Tourexpi
AIDAmar and AIDAdiva will make a total of 69 calls
this year from April 14 to November 4. This means that almost half of all
cruise calls in Warnemünde during the 2024 season will be made by AIDA ships.
AIDAmar in particular will be calling at Warnemünde regularly this year - a
total of 40 times during this year's cruise season. AIDA guests can set sail
for Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Poland or discover the Baltic and Scandinavian
countries on either 3- to 5-day or 7- to 12-day voyages. AIDAdiva makes 29 calls
during the season. AIDAdiva departs from Warnemünde on 7-day voyages to Norway,
but also to Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Finland and Estonia. In October, there is
a 4- and 5-day trip to Scandinavia. Special tours are the 12-day trips to the
Baltic States to Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland and Sweden. A special
highlight in 2024 that cruise fans should definitely make a note of: Both ships
will dock in Warnemünde at the same time a total of five times. This concerns
the calls on June 8, July 6, August 24, September 21 and October 31, 2024.
AIDA season highlights 2024 in Warnemünde
AIDA Cruises is also involved in several events in
Warnemünde in 2024: During the Hanse Sail (August 8-11), AIDAmar (August 9) and
AIDAdiva (August 10) will be on site. AIDA Cruises is a sponsor of the largest
maritime event in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, which attracts up to one million
visitors every year. At the Rostock Cruise Festival in September, which AIDA
also supports as a sponsor, both AIDA ships will even be on site at the same
time on September 21. Other events include the Rostock Chamber of Industry and
Commerce Fair on April 18, 2024, where prospective trainees can find out about
apprenticeships from around 90 companies in the region in the form of speed
dating on AIDAmar, and a children's concert will take place on AIDAmar on
October 17 as part of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival.
Shore power in Warnemünde
For AIDA Cruises, the use of shore power is an
important contribution to reducing the ships' local emissions. This is because
it allows the cruise ships' main engines to be switched off while they are
docked and the on-board systems to be supplied with energy from shore. Nine out
of eleven AIDA ships are currently shore power capable, including all ships in
the AIDA fleet that will be setting off on cruises to the North and Baltic Seas
from German ports this summer. For the port in Warnemünde, this means that
shore power is planned for all 69 calls by AIDAdiva and AIDAmar, even on the
dates when both ships are in port. The first double supply took place last
year: On April 16, 2023, AIDA Cruises celebrated a special premiere with the
double call of AIDAsol and AIDAmar in Rostock-Warnemünde, as both ships were
connected to the shore-side system in parallel for the first time. Germany is a
pioneer in Europe when it comes to the provision of shore-side power. Europe's
first shore-side power plant in Hamburg Altona has been in regular operation
since 2017. This was followed in 2021 by Kiel and Rostock-Warnemünde, whose
systems were also opened with an AIDA ship.
Cruise tip for the weekend: Big party to kick off
the season this weekend
The season opening on April 14, 2024 with AIDAmar
will be celebrated with a big party around the Rostock-Warnemünde cruise
terminal: Together with the traditional ship Santa Barbara Anna, a
three-master, AIDAmar will create a real seafaring atmosphere. The port party
on the central pier starts at 11 am. The festive highlight will be the
"cast off" of AIDAmar in the evening, accompanied by music, on its
way to Gotland and Stockholm.
Image
Credit: © AIDA Cruises
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