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Hello ski ww, This is not how things work at HAL or any other Cruise line that values Safety. There is a concept called Just Culture, where one is not punished for mistakes that are not due to wilful disregard of procedures. ( google has some good websites explaining the concept, which originated in Aviation, like many Safety concepts onboard by the way). This promotes an open Safety culture where one is not afraid to come clear about errors made, where it is realised that most errors are the result of a wider failure in many departments, and focusing on ‘what went wrong, and how to avoid it in the future” rather than who did this and how can we put the blame on him. It is vital for a Safe Operation of your Cruise ( or flight). kind regards A Belgian Captain.

The Peseta 🥳

The pandemic is in the past, Covid is now classed as just another respiratory disease and as such, no cruise line or airline will enforce restrictions again ( thank God). You are obviously free to take your own precautions as you see fit. kind regards Capt. Tino

I think that Meyer potentially wants indeed more Excellence-class orders ( sorry, Helios class is a subclass of the Excellence class and is used to identify the Aida vessels), maybe with some minor changes or slight increase in tonnage. the Fincantieri design shobe completely new.

Hahahaha, you Americans are such Prudes 😂🤣

For the Mainstream mass market cruiselines, the target is to have the ship itself as the main destination, and visited ports as a mere “additional attraction “. Keeping guests onboard increases the revenue obviously. My info is telling me that at least 2 ships will go to Carnival, one to Aida and another undecided. There is also the probability of additional vessels. Also Meyer Shipbuilding is hoping for extra orders for the Helios Class ships ( Mardi Gras and her sisters along the Carnival corp. brands).

I expect to see at least one vessel going to Aida Cruises though. Their two sister vessels ( AidaNova and AidaCosma ) of the Carnival Jubilee are always full and Aida is one of the bettter performers within the group. Same for P&O actually.

I don’t see Princess needing such a large vessel though…

The Chinese market vessels will be built in China .

https://www.shippingitaly.it/2024/01/12/carnival-si-appresta-a-ordinare-a-fincantieri-navi-da-208-000-gt-e-quasi-10-000-persone/

A first of a new class of ships has been ordered with Fincantieri last week by Carnival corp. Measuring 208.000 tons, she will be the largest vessel of the whole Carnival group. It is currently not known with whom she will sail, but it is expected that it will be Carnival Cruises.

Also take into account that gratuities are included with Aida as are soft drinks, house wine and beer during meals in the buffet restaurants. One great thing about Aida are their fabulous sauna areas. The smaller Sfinx-class vessels indeed have daily changing buffets in all buffet restaurants, as they lack the included a-la-carte options ( except Almhutte/Brauhaus)

Quick clarification regarding the buffets: the buffet selection during dinner is completely different in each Buffet restaurant, but each individual buffet does not change their choices each day. So each day, the choice will be the same , more or less. Exemption is the Yacht Club Buffet, which has themed evenings. Regarding Breakfast: choices are vast really , but do bear in mind that Germans normally have a cold breakfast with the typical charcuterie (choices are way more than on American vessels)and breads. you can always opt to have a sit-down breakfast in French Kiss, with nice choices and great presentation. In General, Aida is not a step-up from MSC or Costa. Where did you get that idea? It is a different concept, but also mass-market and especially kids friendly.

I have seen plenty of guests ordering the whole lot, and having one bite of each plate, or just for bloody “Instagram” or “Tiktok”. For me, such people can walk the plank in a Tiger shark infested ocean.

Actually, a chocolate fondant should taste a bit “ bitter” and most certainly not too sugary as it is always made with dark fondant chocolate!