AIDA Cruises attracts families with a new program

AIDA Cruises, the German brand of Carnival Corporation, is expanding a range of cruises on board several ships with new sports and entertainment options for children and young people. The program will be shown in the upcoming Easter and Whitsun holidays as well as in the summer and autumn holiday periods.

Sports, dance lessons among the AIDA activities

German shipping company AIDA Cruises will introduce new sports programs, creative workshops, puppet shows, dance classes and other activities for vacationing families, beginning with cruises that depart during the Easter holiday week. Guest artists will be on board select ships to direct the special program.

New sporting events include soccer workshops with the Unique Freestylers, who will entertain with acrobatics and teach soccer tricks and moves to youth and adults. The group will be on board the Easter Week voyages of the 2,050 guests AIDAdiva from April 6th to 14th from Hamburg to Warnemünde and the 3,300 guests AIDAprimaCruise from April 8th to 15th round trip from Hamburg.

For small children, two ships offer a puppet show with the classics “Der kleine Rabe Socke” and “Das Sams”. The shows are performed on the 6,654 guests AIDAnova from May 13th to 20th, when the ship sails from Hamburg to Kiel, and the 6,654 guests AIDAcosma on a series of 7 day trips in July and August, return trips from Palma de Mallorca.

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Children and young people can learn cha-cha-cha, waltz, tango and salsa on board the 2,050 guests during dance lessons from professional dancers Renata and Valentin Lusin AIDAmar from August 14th to 24th cruise round trip from Warnemünde. And further AIDAdivas July 29 to August 5 Cruise, also round trip from Warnemünde, young dancers can take lessons from Patricija and Alexandru Ionel, the reigning world champions in show dance.

Other family activities on select ships include talent shows, football workshops, children’s musicals, cabarets and a special interactive show called Who Wants to be a Millionaire – Teens Edition.

Special rates, discounts for families

AIDA Cruises has special cruise prices and discounts for families traveling with children. Teenagers under 2 years of age travel for free and children between 2 and 15 years of age travel free of charge or at reduced rates in their parents’ cabin during certain seasons. Older children up to the age of 24 also receive a reduced fare if they share a parent’s cabin.

Children 15 and under in their own cabin are entitled to a 35% discount on the cruise fare, while children 16 to 24 years of age are entitled to a 25% discount. The cruise line has a variety of family-friendly cabins, including 3- and 4-bed cabins, as well as junior suites and suites. Some family cabins have connecting doors. The deluxe veranda cabin category can accommodate up to five people on some ships.

AIDA Cruises operates 12 ships, but the fleet will be reduced by one ship to 1,266 guests in September 2023 AIDAura, the smallest ship in the line, is retired from the fleet. Carnival Corporation announced in January 2023 that the ship, which was launched in 2003, would be retired. The ship was built for P&O Cruises before the line became a Carnival brand.

AIDAauras The last cruise goes back and forth from Bremerhaven on September 9, 2023. The 12-night cruise will visit six ports of call: the Isle of Portland, Falmouth and London in England, Saint-Malo and Rouen in France, and Antwerp, Belgium. AIDA cruises newest ship is AIDAcosmawhich entered service in 2022 and can accommodate 5,228 guests.