Please HSNC - let`s agree to avoid the word "CRUISE" in context with this 2 Moby new-buildings...
In my opinion these ferries are really a new step in running down the ferry-business - real cruise-ships will be better and bigger every year with even more attractions and entertainments onboard and with even more cheaper ticket-prices - but the most new ferries from the last years - every new new-building more disappointing than the new-building before. But these both Moby`s are now the negative "top of the grey plastic-box-ships".
In the night you will be in super-small 8 square-meter grey plastic-boxes (i have seen a picture but can not find it again), 2 meter per person (but they have curtains !) - but most terrible it is on the 8 hours long day-departures. There is absolut nothing to do, nothing to see, nothing special onboard - unbelievable !
This is the A-la-carte-restaurant hall, complete without windows ! The both windows there are going into the kitchen !
Super-cozy, calm and quiete (ironic !), 6er-tables (who is travelling with 6 people in this a-la-carte ? Would be much better with big room-dividers, plants etc. and 2er or 4er tables only) and each time if a waiter is coming you will hear loud the noise from the kitchen ! Can not remember seen anywhere else such a solution with the kitchen-door in the middle of the restaurant, i can really hear already now the loud crying Italian kitchen-crew and the jingling dishes ! And who think that these kind of board-lamps are cozy ?
And if i see the stair-houses - 1.st price in grey poor plastic on sea worldwide ! Maybe
But maybe the red carpets, big wall-mirrors, big wall-pictures and brass, copper, chrom-stairs will come later... (Ironic !)
There will be 4 big areas on the ship from front- to after-section:
- At the front is the big BISTRO self-service restaurant, will be also very loud because all cooking is happening middle in the hall !
- then the biggest area, the 723 seats SPORT BAR with only 1 (!!!) TV-screen
(please send me a picture when Italy is playing in next summer the Euro-Football-Championship !)
- then the big a-la-carte-restaurant without windows in the middle of the ship and at both sides long Arcades
- After-section is a big hall only with 403 Pullman-seats
- in summer are 100 plastic-seats nearby the sun-deck-bar
So there are really 0 reasons for to book these poor new ferries.
So for me all passengers will be the looser and the only people who can be happy with these ferries is the office-staff, managers etc. from all competitors ! Moby has invested a lot of money (160 Mio. per ship) only in size and capacity - but got nothing more. And against the older Moby Wonder and Moby Aki really a big step backyards.
Crew will be ca. 110 persons, max. 3000 Pax is now announced in media-info, 1300 cars, 300 trucks, 237m x 32m, 69.500 BRZ.
First normal trip to Livorno-Olbia shall be on 16./17.june.