{"id":23160,"date":"2015-01-28T01:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=23160"},"modified":"2015-01-28T01:00:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T09:00:44","slug":"wednesday-109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=23160","title":{"rendered":"Making Ships Bigger: Hull Of A Job"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s say you own a cruise line and the smallest ships in your fleet have become, in this age of giant cruise ships, just too small. So you’re faced with a competitive choice. You sell them and hope when the euros or dollars settle, there are enough of them to help finance four bigger ships.<\/p>\n

Or…<\/p>\n

You cut them in half and make them bigger!<\/p>\n

That’s what MSC Cruises<\/a> is doing with four Lirica Class<\/i> ships, the oldest and smallest on its fleet of 12. MSC already has four new ships on order but obviously felt the Lirica<\/em> sisters \"Sinfonia\"<\/a>— all built between 2001 and 2004 and all equipped to carry about 2,000 passengers — needed to be replaced…or enlarged.<\/p>\n

So, at the Fincantieri Shipyard<\/a> in Italy (the Armonia<\/a>, Sinfonia, Lirica<\/a> and Opera<\/a>) will be cut in half and have a new section inserted in the middle — balance is, after all, important — and then put back together. The new section increases capacity by 193 cabins and costs about $55 million per ship, all of which apparently makes economic sense.<\/p>\n

The process has already begun, with the Sinfonia<\/a>. These are two of the MSC photos and there are more, plus the video, at www.dailymail.co.uk., the London newspaper’s website, \"Sinfonia-1\"<\/a>along with a brief video about the process. This isn’t entirely new — you can find a YouTube<\/a> video of the same thing happening to the Norwegian<\/a> Crown, and there hash’t been a ship of that name for almost eight years.<\/p>\n

Even so, it’s a fascinating procedure. It takes 10 weeks, plus another couple for sea trials, so the “new” Sinfonia isn’t expected back in service until the end of March.<\/p>\n

It gives a whole new meaning to refurbishing a ship, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n

Today at portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: <\/strong><\/em><\/span>Change of mind about theme cruises<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Carnival Glory<\/a>
\n\t7 nights
\n\tJune 6, 2015
\n\tMiami<\/a> (return): Cozumel<\/a>, Belize<\/a>, Roatan<\/a>, Grand Cayman<\/a>
\n\tInside: $649
\n\tCost per day: $92<\/strong>
\n\twww.carnival.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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