There will be four new cruise ships launched this year, fewer than usual. This week, we're giving you a snapshot of all four, and the AIDAstella is number two…
Launch date: March 17
Capacity: 2,050
Staterooms: 1,097
Decks: 14
Home Port: Hamburg
Where it's sailing: Northern Europe (summer), Canary Islands (winter)
Ships now in AIDA fleet: 10
Interesting: This is the seventh straight year AIDA has added a new ship. It will now take a one-year sabbatical in the new-build department before welcoming two more, in 2015 and 2016.
Norwegian Sky
3 nights
April 5, 2013
Miami (return): Great Stirrup Cay, Nassau
Inside: $239
Cost per day: $79
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