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Atlcruiser
First Class Passenger
Member # 4586

posted 07-06-2011 11:54 AM

Not surprised. A Dream class ship for Costa.

http://www.cruise-community.com/News/News-Headlines/Order-brewing-for-a-next-generation-Costa-ship.html

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Cam J
First Class Passenger
Member # 24617

posted 07-06-2011 01:46 PM

No Surprise. It should be interesting to see what they do with the platform though.

Cam J

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Noordam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3811

posted 07-06-2011 05:33 PM

Does anyone know the plans for the Costa Romantica yet?

The ship has 5 months drydock on the books this fall, and the rumor was that she would be stretched and get a deck of balconies, ala the Classica refit that never happened.

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Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 07-06-2011 05:44 PM

Would have been interesting to see Costa Classica stretched into a 78,000gt ship.

[ 07-06-2011: Message edited by: Thad ]

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rd77
First Class Passenger
Member # 2117

posted 07-14-2011 03:09 AM

thad,

thanks for digging up that drawing from Deltamarin, good stuff!

Your wish might come true in fact, only it will be CLASSICA's sister. The COSTA ROMANTICA is scheduled for a lengthy refit from 28/10/'11 till 20/2/'12. I believe a stretch is part of this refit, but this still needs to be confirmed.

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Originally posted by Thad:
Would have been interesting to see Costa Classica stretched into a 78,000gt ship.
[ 07-06-2011: Message edited by: Thad ]

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rd77
First Class Passenger
Member # 2117

posted 07-14-2011 03:14 AM

As I understand, Carnival can not order more DREAM-class clones, as the DREAM-class does not comply with the new SOLAS Safe Return to Port regulations. Therefore, I would expect Costa to receive another ROYAL PRINCESS clone. By the way, the Seatrade article says that P&O is receiving a new class of ship, while it is actually also a ROYAL PRINCESS clone with some small modifications.

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Rex
First Class Passenger
Member # 1113

posted 07-26-2011 09:09 AM

quote:
Originally posted by rd77:
...as the DREAM-class does not comply with the new SOLAS Safe Return to Port regulations...

What do these regulations state? Are they available for online viewing?

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