AIDAprima, the largest ship in the fleet of AIDA Cruises, the German contemporary market unit in the Carnival Corporation & plc group, will be repositioned from Hamburg to the Mediterranean in the winter of 2017-18 and AIDAcara will operate the company’s first world cruise that same winter, the company said in a statement..
From November 2017, AIDAprima will tour the islands of the Canaries & Madeira. With this cruise option, AIDA is following the wishes of many guests to also be able to experience the youngest member of the fleet at other popular AIDA destinations.
The ports of departure and destination for the 7-day cruises on AIDAprima are Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) and Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife). In addition to Gran Canaria and Tenerife, AIDAprima will also call at Madeira, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.
Before this, AIDAprima will cruise from Hamburg up to the end of October on destination for 7-day round trips London (from Southampton), Paris (from Le Havre), Brussels (from Zeebrugge) and Amsterdam. “The ice-skating season will be opened on board on 12 November, 2016. The sports weather deck on AIDAprima will then be transformed into a winter world, including mulled wine, also with a non-alcoholic variety,” the company said.
On 17 October, 2017, AIDAcara will start the copany’s first world cruise from Hamburg that will take it to 41 ports in 23 countries on 5 continents over a period of 116 days before returning on 10 February 2018.
From Hamburg, AIDAcara will set course for South America. Dream destinations such as Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego are just a few of the stops before traveling from Valparaiso (Chile) to the Easter Islands. The cruise then continues to Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora in the South Sea paradise of French Polynesia. Auckland (New Zealand), Sydney (Australia), “The Great Barrier Reef, Bali, Singapore and the Maldives will make every explorer’s heart skip a beat,” the company stated.
"Mauritius, Seychelles & Madagascar" programme on AIDAaura, will also be calling at Réunion Island. “On all four islands, AIDAaura guests will have time enough to discover the impressive flora and fauna as well as the different cultures on extensive onshore excursions as the ship will moor overnight in Mahé (Seychelles), Saint-Denis (Réunion) and Port Louis (Mauritius),” AIDA Cruises said. In Madagascar, AIDAaura will call at three different ports, Nosy Be, Antsiranana and Toamasina. The port of departure and destination for this 14-day cruise is Mauritius. Seven departure dates can be selected between November 2017 and February 2018.
Following the successful launch of AIDAprima, AIDA Cruises will welcome her identical sister ship, AIDAperla, as the 12th member of the fleet and from1 September 2017, it will set course for the Mediterranean on four different routes. The ports of departure and destination for the 7-day "Pearls of the Mediterranean 1 & 2" cruises are the capital of the Germans favorite island, Palma de Mallorca, and Barcelona. On these cruises, AIDAperla will visit the island of Corsica, Florence/Livorno and Rome/Civitavecchia in addition to Mallorca and Barcelona
Lovers of culture will be thrilled by the "Pearls of the Mediterranean 3 & 4" cruises. In addition to Florence/Livorno and Rome/ Civitavecchia, these also take guests to Marseille, where AIDAperla will moor overnight. The ports of departure and destination for this cruise are also Palma de Mallorca and Barcelona.
From September 2017, AIDAbella guests will be able to discover the Mediterranean on 10 or 11-day cruises between Palma de Mallorca and Venice, also calling at Cagliari/Sardinia, Palermo/Sicily, Valetta/Malta, Corfu and Croatia (Dubrovnik & Split), for example.
From 22 October 2017 AIDAbella will cast off to take her guests on two 7-day and one 10-day Adriatic cruise from Venice. On 15 November 2017, AIDAbella will set course for Bangkok via Dubai. During the 2017-18 winter season, the Thai capital will be the port of departure and destination for the 14-day "Thailand, Malaysia & Singapore 1+2" cruises.
After the end of the current Southeast Asia season, AIDAbella will travel from Shanghai back to Europe in the coming spring, taking three exceptional routes. "From China to Singapore" in 16 days (04.03-04.19.2017), calling metropolises such as Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh and Singapore as well as the exotic beaches on Hainan in China and the Vietnamese coastal city of Da Nang. An AIDA premiere is the fabulous Ha Long Bay in Northern Vietnam.
The journey continues for a further 18 days "From Singapore to Dubai" (04.19-05.07.2017), with the stops including Malaysia, the Maldives, India and Oman.
