Costa Romantica

Costa Romantica docked in Funchal
Career
Name:	Costa Romantica (1993-2011) Costa neoRomantica (Feb 2012)
Owner:	Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator:	Costa Cruises
Port of registry:	Italy, Genoa
Builder:	Fincantieri
Maiden voyage:	1993
Status:	In dry dock
General characteristics
Tonnage:	53,000 gross tons
Length:	722 ft (220 m)
Beam:	102 ft (31 m)
Decks:	11
Speed:	18.5 knots (34.3 km/h)
Capacity:	1,356 passengers
Crew:	600

Costa Romantica is a cruise ship for Costa Cruises completed 1993 as a sister ship to Costa Classica and was refurbished in 2003. Her public rooms are decorated with rare woods, Carrara marble, and millions of dollars in original works of art. There is also a full luxury spa aboard. Her decks are named for well-known European cities: Monte Carlo, Madrid, Vienna, Verona, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Amsterdam. In November 2011, Costa Romantica will undergo a 90 million euro refurbishment. The ship will be totally refurbished. Two new half decks will be added as a part of the refurbishment. This will increase the gross tonnage of the ship from 53,000 to 56,000 tons. After the refurbishing, the ship is to be renamed Costa neoRomantica. ^[1]

2009 engine room fire

On Wednesday, 25 February 2009, a small fire erupted in the engines and one of the electric generators of Costa Romantica off the coast of Uruguay, about 10 km from the city of Punta del Este. After the incident, the ship was stalled for more than 24 hours and for a long period there was no electricity or running water, the worst consequence of this was the clogging of most of the ships toilets. The ship was partially repaired and was able to sail to approximately 1 km from the coast where she was then evacuated by landing ships.

References

1. ^ "Costa outlines €90m transformation for ‘neoRomantica’". Seatrade Communications Limited. 8 August 2011. http://www.cruise-community.com/News/News-Headlines/Costa-outlines-%E2%82%AC90m-transformation-for-neoRomantica.html. Retrieved 9 August 2011. 

External links

• Costa Cruises