{"id":12358,"date":"2018-08-12T20:44:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T18:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=12358"},"modified":"2025-12-13T12:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T10:24:13","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=12358","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=12344\">Back to&nbsp;Ship<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>LOI<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Building started<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1\/12\/2000<\/td><td>Launch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Sea trial<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Second sea trial<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22\/6\/2001<\/td><td>Delivered to&nbsp;Festival Crociere, Genova, Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1\/7\/2001<\/td><td>Maiden voyage from Genova.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7\/2001<\/td><td>Used as accommodation ship on G8 meeting in Genova.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4\/2004<\/td><td>Sold by auction to MSC Crociere after Festival Crociere went bankrup<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4\/2004<\/td><td>New name MSC Armonia. Panama flag.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10-11\/2014<\/td><td>&nbsp;Lengthened and rebuild<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a0Summer 2025<\/td><td>Cruises on Eastern Mediterranean<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a024\/11\/2025<\/td><td>Transatlantic from Marghera to Rio de Janeiro.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a014\/12\/2025<\/td><td>Cruises from Rio de Janeiro.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a014\/3\/2026<\/td><td>Transatlantic from Rio de Janeiro to Marghera.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a05\/4\/2026<\/td><td>Cruises on Eastern Mediterranean from Marghera.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a027\/11\/2026<\/td><td>Cruises from Durban.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a01\/4\/2027<\/td><td>Cruise from Durban to Marghera.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a027\/4\/2027<\/td><td>Cruises on Eastern Mediterranean from Marghera.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to&nbsp;Ship &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; History &nbsp; LOI &nbsp; Building contract &nbsp; Building started &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Keel laid 1\/12\/2000 Launch &nbsp; Sea trial &nbsp; Second sea trial 22\/6\/2001 Delivered to&nbsp;Festival Crociere, Genova, Italy 1\/7\/2001 Maiden voyage from Genova. 7\/2001 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=12358\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":12344,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12358","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12358"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43876,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12358\/revisions\/43876"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}