Costa Luminosa
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Costa Luminosa entering Fremantle Harbour, Australia
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| History | |
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| Name: | Costa Luminosa |
| Owner: | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator: | Costa Crociere |
| Port of registry: |
 Italy, Genoa
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| Ordered: | 12 June 2006 |
| Builder: | Fincantieri, Marghera, Italy |
| Cost: | €450 Million |
| Yard number: | 6155 |
| Laid down: | 10 October 2007 |
| Launched: | 30 June 2008 |
| Christened: | 5 June 2009 |
| In service: | 5 May 2009 |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | In service |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hybrid design based on the Vista and Spirit class cruise ships |
| Tonnage: | |
| Length: | 294 m (965 ft) |
| Beam: | 32.3 m (106 ft) |
| Decks: | 12 |
| Speed: | 22.6 knots (41.9 km/h; 26.0 mph) |
| Capacity: | 2,260 passengers |
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MS Costa Luminosa is a cruise ship, owned and operated by Costa Crociere. Costa Luminosa entered service on May 5, 2009. The ship's design is a hybrid, taking the best elements of Spirit-class and Vista-class cruise ships. A sister ship, Costa Deliziosa, was launched in February 2010 and is based on the same design. Costa Luminosa departed Civitavecchia, Italy on June 3, 2009, on her 13-night maiden voyage, with ports of call in Savona, St. Tropez, Barcelona, Lisbon, Le Havre and Amsterdam.
Costa Luminosa is the thirteenth ship of Costa Crociere, part of their five-ship expansion program, which include Costa Pacifica, Costa Deliziosa, Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa. Costa Luminosa and her sister ship, Costa Deliziosa, was ordered in the Fincantieri Marghera shipyard on 12 June 2006. The two ships have a gross tonnage of 92,700 and are 292 metres (958.01 ft) long. The keel of Costa Luminosa was laid on 10 October 2007 in the Fincantieri Marghera shipyard in Venice. She floated out of drydock on 30 June 2008 and completed her sea trials on 30 March 2009. At a period of 18 months, the ship was handed over to Costa Cruises on 1 May 2009.
Costa Luminosa and Costa Deliziosa pioneered in the introduction of a new vessel design, which is a Hybrid; taking the best design elements of Spirit-class and Vista-class cruise ships.
The christenings of Costa Luminosa, and the Concordia-class Costa Pacifica were held in Genoa on June 5, 2009. It was the first time that two ships were simultaneously christened, not only for Costa but also in the world. With this, the dual christening ceremony set a Guinness World record in the category, "Most ships inaugurated in one day by one company". The two ships also launched simultaneously in their shipyard on 5 June 2008; Costa Luminosa in Marghera and Costa Pacifica in Sestri Ponente.
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