AIDAluna LED-display.
A
IDAluna took to the waters on 5 April
Cruises. As Meyer Werft delivered the
After the ceremony, Knuppe handed over
from the Port of Palma de Majorca
69,200-gt cruise ship to the owner in the
the bottle neck to Lutz Leitzsch, captain
and headed to Hamburg. The journey con-
German port of Emden in March, this oc-
of AIDAluna. According to tradition, the
tinued to a first call in Kiel on 22 April, and
casion marked the third time the German
neck will be framed and placed onto the
onward to Rostock-Warnemünde where
shipmakers had made such a delivery.
bridge as a lucky charm.
AIDAluna moored for the first time on 8
In fact, the AIDAluna is the third ship
About 2,100 guests celebrated on
out of a series of six the Papenburg ship-
board the new ship under – naturally! –
Presently, she is busy making all-to-
yard is building for AIDA Cruises. The Mey-
the shining moon, marking the first time
gether 10 roundtrips in the Baltic Sea. The
er shipyard is to deliver the rest of the fleet
the naming ceremony took place on board
ship will conduct 10-day cruises visiting
in 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively.
an AIDA ship. The christening was topped
May.
off by gigantic fireworks that illuminated
Tallinn, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Stock-
the night sky.
holm, Gdansk and Mukran as well as
shorter trips with stops at Copenhagen
FLY ME TO THE MOON
and Oslo.
The christening of AIDAluna in April turned
tion: the christening was broadcasted live
out to be quite the spectacle, with Palma
via satellite and twitter – another “first ev-
de Majorca providing the perfect venue
er”.
In September, AIDAluna will head for
the Canary Islands.
Also Internet users got in on the ac-
AIDAluna is only the most recent ex-
for a lively party. International top model
And what is it exactly that makes
ample of the continuous cooperation be-
Franziska Knuppe did the honours, smash-
AIDAluna so appealing? Well, to start
tween shipyard Meyer Werft and AIDA
ing the champagne bottle across the bow.
with, on this ship luxury interiors are com-
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