The Costa Pacifica grew to become the primary cruise ship to observe the New 12 months’s Eve firework show in Santos, Brazil.
The Costa Cruises ship reached the city as a part of an eight-night cruise to Brazil.
Earlier than anchoring in Santos Bay for the 14-minute firework show, the Pacifica embarked company in Santos and Rio de Janeiro.
Along with its two homeports, the itinerary additionally included visits to Búzios, Angra dos Reis, Ilhabela, and Balneário Camboriú.
In keeping with Santos Mayor Rogério Santos, the operation highlights the city’s standing as a significant cruise hub.
“It’s an especially essential motion to advertise Santos not solely throughout New 12 months’s Eve however all through the season, in all seasons of the yr,” he stated.
Persevering with its deployment in South America, the Costa Pacifica is about to supply a collection of three- to seven-night cruises from Santos and Rio via late March.
Costa’s 2024-25 season within the area additionally contains the Costa Diadema and the Costa Favolosa, with itineraries departing from totally different homeports.
A standard vacation spot for cruise ships throughout New 12 months’s Eve, Rio de Janeiro obtained six ships to ring in 2025.
The lineup included two vessels from Costa Cruises, the Costa Favolosa and the Costa Deliziosa, in addition to 4 ships from MSC Cruises, together with the MSC Grandiosa, which is presently the most important vessel crusing in Brazil.
The 4,888-guest ship joined the MSC Seaview, the MSC Orchestra and the MSC Poesia for the 12-minute firework show.
In Portugal’s Madeira Island, 11 cruise ships gathered in Funchal for the port metropolis’s New 12 months’s Eve celebrations.
9 totally different corporations have been represented, together with AIDA, Cunard, Fred. Olsen, Hapag-Lloyd, Marella, Phoenix Reisen, Saga and TUI.
The biggest ship on the scene was the three,000-guest Queen Anne, which entered service for Cunard in April 2024.
