{{Short description|Cruise ship built in 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Update|inaccurate=yes|date=December 2012}} {{Infobox ship | display_title = ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Aidasol Trondheim 001.jpg | image_caption = ''AIDAsol'' at anchor in Trondheim. }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = ''AIDAsol''<ref name=CBR>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cruisebusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=772:aida-cruises-names-newbuilding-number-eight-aidasol&catid=43:latest-news-catecory&Itemid=115 |title=AIDA Cruises names newbuilding eight AIDAsol |accessdate=23 March 2010 |work=Cruise Business Review |publisher=Cruise Media Oy Ltd |date=9 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212327/http://www.cruisebusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=772%3Aaida-cruises-names-newbuilding-number-eight-aidasol&catid=43%3Alatest-news-catecory&Itemid=115 |archivedate=8 July 2011 }}</ref> | country = Italy | flag = {{shipboxflag|Italy|civil}} | owner = *2011-2023: Costa Crociere *2023–present Carnival Corporation & plc | operator = AIDA Cruises<ref name="Meyer Werft"/> | registry = Genoa, {{flag|Italy|civil}} | route = | ordered = | builder = Meyer Werft<ref name="Meyer Werft"/> | original_cost = | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down = | launched = 27 February 2011 | completed = Early 2011 | christened = | acquired = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = 2011–present | out_of_service = | identification = *Call sign: ICPE *{{IMO Number|9490040}} *{{MMSI|247302900}} | fate = | status = In service | notes = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = Sphinx series cruise ship | tonnage = {{GT|71,304}}<ref name=GL>{{DNV|name=AIDAsol|accessdate=19 December 2017|id=G114575}}</ref> | displacement = | length = {{convert|253.33|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="GL" /> | beam = *{{convert|32.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} <small>(waterline)</small> *{{convert|37.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} <small>(max)</small><ref name="GL" /> | height = {{cvt|61|m|ftin}} | draught = {{convert|7.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="GL" /> | depth = {{convert|9.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="GL" /> | decks = | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | power = 4 × Cat MaK 9M43C<ref name="GL" /> | propulsion = | speed = | capacity = 2,192 passengers | crew = | notes = }} }}
'''''AIDAsol''''' is a Sphinx-class cruise ship, built at Meyer Werft for AIDA Cruises.<ref name="Meyer Werft"/> She is the fifth Sphinx series ship, preceded by sisters {{ship||AIDAdiva}}, {{ship||AIDAbella}}, {{ship||AIDAluna}}, and {{ship||AIDAblu}}, and followed by {{ship||AIDAmar}} and {{ship||AIDAstella}}. ''AIDAsol'' was delivered in March 2010.<ref name="Meyer Werft"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.meyerwerft.de/en/meyerwerft_de/schiffe/kreuzfahrtschiffe/aida_cruises/aidasol/aidasol.jsp|title = AIDAsol | Cruise Ship | Built by MEYER WERFT with shore power connection}}</ref><ref name=SeaScanner>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seascanner.com/schiff.php?schiff=AIDA+sol |title=M/S AIDAsol |accessdate=23 March 2010 |work=SeaScanner | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100428115121/http://www.seascanner.com/schiff.php?schiff=AIDA+sol| archivedate= 28 April 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> She was christened on 9 April 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cruise-addicts.com/forums/content/aidasol-now-hands-aida-cruises-186/ |title=AIDAsol now in the hands of AIDA Cruises |accessdate=2011-04-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004144343/http://www.cruise-addicts.com/forums/content/aidasol-now-hands-aida-cruises-186/ |archivedate=4 October 2011 }}</ref>
==Concept and construction== ''AIDAsol'' was ordered on 13 December 2007, together with her unnamed sister, at Meyer Werft by Carnival Corporation & plc, the parent company of AIDA.<ref name="Meyer">[http://redaktion.meyer-neptun.de/exfiles/8/aida%20ships%20%28final%291.pdf CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC ORDERS TWO NEW 71,000-TON CRUISE SHIPS FOR AIDA CRUISES BRAND; INCREASES CAPACITY OF A PREVIOUSLY ORDERED VESSEL]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (PDF). ''Meyerwerft website''. 13 December 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2010</ref> It also marked the decision to increase the tonnage and capacity of the then under construction ''AIDAblu'', to 71,000 GT and 2,174 passengers, which makes ''AIDAsol'' and ''AIDAmar'' her twin sisters in the Sphinx class.<ref name="Meyer"/> The naming ceremony was on 9 April 2011 in Kiel, Germany.<ref name="Meyer Werft"/><ref name="Cruise Industry News">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/3712-22410-aidas-eight-ships-calling-at-160-ports-in-20112012.html |title=AIDA's eight ships calling at 160 ports in 2011/2012 |date=24 February 2010|accessdate=23 March 2010 |work=Cruise Industry News| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100305055140/http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/3712-22410-aidas-eight-ships-calling-at-160-ports-in-20112012.html| archivedate= 5 March 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="AIDA">{{Cite web|url=http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=BVNav&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aida.de%2Fkreuzfahrt%2Freisen-mit-aida%2Fschiffe%2Faidasol.21604.html |language=German| title=Sonnige Aussichten – AIDAsol ist jüngster Flottenzuwachs |accessdate=31 March 2010 |work=AIDA Cruises }}</ref>
''AIDAsol'' is similarly designed from her latest predecessor, ''AIDAblu''. Facilities included are an additional deck, an onboard brewery and a 2,300-m<sup>2</sup> spa facility. ''AIDAsol'' is 252 meters in length and 32 meters wide.<ref name="Meyer Werft">{{Cite web|url=http://www.meyer-werft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=1&subs=0&did=1727|title=AIDAsol|accessdate=23 March 2010|work=Meyerwerft website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719061228/http://www.meyer-werft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=1&subs=0&did=1727|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719061524/http://www.meyer-werft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=2&subs=0&did=826 Shipyard webcam] * [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reisenews-online.de%2F2010%2F02%2F24%2Faidasol-erfahrt-ihre-taufe-in-kiel%2F "Aidasol undergoes its baptism in Kiel" – Reise News] * [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thb.info%2Fsearch%2Fnews%2Farticle%2F219%2Fbordeigene-brauereien.html "In-vehicle Breweries" – THB] * [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shz.de%2Fnachrichten%2Flokales%2Fholsteinischer-courier%2Fartikeldetails%2Farticle%2F807%2Fein-kussmund-wird-in-kiel-getauft.html "A Pout is baptized in Kiel" – SHZ] * [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abendblatt.de%2Freise%2Farticle1397656%2FAida-Kreuzfahrer-nehmen-Kurs-auf-das-Schwarze-und-das-Rote-Meer.html "Aida Crusaders set sail for the Black and the Red Sea" – Hamburger Abendblatt]
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