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LOI
Building contract
Building started
11/9/1995Keel laid
16/2/1996Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
4/6/1996Delivered to Deutsche Seereederei Touristik, Rostock, Germany
7/6/1996Name giving caremony at Warnemünde.
11/6/1996Cruises summer seasons in Mediterranean . Winter seasns cruising in Caribbean.
8/1999Sold to Deutsche Seereederei, Germany. (Arkona )
9/1999AIDA cruises service
2000Liberia flag.
12/2001New name AIDAcara.
4/2002UK flag, homeport London.
4/2005Rebuild in Rostock
9/2011Cruises from Kiel to Baltic sea
28/10/2011Transatlantic cruise
11/11/2011Cruises in South America
2/3/2021Transatlantic cruise
31/3/2012Cruises from Kiel to Baltic sea
13/10/2012Transatlantic cruise
9/11/2012Cruises in South America
21/12/2012Transatlantic cruise
4/1/2013Cruises in Canary Islands
13/4/2013Cruises from Kiel to Baltic sea, Spitsbergen and British Isles
20/10/2013Transatlantic cruise
16/11/2013Cruises in South America
8/3/2014Transatlantic cruise
5/4/2014Cruises from Kiel to Baltic sea, Northern Europe and Spitsbergen
3/11/2014Cruises in Canary Islands
4/4/2015Cruises from Kiel to Baltic sea, Northern Europe and Norwegian fjords.
2/11/2015Cruises in Canary Islands
18/4/2016Western Mediterranean cruises
11/6/2016Cruises in Canary Islands
11/2/2017Norwegian fjords from Hamburg
Laid up at Tallinn
10/8/2021Sold to Mester Commerical Ltd. Panama. New name Astoria Grande.
2023Operated by Miray Cruises.