Royal Caribbean’s Quantum Extremely class ship, Odyssey of the Seas, visited the Cagliari Cruise Port for the primary time on August 29, 2022, on a sail embarking from Rome (Civitavecchia) on August 21.
This similar day, two extra massive cruise ships accompanied Odyssey of the Seas on the Cagliari Port, Costa Firenze and AIDAstella, making a triple name that caused 8,000 guests to Sardinia’s capital.
Odyssey of the Seas’ First Name in Cagliari
Odyssey of the Seas, made its first name on the Cagliari Cruise Port, docking on the Rinascita pier, with nearly 3,700 passengers on board, exploring southern Sardinia.
As one of many largest seaports within the Mediterranean Sea basin, Cagliari Cruise Port is the primary cruise port in Sardinia, situated within the island’s capital.
On August 21, Royal Caribbean’s Odyssey of the Seas departed from Rome (Civitavecchia) and visited locations comparable to Santorini, Mykonos, Bodrum, Messina, Naples, and Cagliari (Sardinia’s capital). This 16-deck 2021-built ship now holds the place as the biggest cruise ship to ever berth within the port of Cagliari.
Normal Supervisor of Cagliari Cruise Port, Raffaella Del Prete acknowledged, “We’re happy to have welcomed the Maiden Name of Odyssey of the Seas, which marks the return of Royal Caribbean to the Sardinian port.”
“This 12 months round 120 calls and 170,000 passengers are anticipated in Cagliari, and the numbers for 2023 converse of additional progress, with a number of days of co-presence of extra ships. It’s due to this fact essential to proceed to collaborate in synergy with the territory and the establishments, to ensure vacationers and the area people the very best expertise,” Prete added.
In commemoration of the Royal Caribbean cruise ship’s first time in Cagliari, a crest trade ceremony befell with particular visitors such because the Normal Supervisor of Cagliari Cruise Port, the President of the Port Community Authority of Sardinian Sea, the Advertising and marketing Supervisor of the Port Community Authority of Sardinian Sea, and the Tourism Councilor of the Municipality of Cagliari.
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With a visitor capability of 5,510, Odyssey of the Seas is part of the Royal Caribbean Group which controls nearly 26% of the worldwide cruise market with 42 ships, encompassing 5 completely different manufacturers.
Primarily working within the Caribbean out of Port Everglades in Florida, it’s the second Quantum Extremely-class cruise ship and the final of the category operated by the cruise line. The 167,704 gross-ton ship was delivered to Royal Caribbean on March 31, 2021,
Three Massive Cruise Ships Name Cagliari on the Identical Time
On this similar day, August 29, 2022, two extra massive cruise ships accompanied Odyssey of the Seas, Costa Firenze and AIDAstella, on the Cagliari Cruise Port.
This triple name caused 8,000 guests to Cagliari, marking a restoration for the cruise business in Sardinia after the closure as a result of pandemic.
With a rise in ships visiting Cagliari, the Sardinian port has grown in recognition, and this occasion highlights the synergy between Cagliari Cruise Port, Port Authority, and Municipality.
Alessandro Sorgia, Tourism Councilor of the Municipality of Cagliari acknowledged, “The arrival in Cagliari of those 3 massive cruise ships reveals the essential significance of the nice teamwork carried out incessantly in recent times, even throughout the lockdown, by the municipal administration represented by me, Cagliari Cruise Port and the Port Community Authority of Sardinian Sea.”
“At this time’s date collects and exhibits the fruits of this collaboration, additionally demonstrating how a lot cruise tourism additionally represents a superb car to advertise our stunning metropolis,” he added.
The Rinascita pier hosted Costa Group’s Costa Firenze and is now on its twenty-first name as the first consumer of the Sardinian port each Monday, and the Sabaudo pier welcomed AIDA Cruises’ AIDAstella for the third time.
Raffaella Del Prete, Normal Supervisor of Cagliari Cruise Port added, “Three massive ships in port are a good looking image and symbolize a problem, gained due to our expertise, to the companies supplied to Cruise Strains and visitors and to the extraordinary collaboration with the whole native maritime cluster, from pilots, moorers, tugs, to tour operators and port brokers, with the important exercise of the Harbor Grasp and the Port Authority.”
In 2016, Cagliari Cruise Port grew to become a part of International Ports Holding (GPH), the world’s largest cruise port operator, working 26 cruise ports in 14 nations as an built-in community of cruise ports serving cruise ships, ferries, and yachts.
