Well, a bit more, gleaned from previous press releases. First, the new P&O ship was one of three announced on 6 September. Two will be for Carnival Cruise Line and the third will be for P&O. They’ll all be built by Meyer, the German shipbuilding company; two at their traditional shipyard at Papenburg (in Germany) […]
Category Archive for 'AIDA'
Mitsubishi's problems with AIDAprima
Posted in AIDA, AIDAprima, German cruise market on Feb 18th, 2016
I did a post about a year ago on the rise of the cruise market in Germany, and the way that this is being reflected (indeed, possibly even caused) by the number of new-build ships being constructed for that market. Two of these ships are for AIDA, Carnival’s German arm. The first will be named […]
Carnival LNG ships – two for Aida, two for Costa
Posted in AIDA, Carnival Corp, Costa, Newbuilds on Jul 28th, 2015
I posted some weeks ago about an order for four very large, LNG-fuelled ships that Carnival Corp had placed with Meyer Werft. At that time it was announced that two of them would be for Aida cruises, Carnival’s successful and fast-growing German line. It has now been announced that the other two ships will go […]
Internet access on a cruise
Posted in AIDA, Cunard, Internet access, Royal Caribbean on Jun 22nd, 2015
The question of whether to pay the cruise lines’ price for internet access during a cruise or whether to look for free wifi while ashore often comes up. I did a post just over a year on this topic, but it’s time to revisit the issue. For both P&O and Cunard the current position is […]