Costa Atlantica, Family Cruise Ship Review 2011
Costa Atlantica, Family Cruise Ship Review 2011
Costa Atlantinca is a Spirit class cruise ship of Costa Cruises. It is a unique ship beautifully and copiously decorated with marble that reflects Costa Atlantica’s Italian heritage. It is a ship where guests would want to lose themselves in. It has elegant and exciting interiors of artworks commissioned expressly for Costa ships that include elaborate sculptures in glass and silver. Highly- crafted lighting fixtures created by artists from the Murano glass factories in Venice lend elegance to Costa Atlantica. The fabulous Costa Atlantica epitomizes Costa Cruises’ “Cruising Italian Style” concept. Costa Altantica has 1,057 suites and staterooms for its 2,114 passengers, 80% of which have ocean and 678 cabins of which are provided with balconies.
Family and children’s enjoyment is high in the interest of Costa Atlantica and the “Cruising Italian Style” includes the Costa Kids Club that offers interesting programs for kids. This will guarantee their parent’s complete relaxation and enjoyment on board Costa Atlantica, secure in the knowledge that their children are equally having a good time. The Kids Club is divided into two groups, the Maxi club for children ages 7 to 12 and the Mini club for kids ages 3 to 6. There is also the Costa Teens Club for children up to 17 years old and the Mondo Virtuale, a video game room for teenagers and exclusive teen hours at the disco. Hourly activities such as tournaments, games, arts and crafts, scavenger hunts, treats, parties and snacks take place for each kid’s age group.
Costa Atlantica’s main dining room is the impressive two-deck Tisiano Restaurant is an open seating venue for breakfast and lunch but during dinner time, serves fixed dinner seatings. While Botticelli, the expansive buffet restaurant located on Deck 9 also serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner with one of the breakfast buffet station transformed into the Napoli Pizzeria from 11:00 in the morning through 2:30 am of the next day. Ristorante Club Atlantica is a reservation only dining venue with a menu created by Gualterio Marchesi, a Michelin three-star chef. A 24 – hour room service is available for a limited menu.
Costa Atlantica
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The magnificent Costa Atlantica has a large numbers of bars, lounges and public areas for its 2, 114 passengers and remarkably, all lounges have a sizeable dance floor and a stage. In fact even the main lobby is equipped with a wood-embellished dance floor at its center.
Costa Pacifica Cruises
Costa Pacifica Cruises 2011
Costa Pacifica is another cruise ship in the Costa cruise line and was completed in 2009. It has 1,504 cabins and 91 of these have direct access to the Samsara Spa. 521 cabins have a balcony and 58 of the cabins have a private balcony.
Costa Pacifica is Amazing Cruise Ship
There are also 12 suites with direct access to the spa. On board are five restaurants including two will be available with reservations only. There are 13 bars also. The cruise ship can carry 3000 guests in the 1,504 cabins of which 28 of the cabins are handicapped accessible.
Costa Pacifica Cruise Ship
If you were going to book this cruise ship, Costa Pacifica, in May 2011, you would be looking at tours departing from Savona to Spain, Portugal and the UK for a 10 day cruise. Another trip departing from Kiel is an eleven day cruise to Sweden, Finland, RUSSIA, Estonia, Lithuania and Poland to name a few countries where they dock at various ports.
Costa Pacifica in Palma de Mallorca
The theme of the Costa Pacifica is music. In all areas of Costa Pacifica you will hear music. The music tract was composed and rearranged by Mauro Pagani and there is a different rhythm in every part of the ship. There are 29 tracts in all that you will hear.
Costa Pacifica by Night
On board the cruise ship there are 4 Jacuzzis and four pools that include one for children. There is also a multi-purpose sports pitch. The Samsara Spa specializes in oriental treatments and it is contained in 6000 square feet of space and is located on two levels. Of course there are treatment rooms, gyms, therapy spas, and sauna. The cruise ship has a disco, casino and theatres. It also has free WiFi. It also has a Grand Prix simulator and the external deck has a glass roof. The cabins have a flat TV and 24 hour room service.
Costa Pacifica Pool Deck
Costa Pacifica Restaurant
Costa Pacifica Cabin Suite
Costa Pacifica Mini Suite
Costa Pacifica Cabin
Costa Pacifica Samsara Mini Suite
Costa Pacifica Internet Point
Costa Pacifica Stardust Theater
Costa Pacifica Casino
Costa Pacifica Kids Zone
Costa Luminosa Cruise Vacation
Costa Luminosa Cruise Vacation
Costa Luminosa is a cruise ship within the Costa cruise line but it is also a holding of the Carnival Group. This particular cruise ship was completed in 2009. It can book 2,260 guests and it has 1,130 cabins located on twelve guest decks. The cruise ship is 965 feet in length and weighs 92,600 tones gross. The catch to the name is that it is a cruise ship full of light and charm.
Costa Luminosa
The Costa lines cruise world wide. This particular cruise ship, Costa Liminosa if you were going to book it in May 2011, would have three cruises on offer. One would be a 10 day cruise departing from Savona and going to Spain, Portugal and France. One departing from Copenhagen for a 7 night cruise would visit Estonia, Russia, Finland and Sweden. There is also a 7 day cruise to the Fjords of Norway, this also departs from Copenhagen.
Costa Luminosa
If you have never visited the fjords of Norway they were created during the various ice ages and Norway has the highest concentration of fjords in the world. When the glaciers retreated the sea water flooded the areas that were dug out by ice, stone and rock. You can see seals, porpoises and many other fish. The fjords are salt water.
Costa Luminosa
On board Costa Luminosa you will find a golf simulator plus a 4 D cinema, a theatre and a spa located on two levels, plus a beauty center. There are four restaurants and eleven bars and a cigar lounge. There is also a coffee and chocolate bar.
Costa Luminosa Cabin
There is also a casino and a disco. Of course there are fitness programs for jogging and track plus others. It is described as cruising Italian style and all cabins have a flat screened TV and room service available. There is also a PlayStation World area.
Costa Luminosa Pool Deck
Costa Luminosa Casino
