Neu für Carnival Aida online bestellt Schiff

OK, so I have gone mad!

We spend all our time selling and looking at cruises on the lines that sell specifically in the UK, that occasionally adding a bit of news from abroad gives a broader view of the whole cruise market.

So what does the title mean? - well I hope that Google translate has got it right so .... New ship ordered for Carnival's Aida line.

Carnival Corporation & plc has ordered a 71,300-ton cruise ship for its AIDA Cruises brand, which caters exclusively to the German-speaking market. It will be the seventh new ship that the German cruise operator has ordered in the past six years.


The 2,192-passenger vessel, will be built at Germany’s Meyer Werft, and  the new vessel will join the 71,300-ton AIDAsol, set to debut in April 2011, and an as-yet-unnamed sister ship in June 2012.


So what is AIDA, well its an informal “club resort” cruise concept which is marketed exclusively to German-speaking clientele and offers a product aimed at younger, more active guests who enjoy a host of on-board innovations.

So, is there a market for this type of ship in the UK? and do they still put their towels on sunbeds even though there are no Brits on board. Well, as they are not sold in the UK we will never know, unless some one can tell me!