Cruise news (Blue Dream Melody-tagged)
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Former AIDAvita cruise ship officially rebranded as Blue Dream Melody for Chinese market
Blue Dream Cruises has confirmed the acquisition of the former AIDA cruise ship AIDAvita, which will undergo rebranding and renaming as Blue Dream...
February 3, 2024 - Cruise Industry
AIDAvita cruise ship named Blue Dream Melody amid ownership shift
The former AIDAvita ship (currently docked in Tallinn Estonia) has undergone a significant name change, marking a potential shift in ownership...
January 23, 2024 - Cruise Industry
AIDAvita ship leaving AIDA Cruises' fleet after 20 years in service
The AIDAvita ship is leaving AIDA fleet after 20 years in the service of the Rostock Germany-based passenger shipping company. In 2022, the fleet...
June 14, 2022 - Cruise Industry
AIDA expands its Selection Program, AIDAmira sold to Ambassador Cruise Line
The Carnival Corporation-owned company AIDA Cruises is further expanding its Selection program. AIDAselection voyages will be offered and further...
January 27, 2022 - Accidents
AIDAvita cruise ship's restart postponed to March 31, 2022
AIDA's ship AIDAvita was scheduled to restart service on February 19, 2022, but the company announced that the restart would not take place informing...
December 16, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises opens bookings for winter program 2022-2023
AIDA Cruises opened for booking its winter 2022-2023 winter program. The itineraries range from voyages to the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and the...
August 28, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises expands 2021-2022 program with new sailings aboard AIDAprima and AIDAblu
AIDA Cruises announced it will expand its program with new sailings during fall/winter 2021-2022 season. AIDAprima will expand her homeporting in...
July 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises opens the 2021 season at a 3rd German cruise port with AIDAmar on July 31
After Kiel and Rostock-Warnemunde, AIDA Cruises announced it will open the 2021 season at a 3rd German port - Hamburg, with the ship AIDAmar on July...
June 28, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA extends Canary Islands cruises through mid-May
AIDA Cruises announced it is extending the cruise season around the Canary Islands with its AIDAperla until the middle of May. The start and...
March 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises Opens Bookings for AIDAbella and AIDAvita Spring 2020 Sailings
On Wednesday, February 26, bookings open for AIDAbella and AIDAvita sailings in spring 2020. AIDA Cruises is offering journeys to popular...
February 25, 2020 - Cruise Industry
AIDA Cruises Sending 8 Ships to the Elbe
AIDA Cruises is sending 8 ships to the Elbe River during season 2020. The vessels will dock in the Hanseatic City a total of 97 times. AIDAcara...
February 23, 2020 - Accidents
AIDA Cruises Ship Refused Entry to Vietnam
Vietnam turned away a German-owned cruise ship with over 1,000 passengers on board over coronavirus fears. The official Vietnam News Agency reported...
February 14, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven to Redesign AIDAvita
AIDAvita will embark on Northern European cruises from Hamburg or Kiel starting April 5, 2017, as part of line's new AIDA Selection program. Before...
March 25, 2017 - Cruise Industry
Fake Cruise Ship Doctor Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
A German court sentenced a man who falsely claimed to be a doctor to 3 years in prison. The man treated patients on a cruise ship. News agency...
August 8, 2016