At its debut in 2000, this cruise liner was the seventh and, at the time, the largest ship in the Costa fleet. This Italian-registered vessel of 85,700 tons and 960 ft built in Helsinki boasts 12 passenger decks and 1,057 staterooms accommodating 2,114 passengers.
Italian officers command an international crew of 920 that numbers just a handful of Italians, mostly restaurant headwaiters and assistant headwaiters. The ship cruises at 22 knots (24 maximum) on Northern European, Mediterranean an...