs to be brought forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted June 17, 2015 Author #7 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Also they'll be largest built at Papenburg. The Quantum class barely squeezes into the dry dock so these are some 20,000GT more can only guess they'll be longer?? Will be interesting to follow! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steamboats Posted June 18, 2015 #8 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I emailed Meyer Werft to try and find out. As it stands they have three new builds for 2019 and a spare slot H2 2018 so I reckon they'll do a deal with Norwegian or Royal for one of theirs to be brought forward. Craig, I´m pretty sure that Meyer does know what they are doing ;)! With the new construction method they might be able to finish more than 2 ships per year. As you may know they build sections which are then moved outside the building and later back in to put two sections plus bow and stern together. With this fairly new method (first used for the Quantum) they can build 1.5 ships in their large building. steamboats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Single Cruiser Posted June 18, 2015 #9 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Craig, I´m pretty sure that Meyer does know what they are doing ;)! With the new construction method they might be able to finish more than 2 ships per year. As you may know they build sections which are then moved outside the building and later back in to put two sections plus bow and stern together. With this fairly new method (first used for the Quantum) they can build 1.5 ships in their large building. steamboats I'm fully aware of the build process and construction techniques. Was just noting they'd said 2019 for 3 new builds and only one for 2018 so my bet is they'll build 4th quantum for float out end of 2018 then several months outside at the outfitting dock to finish, add the North Star etc whilst they build the Aida and Norwegian ships. We will see.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted July 28, 2015 Author #10 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Spotted some renders of the Costa sisters! http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=47259738 Credits: http://www.schiffe-und-kreuzfahrten.de/reederei/costa-crociere/meyer-werft-baut-zwei-neue-kreuzfahrtschiffe-fuer-costa-kreuzfahrt/70761/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter54 Posted August 5, 2015 #11 Share Posted August 5, 2015 We received today a letter from Aida announcing a further delay of 6 months in the building process. They will replace the Aida Prima by the Aida Stella for the cruises in the Orient out of Dubai for the period December 2015 - April 2016. We will receive an OBC of 100 Euro and we have the choice to change to another cruise departing until April 2017 or to cruise the initial itinary on the Stella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted October 27, 2015 #12 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Carnival clearly not happy with the delays to Aida Prima and the second one being built by Mitsubisihi heavy industries! Ugly looking ships with a Bow that is a throwback to the 1900s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London-Calling Posted January 24, 2016 #13 Share Posted January 24, 2016 That's.. quite.. large.. AIDAinsane? AIDA is expecting a large growth? Having difficulties understanding this one! Germany is now the second biggest cruise market in the world and growing. Carnival are just ensuring that they a bigger slice of it with their Aida brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff79 Posted January 27, 2016 #14 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Carnival clearly not happy with the delays to Aida Prima and the second one being built by Mitsubisihi heavy industries! Ugly looking ships with a Bow that is a throwback to the 1900s. on the first pics of the four new ships for carnival it looks like they will have the same bow like the aida prima. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub237 Posted February 24, 2016 #15 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Carnival clearly not happy with the delays to Aida Prima and the second one being built by Mitsubisihi heavy industries! Ugly looking ships with a Bow that is a throwback to the 1900s. Oh thèy are happy because of the penalty thèy Will pût to the shipyart in final thèy Will have a ship at a half-price [emoji16] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff79 Posted October 26, 2018 #16 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Aida has to cancel 4 cruises with each 4 days with the Nova. Meyer can´t deliver the Nova in time. i booked the second cruise of the 4. i will get my money back and can book another aida cruise up to 14 days for the half price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steamboats Posted December 10, 2018 #17 Share Posted December 10, 2018 So finally there´s a new date for the hand over. It will take place on Wednesday, Dec 12th in Bremerhaven. The AIDAnova will then move on to the Canary Islands with a stop in Lisboa. The first cruise is to start on Dec 19th in Gran Canaria. steamboats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steamboats Posted December 12, 2018 #18 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Hand over ceremonies happened today and the AIDAnova is due to leave in the next minutes into the direction of the island of Tenerife. steamboats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steamboats Posted December 18, 2018 #19 Share Posted December 18, 2018 AIDAnova has arrived in Tenerife. Tomorrow the first paying passengers will finally board the ship. steamboats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panamapd Posted December 19, 2018 #20 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Hi all! On the aida.de website there is a really good countdown clock. Only 1hr 2mins to go at this time. Really looking forward to our first Aida cruise. We are going on the Aidanova on 16 Feb 2019. We can't wait to see how it compares to the other lines (we have sailed on most of the others). So far, so good, in that the service charge and mealtime alcoholic drinks are already included in the price! We are sailing for an amazing price for 3 people in an inside guarantee but I think we booked at just the right time back in November when I think they knew the ship would not be ready in time! 1 hour to go on the clock now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff79 Posted December 22, 2018 #21 Share Posted December 22, 2018 ship looks great, wish you a great cruise. Aida Nova Song: and a walk through the ship with two hours from a german youtuber: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbob84 Posted January 7, 2019 #22 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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