Blue Dream Melody
Blue Dream Melody (with the image of AIDA Cruises) at Pier 26 in Port of Tallinn (January 2024) | |
| History | |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Aker MTW, Wismar, Germany |
| Cost | $350 million |
| Yard number | 3 |
| Laid down | 21 November 2000 |
| Launched | 15 November 2001 |
| Completed | 30 April 2002 |
| In service | 2002–present |
| Out of service | 2020 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In Service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 202.85 m (665 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 35.5 m (116 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
| Decks | 10 |
| Installed power | 18,800 kW (25,200 hp) |
| Propulsion | 2 × diesel-electric motors |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,266 passengers |
| Crew | 426 |
AIDAvita is a cruise ship, built by Aker MTW at Wismar, Germany in 2002 and was operated by AIDA Cruises until the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022 she was sold to Turkish buyers and renamed Avitak, remaining laid up, and resold in 2024 for operation by Chinese line, Blue Dream International Cruise.