{{Short description|Cruise ship built in 2002}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox ship | display_title = ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Blue Dream Melody at Pier 26 in Port of Tallinn 19 January 2024.jpg | image_caption = Blue Dream Melody (with the image of AIDA Cruises) at Pier 26 in Port of Tallinn (January 2024) }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | country = | flag = | name = *2002–2023: ''AIDAvita'' *2023–2024: ''Avitak'' *2024: Blue Dream Melody | namesake = | owner = *2002–2022: Costa Crociere *2023–2024: Beta Marine Ltd. *2024: Blue Dream Cruises | operator = *2002–2022: AIDA Cruises *2024: Blue Dream Cruises | registry = *2002–2004: London, {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} *2004–2023: Genoa, {{flag|Italy|civil}} *2023: Madeira, {{flag|Portugal}} *2023–present: Monrovia, {{flag|Liberia}}<ref name="dnv" /> | route = | ordered = | awarded = | builder = Aker MTW, Wismar, {{GER}}<ref name="Ward">{{cite book|title=Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships |url=https://archive.org/details/berlitz2006compl00doug|url-access=registration |last=Ward |first=Douglas|year=2005|publisher=Berlitz|location=Singapore|isbn=978-9812467393}}</ref> | original_cost = $350 million<ref name="Ward"/> | yard_number = 3<ref name="dnv" /> | way_number = | laid_down = 21 November 2000<ref name="dnv" /> | launched = 15 November 2001<ref name="dnv" /> | sponsor = | christened = | completed = 30 April 2002<ref name="dnv" /> | acquired = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = 2002–present<ref name="Ward"/> | out_of_service = 2020 | renamed = | reclassified = | refit = | homeport = | identification = *Call sign: 5LKV2 *{{IMO Number|9221554}} *{{MMSI|636022869}} *{{ship register|DNV|G94690}} | status = In Service | fate = | notes = | badge = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = | type = Cruise ship | tonnage = *{{GT|42,289}}<ref name="dnv">{{csr|register=DNV|id=G94690|shipname=AIDAvita|accessdate=19 September 2016}}</ref> *{{NetT|20,877}} *{{DWT|4,232}}<ref name="dnv" /> | displacement = | length = {{convert|202.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="dnv" /> | beam = {{convert|35.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="dnv" /> | height = | draught = {{convert|6.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="dnv" /> | depth = | hold_depth = | decks = 10<ref name="Ward"/> | deck_clearance = | power = {{cvt|18800|kW}}<ref name="dnv" /> | propulsion = 2 × diesel-electric motors<ref name="Ward"/> | speed = {{convert|21|kn|lk=in}}<ref name="dnv" /> | range = | endurance = | boats = | capacity = 1,266 passengers | crew = 426 | sensors = | notes = }} }} '''''AIDAvita'''''<ref>{{Cite web |title=DNV Vessel Register |url=https://vesselregister.dnv.com/vesselregister/details/G94690 |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=vesselregister.dnv.com}}</ref> 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.
==History== ''AIDAvita'' was the second ship in AIDA Cruises' fleet, and identical to {{ship||AIDAaura}}. She was built in 2002 by the German shipyard Aker MTW in Wismar.<ref name="dnv" />
Out of service during the COVID-19 pandemic, she was laid up at Tallinn, Estonia in November 2021.<ref name="CIN15062023">{{cite news |title=One Year Later, Former AIDAvita Remains Docked in Estonia |url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2023/06/one-year-after-later-former-aidavita-remains-docked-in-estonia/ |access-date=1 July 2023 |work=Cruise Industry News |date=15 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615120500/https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2023/06/one-year-after-later-former-aidavita-remains-docked-in-estonia/ |archive-date=15 June 2023 |location=New York}}</ref> In June 2022, AIDA Cruises announced that the ship would not return to service for AIDA Cruises and had been sold to an undisclosed buyer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Another Carnival Corp. Ship Sold; AIDAvita to Leave Fleet |url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/27678-another-carnival-corp-ship-sold-aidavita-to-leave-fleet.html |access-date=1 July 2023 |work=Cruise Industry News |date=14 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809171136/https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/27678-another-carnival-corp-ship-sold-aidavita-to-leave-fleet.html |archive-date=9 August 2022 |location=New York}}</ref> Later, she was renamed ''Avitak'' but remained laid up in Tallinn, Estonia.<ref name="CIN15062023" /> and listed as owned by Beta Marine Ltd. of Majuro, Marshall Islands, and managed by Istanbul-based Sealife Denizcilik Ltd. Sti.<ref>{{cite web |title=Avitak |url=https://vesselregister.dnv.com/vesselregister/details/G94690 |website=Vessel Register |publisher=Det Norske Veritas |access-date=1 July 2023}}</ref>
In January 2024, the ship was sold to China Development Bank, Hong Kong for lease to Chinese operator Blue Dream International Cruise of Shanghai. he ship was renamed ''Blue Dream Melody'' and entered service after refurbishment in China.<ref name="TradeWinds16012024">{{cite news |last1=Boonzaler |first1=Jonathan |title=CDB Financial Leasing buys former Carnival Corp ship on behalf of Chinese cruise operator |url=https://www.tradewindsnews.com/cruise-and-ferry/cdb-financial-leasing-buys-former-carnival-corp-ship-on-behalf-of-chinese-cruise-operator/2-1-1583664 |access-date=19 January 2024 |work=Tradewinds |date=16 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119000746/https://www.tradewindsnews.com/cruise-and-ferry/cdb-financial-leasing-buys-former-carnival-corp-ship-on-behalf-of-chinese-cruise-operator/2-1-1583664?zephr_sso_ott=RXjnAH |archive-date=19 January 2024 |location=London |url-status=live}}</ref> The ship arrived in March 2024 in China.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former AIDAvita Arrives in China for Blue Dream Conversion - Cruise Industry News {{!}} Cruise News |url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2024/03/former-aidavita-arrives-in-china-for-blue-dream-conversion/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=cruiseindustrynews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2025 it was impounded in Beihai over unpaid fuel bills.<ref>End of the Dream for Melody? ''Ships Monthly'' May 2026 page 13</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|IMO 9221554}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081114105156/http://www.aida.de/schiffe.aidavita.138.0.html Former official ''AIDAvita'' webpage] {{in lang|de}} *[https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9221554 Latest position for IMO 9221554] {{AIDA Ships}}
Category:Ships built in Wismar Category:Ships of AIDA Cruises Category:2001 ships Category:Cruise ships
{{cruise-ship-stub}}