{"id":22929,"date":"2015-01-08T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=22929"},"modified":"2015-01-08T01:00:09","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T09:00:09","slug":"thursday-116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=22929","title":{"rendered":"New ships: Le Lyrial, Mein Schiff 4, AIDAprima"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fourth in a series about new ships<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Le-Lyrial\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ponant’s Le Lyrial<\/b><\/p>\n

If you’d like to know how the wealthy French cruise, this could be as close as it gets. The Ponant ships are like large yachts, with a crew-to-passenger ratio better than 2-to-1, with a promise that every guest will be pampered, entertained and enlightened, and an idea of cruising synonymous with French elegance…beyond cuisine and fine wines, of course.<\/i><\/p>\n

Launch date:<\/b> April 18
\n\tCapacity:<\/b> 264
\n\tSister ships:<\/b> Le Soleal, L’Austral, Le Boreal
\n\tMaiden voyage:<\/b> Istanbul<\/a> to Venice — 21 days
\n\tHome port:<\/b> Venice<\/a>
\n\tShips now in <\/b>Ponant<\/b><\/a> fleet:<\/b> 5<\/p>\n

Interesting:<\/b> Le Lyrial’s<\/a> <\/span>contemporary decor was inspired by the blue light of the Vega star in the Lyra constellation. All guests will have spectacular ocean views and access to a fitness center, library, swimming pool, beauty salon and all the usual amenities, only French style. After summering in the Mediterranean, it’s apparently heading to Antarctica, an unusual destination for French elegance.<\/p>\n

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\"Mein<\/a><\/p>\n

TUI Cruises Mein Schiff 4<\/b><\/p>\n

The second new-build from German-based TUI Cruises, a joint venture with <\/i>Royal Caribbean<\/i><\/a>. The other ships in the TUI fleet were purchased from <\/i>Celebrity<\/i><\/a> and re-named, the first the former Galaxy (2009) and the second the Mercury (2011), becoming Mein Schiff 1 and 2, respectively. The first new-build was Mein Schiff 3, which arrived last year.<\/i><\/p>\n

Launch date:<\/b> June 6
\n\tCapacity:<\/b> 2,506
\n\tSister ships:<\/b> Mein Schiff 3
\n\tMaiden voyage:<\/b> Eight days, from Kiel (return) to the Baltics
\n\tHome port:<\/b> Kiel<\/a>
\n\tShips then in <\/b>TUI Cruises<\/b><\/a> fleet:<\/b> 4<\/p>\n

Interesting:<\/b> By the time TUI is finished, there will be five sisters, once Mein Schiff 8 arrives in 2019, all of them new-builds and probably all like the first one, Mein Schiff 3<\/a>. That means, like Mein Schiff 4<\/a>, they’ll be environmentally friendly, carry 2,506 passengers, and have 15 decks, 11 restaurants and 82 per cent of its cabins with balconies.<\/p>\n

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\"AIDA<\/a><\/p>\n

AIDAprima<\/b><\/p>\n

The artwork on the hull is probably the tip-off that this 18-year-old German-based line is designed for young, fun-loving, German-speaking and physically active cruisers. Like Norwegian, it’s ultra-casual in both its dress code and dining options, and the AIDAprima will be its largest ship, the first of two, the second due to arrive next year. As yet, No. 2 is unnamed but it will be AIDAsomething.<\/i><\/p>\n

Launch date:<\/b> October 1
\n\tCapacity:<\/b> 3,250
\n\tSister ships:<\/b> (Coming in 2016)
\n\tMaiden voyage:<\/b> In two stages, the first from Tokyo<\/a> to Dubai (49 days), the second from Dubai<\/a> to Hamburg (38 days)
\n\tHome port:<\/b> Hamburg<\/a>
\n\tShips then in <\/b>AIDA<\/b><\/a> fleet:<\/b> 11<\/p>\n

Interesting:<\/b> Built for Germany’s largest cruise line at Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, AIDAprima<\/a> will have 18 decks and 75 per cent of the rooms will come with balconies and one of its many activities is ice skating. With an opening voyage almost three months long, you can be sure the German cruise masters will have everything just right.<\/p>\n

Today at portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: <\/strong><\/em>Carnival's 12th FunShip 2.0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Norwegian Getaway<\/a>
\n\t7 nights
\n\tJanuary 31, 2015
\n\tMiami<\/a> (return): St. Maarten<\/a>, St. Thomas<\/a>, Nassau<\/a> 
\n\tInside: $499
\n\tCost per day: $71<\/strong>
\n\twww.ncl.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fourth in a series about new ships Ponant’s Le Lyrial If you’d like to know how the wealthy French cruise, this could be as close as it gets. The Ponant ships are like large yachts, with a crew-to-passenger ratio better than 2-to-1, with a promise that every guest will be pampered, entertained and enlightened, and… Continue reading New ships: Le Lyrial, Mein Schiff 4, AIDAprima<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,19,15],"tags":[687,1851,137,912,72,819,86,35,1852,151,126,722,26,1814,1853,27,189],"class_list":["post-22929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ships","category-stories","tag-aida-cruises","tag-aidaprima","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-mein-schiff-4","tag-new-cruise-ships","tag-norwegian","tag-norwegian-getaway","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ponant","tag-ponant-le-lyrial","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-tui-cruises","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}