AIDAmira
Costa neoRiviera entered dry dock at the San Giorgio del Porto shipyard in Genoa on 30 October 2019 for a $55 million transformation to integrate her into the AIDA fleet.[12] She departed the shipyard on 28 November 2019 and arrived in Palma de Mallorca on 29 November 2019 for her christening.[12] AIDAmira was officially christened by Franziska Knuppe on 30 November 2019 in Palma de Mallorca.[13]
AIDAmira was the fourth ship to be in AIDA's "AIDA Selection" program, along with AIDAaura, AIDAcara, and AIDAvita, utilizing the fleet's smaller ships to perform longer itineraries calling in exotic locales.[12][14] Her inaugural cruise was scheduled to leave on 4 December 2019 to Sète and Barcelona,[13] but was cancelled at the last minute due to continued renovations requiring her to stay in Palma de Mallorca until 4 December.[14] The ship left for her maiden season in South Africa, offering 14-day cruises from Cape Town.[12]
In March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, six passengers were quarantined on AIDAmira, after they had flown on a plane with another guest who had later tested positive for COVID-19. Ultimately, more than 1,700 passengers were held, pending their test results, while the ship was docked at Cape Town.[15] By 19 March, all tests returned negative, and passengers were allowed to disembark.[16] She was scheduled to return to the Mediterranean from May to September 2020, sailing within the Eastern Mediterranean region from Corfu,[13] but the pandemic caused AIDA to suspend its operations through the summer.[17]
After being laid up since 2020, AIDA Cruises sold the ship in January 2022 to Ambassador Cruise Line.[18][19]
