Stern’s Guide to the Greatest Resorts of the World, Stern’s Guide to the
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COSTA CRUISE LINES
200 South Park Road, Suite #200 Costa Cociere S.P.A.
Hollywood, Florida 33021 Via XII Ottobre 2
(954) 266-5600 16121 Genoa, Italy
(954) 266-2100 Fax
www.costacruises.com
COSTA ALLEGRA (formerly Alexandra): entered service 1969; totally rebuilt 1992 and refurbished 2001and 2006; 28,500 G.R.T.; 616’ x 84’; 820-passenger capacity; 410 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; cruises iin Southeast Asia.
[Category C/D]not rated
COSTA ATLANTICA and COSTA MEDITERRANEA: entered service 2000 and 2003, respectively; 86,000 G.R.T.; 960’ x 106’; 2,114 double occupancy; 2,680-passenger capacity when full; 1,057 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; Costa Atlantica cruises in northern Europe and Canada/New England during the summer and fall and the Caribbean during the winter and spring;Costa Mediterranea cruises Northern Europe and the Mediterranean during the summer and fall, and South America during winter and spring.
[Category C]*****
COSTA CLASSICA: entered service 1991, refurbished 2001 and 2005; 53,000 G.R.T.; 722’ x 102’; 1,308-passenger capacity(double occupancy); 654 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; cruises in Southeast Asia during the summer and fall and in the Middle East during the winter and spring.
[Category C]****
COSTA CONCORDIA and COSTA SERENA entered service 2006 and 2007 respectively; 112,000 G.R.T.; 951’x116’; 3,780-passenger capacity(3,000 double occupancy); 1,500 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; Concordia cruises to the Eastern and Western Mediterranean, and Serena’s cruises the Eastern Mediterranean during the summer and fall, and the Canary Islands during the winter and spring.
(Category C--Not Rated)
COSTA EUROPA (formerly Westerdam and Homeric): entered service 1986; lengthened 1990; refurbished 2003 and 2005; 53,872 G.R.T.; 798’ x 101’; 1,494-passenger capacity; 747 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; Eastern and Western Mediterranean cruises and Canary Island cruises in summer and fall, and winter and spring cruises in the Indian Ocean.
[Category C] ****
COSTA FORTUNA and COSTA MAGICA: entered service 2003 and 2004 respectively; 105,000 G.R.T.; 893’ x 125’; 2,720 double occupancy; 3,788-passenger capacity when full; 1,358 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; Costa Fortuna cruises the Eastern Mediterranean in summer and fall and the Eastern Caribbean during winter and spring, Costa Magica cruises Norther Europe and the Mediterranean during the summer and fall and Brazil during the winter and spring.
[Category C] *****
COSTA LUMINOSA: entered service 2009; 92,700 G.R.T.; 2,828-passenger capacity (2,264 double occupancy); 1,132 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; Northern Europe and Canary Island cruises.
[category C-not rated]
COSTA MARINA: entered service 1969; rebuilt 1990; refurbished 2001; 25,500 G.R.T.; 616’ x 84’; 776-passenger capacity; 388 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; cruises Northern Europe and Mediterranean cruises during summer and fall and the Canary Islands duing the winter.
[Category C/D]***+
COSTA PACIFICA: entered service 2009; 114,500 G.R.T.; 3,780- passenger capacity (I3,012 double occupancy); 1,506 cabins; Italian officers and international cew; western Mediterranean cruises.
[Category C-not rated]
COSTA ROMANTICA: entered service 1993; refurbished 2003; 53,000 G.R.T.; 722’ x 102’; 1,356-passenger capacity; 678 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; cruises in South America from Brazil during the winter and spring and in the Mediterranean during the summer and fall.
[Category C]****
COSTA VICTORIA: entered service 1996 and renovated 2004; 76,000 G.R.T.; 828’ x 105’; 1,928-passenger capacity; 964 cabins; Italian officers and international crew; Greek Isles and Croatia during the summer and fall and Dubai and Suez Canal during winter and spring
[Category C]****
These ships are rated in 11 separate categories in the second half of chapter 14.
