Corona canceled: Costa Pacifica 7 Night Western Mediterranean April 2020 Cruise
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Yes, our next cruise should have been on another, rather old, Costa ship, the Costa Pacifica. Again we were very excited about this experience and were very much looking forward to it. Unfortunately, the Coronavirus and the insecurity about future developments made us postpone the cruise to another date and another route (Costa Fascinosa summer 2020 from Copenhague).
First time here on cruisetools.org I wanted to share my experiences from every day of the cruise and add photos after coming back home. I hoped I could share in detail our experiences on the ship and ashore day by day from this cruise.
With this first post here I wanted to share some general information about the trip, the ship and some more. Later on, after the cruise, I wanted to give a day-to-day post series.
As I have put together everything already and think it might be interesting for someone doing the cruise in the summertime I decided to post this information nevertheless.
The Costa Pacifica
Well, the ship is not the latest that has been built (Costa Pacifica was christened 2009). It is a ship of the Concordia class. Yep, I bet “Concordia” tells you something. However, we have been on other Concordia class ships like Costa Fascinosa and Costa Favolosa and always liked the venue. They are quite uncomplicated, clearly structured ships. On deck 5 in the middle you can easily cross the ship, on deck 3 is the big atrium with like entrance bar and guest reception. And on deck 11 you have the food and sundecks and also can walk the ship from front to back.
The passenger capacity of the Costa Pacifica is 3780 and it’s got a length of 290 meters (952 ft). The ship’s motto is “The sea in music”.
The itinerary (“7 Night Western Mediterranean”)
Day 1: Barcelona (Spain)
Day 2: Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
Day 3: Cruising
Day 4: Valletta (Malta)
Day 5: Catania (Italy, Sicily)
Day 6: Civitavecchia/Rome (Italy)
Day 7: Genoa (Italy)
Day 8: Barcelona (Spain)
The ship circles in the Western Mediterranean about 30 times from March to November 2020 doing every week the same itinerary (well, provided Corona is dead until then). Crazy in a way, isn’t it?
In November 2020, the ship will leave the Mediterranean behind and cross the Atlantic on a 20-night transoceanic westbound cruise from Rome to Buenos Aires on November 12, 2020.
The time of our Costa Pacifica cruise
We wanted to cruise in April and therefore expected to experience quit beautiful pre-summer weather in the Mediterranean. At the hottest point of our cruise, Catania, the temperature should have been around 20 – 25 degrees Celsius. The coldest port would have been Genoa with around 17 – 20 degrees Celsius. This all goes only sunny weather provided, naturally. If the weather is rainy it will be much colder.
The cities
Barcelona: I like this versatile Spanish city because there is so much for everyone. You have the sea to bath, some great architecture (think Gaudí!), green parks, famous shopping street (Las Ramblas) and so on.
Transfer from the airport to the city center is also possible in many ways. With children, we prefer to take a taxi, but in earlier years we have also taken the bus that goes easily right into the center of Barcelona.
Palma de Mallorca: This is a really bright city on the Mallorca island. There is a big yacht harbor to start and you can continue in the inner city and just stroll around.
Valletta: This is a very old city full of history. From a cruiser’s perspective, the best is the absolutely spectacular view when entering into the port. It is one of the 10 most beautiful ports to arrive with a cruise ship.
Catania: I have stopped there once with a cruise ship but did not leave the ship. So this time I am really looking forward to discovering the city.
Civitavecchia: It’s like the entrance to Rome for all the cruise ships. We have stopped there many times and also seen Rome intensely before. So this time we will stroll around Civitavecchia and have a look there.
Genoa: We have been there briefly for the start and end of one of our former cruises, however, we have not seen the city. So this time we will.
So, unfortunately, I can’t tell you more about this cruise. However, I strongly hope that I will be able to tell you in a later post about our northern Europe cruise in summer 2020 here on Cruisetools.org.
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