Costa Romantica
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Costa Romantica is a cruise ship
Cruise ship
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for Costa Cruises
Costa Cruises
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completed 1993 as a sister ship to Costa Classica
Costa Classica
Costa Classica is a cruise ship for Costa Cruises. She was built by Fincantieri Shipyards. In 2001 and 2005, she underwent major refurbishments. On board are two restaurants, 9 bars, 2 swimming pools, and 4 whirlpools.-MSC Poesia collision :...
and was refurbished in 2003. Her public rooms are decorated with rare woods, Carrara marble, and millions of dollars in original works of art. There is also a full luxury spa aboard. Her decks are named for well-known European cities: Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo
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, Madrid
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, Vienna
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, Verona
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, Paris
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, London
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, Copenhagen
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and Amsterdam
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. In November 2011, Costa Romantica will undergo a 90 million euro refurbishment. The ship will be totally refurbished. Two new half decks will be added as a part of the refurbishment. This will increase the gross tonnage of the ship from 53,000 to 56,000 tons. After the refurbishing, the ship is to be renamed Costa neoRomantica.
2009 engine room fire
On Wednesday, 25 February 2009, a small fire erupted in the engines and one of the electric generators of Costa Romantica off the coast of UruguayUruguay
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, about 10 km from the city of Punta del Este
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. After the incident, the ship was stalled for more than 24 hours and for a long period there was no electricity or running water, the worst consequence of this was the clogging of most of the ships toilets. The ship was partially repaired and was able to sail to approximately 1 km from the coast where she was then evacuated by landing ships.