Courtesy Disney Cruise Line
Disney Fantasy launches in Mar 2012 and will be a second of Disney’s second-generation ships and a fourth in a fleet.
Each year, journey lines contest to come out with a many “I-can’t-believe-that’s-on-a-cruise-ship” features. From waterslides and Grand Prix racing simulators for a kids to epicurean restaurants and decoction pubs for a adults, a newest journey ships are lifting a stakes. For 2012, check out these 5 ocean-going ships that are debuting for a North American market.
Disney Fantasy
Launch date: March 2012
By a numbers: 128,000 tons; 2,500 newcomer ability (double occupancy)
Itineraries: Disney Fantasy will cruise 7-night Caribbean cruises round-trip from Port Canaveral, Fla.
Highlights: Disney Fantasy will be a second of Disney‘s second-generation ships and a fourth in a fleet. She’ll be embellished out in 1930s-era glamour. For instance, a three-deck atrium run is suggestive of grand sea liners with Art Nouveau-inspired details, such as a candelabrum done with stained potion and clear beads. The 14-deck-high boat offers new H2O facilities (like a “Aqualab”for H2O experiments) and new theatre shows, including a Muppet-themed “interactive journey query around a ship.”There’s even a new “princesses and pirates” boutique. A ramped-up chronicle of a Animator’s Palate grill — approach some-more interactive than on a line’s comparison ships — facilities an “Animation Magic”dinner show. Like a rest of a fleet, many of the Fantasy’s cabins will have family-friendly bathrooms (one room has a shower/tub and a other a toilet) as good as endless kids’ programming for infants on adult to teens. Rounding out a family-friendly facilities are 3 pools: one for kids, one for families, and one for adults.
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Oceania Riviera
Launch date: April 2012
By a numbers: 66,084 tons; 1,250 newcomer ability (double occupancy)
Itineraries: Riviera will do mostly 10- and 12-night Europe cruises between ports including Barcelona, Piraeus/Athens, Civitavecchia/Rome, Lisbon, Venice, and Istanbul. Next winter, it’ll pierce to a Caribbean for mostly 10-night cruises by a islands.
Highlights: Sister boat to this year’s Marina, the midsize Riviera is only as superb with a boutique-hotel feel. There is a Lalique Grand Staircase, and a Owner’s Suites are furnished in Ralph Lauren Home. With a concentration on excellent dining, this Oceania ship has 10 venues (six of that are open-seating epicurean restaurants with no surcharge, including Jacques, a namesake grill of world-renowned Chef Jacques Pépin). The sauna is operated by Canyon Ranch. Activities embody art classes and hands-on cooking classes.
Costa Fascinosa
Launch date: May 2012
By a numbers: 114,500 tons; 3,000 newcomer ability (double occupancy)
Itineraries: Through Nov 2012, Fascinosa will do 7-night sailings round-trip from Venice, visiting ports in Greece and Croatia.
Highlights: The fifth boat in Concordia class, Fascinosa’s décor uses copiousness of clear and marble throughout. Choose from 5 restaurants and 13 bars, including a cognac-and-cigar bar and a coffee-and-chocolate bar. Two of a 4 pools have retractable covers, and a two-level sauna has a thalassotherapy pool and Turkish bath. Entertainment venues on this Costa ship embody a three-deck-high uncover lounge, and a outrageous outside video shade for film and module viewing. The cold PlayGround area has a 4D cinema and a latest PlayStation videogames. High-tech practical golf and Grand Prix simulators entice passengers to knowledge a disturb of convene pushing or a hurdles of a golf pro.
MSC Divina
Launch date: May 2012
By a numbers: 140,000 tons; 3,502 newcomer ability (double occupancy)
Itineraries: Divina will do 7-night eastern Mediterranean itineraries round-trip from possibly Venice or Bari, including calls in Greece, Turkey and Croatia by Oct 2012.
Highlights: The latest in a Fantasia-class ships (which includes MSC Splendida and MSC Fantasia), the Divina will be MSC Cruises‘ largest vessel with 4 restaurants, a spa, a 1,603-seat theater, and a garden pool with overwhelming views of a sea. Divina will also offer a line’s MSC Yacht Club, a “ship-within-a-ship,”with 69 suites that embody a services of a personal butler, and nominal wines and spirits in a MSC Yacht Club’s private lounges and pool area.
Carnival Breeze
Launch date: June 2012
By a numbers: 130,000 tons; 3,690 newcomer ability (double occupancy)
Itineraries: The Breeze will offer 12-night Europe cruises out of Barcelona for a summer before starting a year-around report of 6- and 8-night Caribbean cruises round-trip from Miami.
Highlights: The third of Carnival‘s Dream-class ships, the Breeze will have a top-deck theme-park-style H2O park with stirring slides, and a Serenity adults-only rug and loll area. The new SportSquare is an alfresco distraction formidable with a ropes course, mini-golf, and outside aptness area. The Lanai facilities a wraparound dance with whirlpools fluctuating over a ship’s sides. Enjoy a hulk poolside LED shade for cinema and videos, a outrageous gym and spa, and endless kids’ programming. Check out a 3 categorical restaurants, and a steakhouse, Italian venue, sushi bar, rug grille, and a pub with a private drink label. Entertainment options embody a comedy club, piano bar, and mixed nightclubs.
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