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''Costa Fascinosa'' is a ''Concordia''-class cruise ship that was ordered in October 2007 for Costa Crociere. Based on the ''Concordia'' class design, ''Costa Fascinosa'' was constructed by Fincantieris Marghera shipyard in Venice. Part of a five-ship expansion of the Costa Crociere fleet, the vessel entered service on 6 May 2012. She was Costa Crociere's flagship until the ''Costa Diadema'' entered service. ==Design and construction== ''Costa Fascinosa'' and sister ship ''Costa Favolosa'' were ordered in October 2007 as part of a 2.4 billion euro expansion of the Costa Crociere fleet, with five ships entering service between 2009 and 2012 to increase the company's passenger capacity by 50%.〔 ''Costa Fascinosa'' cost 510 million euro to build.〔 The names of the two ships were selected via competition.〔 The first phase saw 16,000 pairs of names submitted by travel agents and their customers from around the world, after being asked to suggest names that .〔 These names were to evoke the idea that the ships were "magical" and "glamorous" places.〔 25 name pairs were shortlisted and placed on the company's website, where over 42,000 visitors voted on their favourite.〔 ''Favolosa'' (Italian for "fabulous") and ''Fascinosa'' ("fascinating" or "glamorous") were selected as the winning name pair.〔 The vessel is based on the ''Concordia'' class design already in service with Costa Crociere.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Company profile )〕 Upon completion, the vessel measured 114,500 gross tons.〔 She carries up to 3,780 passengers in 1,506 cabins; six more than previous ''Concordia'' class ships.〔 ''Costa Fascinosa'' is the sixteenth ship in service with Costa Crociere.〔 She was laid down on 3 September 2010〔 and was delivered to Costa Cruises on 5 May 2012.〔http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/7211-costa-fascinosa-delivered-to-costa-cruises-today-in-venice-italy-.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Costa Fascinosa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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