2019 will be a record-breaking year in the history of the cruise industry: 24 ocean liners will be launched. This is almost 1.5 times more than the previous year in 2018. 10 billion dollars, more than 1.5 million tons of displacement and more than 40,000 new passengers. This dynamics once again shows how the cruise industry is growing and developing.
The largest new cruise ship of 2019 will be the Costa Smeralda, with a displacement of 183,000 tons and a passenger capacity of 5,224 people. Costa Smeralda will be launched at the Meyer shipyard in Turku (Finland) and will carry passengers on cruises around the Western Mediterranean.
MSC Grandiosa – a Meraviglia-plus class cruise ship – the second largest debutant liner, will enter service in November 2019.
Very remarkable fact: 12 of the 24 new ships in 2019 are expedition cruise ships. Interest in unusual cruises to remote corners of the planet is growing, and cruise lines are quickly responding to the growing demand.
Well, let’s take a closer look at the cruise world’s Class of 2019. We’ll just admire some, and we’ll “keep our eyes on” others and plan our future cruise. Moreover, cruises on all new ships of 2019 have been on sale for a long time! Those who like to be among the first guests on the ship should hurry up!
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TUI Cruises | 110,000 tons | 2,900 passengers
Viking Jupiter
Viking Cruises | 47,000 tons | 930 passengers
MSC Bellissima
MSC Cruises | 167,600 tons | 4,500 passengers
Costa Venezia
Costa Cruises | 135,500 tons | 4,232 passengers
World Explorer
Mystic Cruises | 9,300 tons | 200 passengers
Adventurer
Coral Expeditions | 5,500 tons | 120 passengers
Hanseatic Nature
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises | 16,100 tons | 230 passengers
Eclipse
Scenic Cruises | 16,500 tons | 228 passengers
Spectrum of the Seas
Royal Caribbean International | 167,000 tons | 4,200 passengers
Roald Amundsen
Hurtigruten | 20,000 tons | 530 passengers
Flora
Celebrity Cruises | 5,739 tons | 100 passengers
Greg Mortimer
SunStone Ships/Aurora Expeditions | 8,000 tons | 160 passengers
Hanseatic Inspiration
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises | 16,100 tons | 230 passengers
Costa Smeralda
Costa Cruises | 183,900 tons | 5,224 passengers
Sky Princess
Princess Cruises | 141,000 tons | 3,660 passengers
Encore
Norwegian Cruise Line | 164,600 tons | 4,200 passengers
Grandiosa
MSC Cruises | 177,100 tons | 4,888 passengers
Carnival Panorama
Carnival Cruise Line | 135,500 tons | 4,000 passengers
Magellan Explorer
Antarctica21 | 4,900 tons | 100 passengers
Flying Clipper
Star Clippers | 8,770 tons | 300 passengers
These are all the new items expected in 2019. Oh, and it’s going to be a fruitful year! All that remains is to wish the 2019 cruise graduates good weather and 7 feet under the keel, and you to find the cruise of your dreams this year!
