AIDA Cruises

The AIDA funnel follows a starboard photograph of Aidablue. Rosanoski notes that the apparent black top is actually the exhaust system and questions its treatment as part of the funnel design.

AIDA’s origins lay in Deutsche Seereederei and Völkerfreunschaft, entering cruising in the 1960s. Aida Cruises Ltd. was founded in 1999 and merged with Seetours International in November 2000. The notes describe acquisition by Princess in 2000, entry into Carnival in 2003, and transfer of executive control to Costa. Seetours became Aida Cruises—German Branch of Costa Crociere in November 2004; its subsequent change to the German branch of Societa di Crociere Mercurio is dated either 2007 or 26 March 2008.