Probablemente hayas viajado en el MSC Sinfonía y MSC Armonía de MSC Cruceros. Y quizás desconozcas que antes de operar para la naviera italiana, formaron parte de otra compañía hace ya algunos años.

Festival Cruises

A principios de 1992 fue fundada la compañía Festival Cruises. Comenzó a operar en 1994 y contaba con 4 barcos de segunda mano. En 1999 adquirieron su primer crucero nuevo, el MS Mistral. Un buque de 216 metros de eslora  y 28.8 metros de manga. Y un tonelaje 48.800 GT. Este barco más tarde perteneció a Ibero Cruceros, con el nombre Grand Mistral. En 2013 pasó a formar parte de la flota de Costa Cruceros, bajo el nombre Costa Neoriviera. En 2019 fue transferido a AidaCruises, cambiando de nombre a AidaMira.

Llegaron los años 2000, y Festival Cruises anunciaba la fusión con otra compañía. Ese mismo año, el proyecto no se concretó, debido al bajo valor de las acciones de cruceros de ese momento.

Costa Neoriviera
El barco Costa Neoriviera

MSC Sinfonia y MSC Armonía de MSC Cruceros

Dos nuevos cruceros basados en la versión mejorada y mas alargada de la clase Mistral llegaban en 2001 y 2002: 

  • MS EUROPEAN VISION 
  • MS EUROPEAN STARS

Estos barcos tenían 251,25 metros de eslora y 28.8 metros de manga. Y un tonelaje 58.174 GT, superior al MS Mistral.

MSC Lirica y MSC Opera
Los barcos MSC Lirica y MSC Opera juntos

MSC Lirica y MSC Opera

Festival Cruises tenía la opción de encargar dos barcos más de la nueva versión de la clase Mistral. Sin embargo la compañía, no estaba atravesando sus mejores momentos y los rechazó. Finalmente esos dos barcos, fueron construidos para MSC Cruceros. Y en 2003 y 2004 el MSC Lírica y MSC Ópera fueron entregados.

MSC Armonía y MSC Sinfonía

En 2004, Festival Cruises se declara en quiebra y todos los barcos de la compañía se vendieron. MSC Cruceros compró 2 barcos:

  • El crucero “European Vision“, hoy conocido como el MSC Armonía.
  • Y el crucero “European Star” paso a ser el MSC Sinfonía que hoy conocemos.

Hoy en día siguen formando parte de la clase Lirica de la actual flota de MSC Cruceros.

Proyecto Renacimiento de la Clase Lirica

A finales de 2014, los 4 barcos de la clase LÍRICA de MSC Cruceros, se sometieron al proyecto llamado “Renacimiento”. Remodelaron por completo los 4 barcos y se le agrego un nuevo bloque.

antes y despues de alargamiento
Antes y después de alargamiento

De los 251 metros de eslora que tenían, se cortaron los 4 barcos al medio y se les adicionó una nueva sección de 24 metros de largo. Con esta extensión lograron agregar nuevas cabinas, nuevos salones y espacios dedicados al entretenimiento. Actualmente los 4 barcos tienen una eslora de 275 metros.

Curiosidades

Hoy en día el MSC LÍRICA y MSC OPERA, si bien con la renovación tienen la misma eslora, se distinguen de sus hermanos el MSC ARMONÍA y MSC SINFONÍA, por las chimeneas, por la distribución de los salones  y por la terminación de la popa. En el caso del Lírica y el Opera, la popa es mas redondeada.

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