AIDAbella

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AIDAbella in port in Denmark
History
Name: AIDAbella
Operator: AIDA Cruises
Port of registry: Genoa, Italy[1]
Ordered: 1 August 2005[2]
Builder: Meyer Werft (Papenburg)[1][3]
Cost: $390 million[1]
Yard number: S.666[2]
Laid down: March 10, 2007[4]
Launched: October 19, 2007[2]
Christened: April 23, 2008 in Warnemünde by Eva Padberg[5]
In service: April 2008[1]
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class & type: Sphinx-class[8] cruise ship
Type: Cruise ship
Tonnage: 69,203 GT
Length: 826.77 ft (252.00 m)[1]
Beam: 105.6 ft (32.19 m)[1]
Draft: 24.6 ft (7.50 m)[1]
Decks: 14 decks
Installed power: 36,000 kW[1]
Propulsion: diesel-electric; two shafts
Speed:
  • 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) (service)[3]
  • 21.8 knots (40.4 km/h; 25.1 mph) (maximum)[9]
Capacity: 2,500 passengers[1]
Crew: 646[1]

AIDAbella is a cruise ship operated by AIDA Cruises. Built at Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, she is a sister ship to AIDAdiva and AIDAluna. The ship has a passenger capacity of over 2,050.[10] The name AIDAbella was chosen after a competition to name the new ship. The name was meant to signify how beautiful the ship is.[11]

Features

The ship features 1,025 passenger cabins, many with balconies. There is a nude sunbathing area towards the rear of the ship. Amidships is a circular, glass-walled, and roofed Theatrium in the center of the ship which can be used as a nightclub.[10]

AIDAbella in Las Palmas, Canary Islands
AIDAbella in Las Palmas, Canary Islands

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=3&subs=0&did=1383
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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