Completed 1999 Depth 5 m Builder Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Length 216 m Beam 29 m | |
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Name 1999–2003 Mistral
2003–2013 Grand Mistral
2013– Costa neoRiviera Owner Carnival Corporation & plc Operator 1999–2003 Festival Cruises
2003–2013 Iberocruceros
2013 onwards Costa Crociere Port of registry France, Mata Utu
Marshall Islands , Majuro
Italy, Genova
Portugal, Madeira
Italy, Genova Identification Callsign IBDU
IMO number 9172777
MMSI number 247325300 | ||
Costa neoriviera minisuite
MS Costa neoRiviera is a cruise ship currently sailing for Costa Crociere and formerly operated by Ibero Cruises.
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History
In 1999 Festival Cruises delivered their first new build MS Mistral which was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique. Her maiden cruise started on 17 July 1999, from Venice to the Greek islands.
But following the collapse of Festival Cruises in 2004 most of its fleet was sold off including Mistral that was sold to Viajes Iberojet which was sometimes called Iberojet and the cruise line was owned by a company also named Iberojet. Mistral was renamed Grand Mistral. In 2007 Viajes Iberojet was sold to Carnival Corporation & plc and was renamed Ibero Cruises, the next year the Grand Mistral received the new Ibero Cruises livery and continued sailing for Ibero Cruises.
In 2013 Costa Crociere announced to transfer the Grand Mistral in late 2013, that meant that her 2013/2014 winter season had to be cancelled and passengers who booked on her future cruises were refunded.
Grand Mistral was retired from Ibero Cruises in November 2013. She was transferred to Costa Crociere and renamed to Costa neoRiviera, she was also given new voyages. Her itineraries will feature more overnight and unusual calls to ports, as a part of Costa's new project featuring their smaller ships. Costa Crociere invested 10 million euros into refurbishing Costa neoRiviera and into maintenance checkup of Costa neoClassica and Costa Voyager.
