Inspired by music, the new Costa Pacifica – designed by renowned ship architect, Joe Farcus – will feature some of the line’s “Greatest Hits” both in music and product. For the first time on a cruise ship, guests will be able to enjoy a complete musical experience that is unique and matchless – not only will music provide the inspiration for the interior design and works of art on the new flagship, but it will also be heard, read and “experienced” throughout the liner. Guests will be accompanied on this exclusive musical journey by a soundtrack consisting of pieces specially arranged for Costa Cruises.
The central theme will be reflected in décor throughout the ship, including the main atrium, which will be decorated with musical symbols and instruments. The ship’s theatre will boast perfect acoustics and become the ideal venue for guests to enjoy the purity of sound, immersed in a unique atmosphere, and enhanced by the warm colors, Baroque design and adorned with a stunning Murano glass chandelier.
The Costa Pacifica will also feature the revolutionary Samsara Spa – one of the largest spas at sea, complete with accommodations that offer direct access to the wellness center as well as exclusive amenities. Costa was the first cruise line to introduce this innovative spa concept when launching the Costa Concordia in 2006. Elements of the spa’s invigorating treatments and stunning design are inspired by the meaning of “Samsara,” which is associated with the path to spiritual enlightenment, bliss and balancing of life energies. A full menu of treatments based on Ayurvedic principles, a state-of-the-art fitness center, and a specialty restaurant are just some of the spa’s innovative features.
The ship will also feature two pool areas on board, one expanding over two decks midship and another aft, both with retractable glass magrodomes. Guests may enjoy “dive in” movies with a giant movie screen in the central pool area featuring special technology that can be used for daytime projection of video clips as well as evening film screenings. The Costa Pacifica will also feature a Grand Prix race car driving simulator—the most accurate representation of Formula One driving available.
An à la carte restaurant, Club Blue Moon, offers anelegant and sophisticated setting for which guests may enjoy exceptional culinary occasions. Menus will be created by Ettore Bocchia, Costa Cruises’ Corporate Chef and Executive Chef at the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio, Lake Como. Bocchia, a Michelin-Star restaurateur since 2005, is the founder of Italian molecular cuisine.
Throughout the 2009 summer season, the Costa Pacifica will offer seven-night Western Mediterranean voyages calling on the port of Rome (Civitavecchia), Savona (Italy), Marseille (France), Barcelona (Spain), Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Tunis (Tunisia), Malta and Palermo (Sicily.) The maiden cruise will depart from the Savona on June 6, 2009, with a special two-day stopover in Palma de Mallorca. Guests on the maiden cruise who embark in Genoa on June 5 (limited number of cabins available) will be able to witness the Costa Pacifica’schristening ceremony, which will take place that day, together with the naming of the Costa Luminosa.
Costa Pacifica – Facts & Figures
Cabins: Total of 1,504 cabins, including 91 Samsara, 521 veranda cabins, 58 suites with private balconies and 12 Samsara suites.
Restaurants: Five, including the private à la carte “Club Blue Moon,” and the Ristorante Samsara for Samara spa guests.
Bars: 13, including the Cognac & Cigar Bar, the Coffee & Chocolate Bar and the Bar Sport
Swimming Pools: Four, two of which feature a retractable magrodome and one with a slide
WellnessCenter: Samsara Spa on two levels (over 6,000 m²) with gym, spa baths, thalassotherapy pool, treatment rooms, sauna, Turkish bath, UVA solarium, cabins and suites.
Entertainment:
Theater on three levels
Casino
Disco
Dance club and Piano Bar
Internet Point
Library
Shopping Center
Kids’ and teens’ areas: Mondovirtuale (videogames area), Squok Club (for children) with children’s pool
Grand Prix Race Car Driving Simulator
Large Screen on Central Pool Deck
Costa Pacifica, 114,500 dwt with a capacity of 3,780 guests, will be the ship of music. For the first time ever, cruise ship passengers will enjoy a complete, unique and once-in-a-lifetime musical experience. Music will be the inspiration for the interior design and works of art, but will also be “experienced” in each area of the ship. During this prestigious musical voyage, guests will be accompanied by a brand new sound track, created exclusively for Costa Cruises, consisting of 29 songs by the maestro Mauro Pagani, including eight original pieces composed specifically for the Costa Pacifica. Each area on the ship will be distinctly identified by one of these songs, inspired by the name of that area. Costa’s new flagship will also be the world’s first ship with a real recording studio fitted out with all the most sophisticated equipment, where guests can sing their favourite song with a musical base and record a CD as a cruise memento. On board the Costa Pacifica, guests will be treated to the best of the latest innovations in the Costa fleet: the Samsara spa wellness area, one of the biggest ever on board a ship (extending over more than 6,000 m²), including the wellness centre, cabins with convenient direct access to the area and a special restaurant; a real GP race car simulator; a central swimming pool area, extending over two decks, with a retractable glass roof and a giant 18 m² screen.
During the summer season 2009, she will offer seven-day cruises in the western Mediterranean, while in winter 2009-2010 she will sail cruises to Egypt and Israel. On board the Costa Pacifica, even the cuisine will play an outstanding role. One of her five restaurants, the Club restaurant, has an “open” kitchen directed by Ettore Bocchia, Michelin star and Executive Chef of the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio. The Costa Pacifica will also offer a special selection of Aneri Amarone from 2003: each of the 133 bottles (750 ml), numbered and identified by a personalised label with the name of the ship, will include a product quality certificate.
Costa Cruises took delivery of its fourteenth ship, the Costa Pacifica. Ship builder Fincantieri delivered the ship at the Genova-Sestri Ponente ship yard.
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