About Costa Concordia

The Costa Concordia started sailing in 2006 . Former names: none. The Costa Concordia is registered in . The Costa Concordia has 1500 cabins. 38 percent of the staterooms on board have balconies.

You can expect between 3000 to 3600 passengers on a typical sailing. This means that at the higher number (usually peak and holiday sailings) Costa Concordia has a space ratio of 31.1 . (A space ratio less than 33 means that you may find the ship crowded in areas. A space ratio greater than 39 means that there should be plenty of space for each passenger.) When this ship isn't sailing at capacity the space ratio can be as good as 37.3.

The Costa Concordia has 1100 crew members on board. There are 3 passengers for every crew member on board. There are no self serve laundromats on this cruise ship.

There are 13 decks on this ship. The highest deck number is 13. The number of decks with passenger cabins is 8.

The following ships share the same class as this ship. This means the basic design and layout of the ship is the same. For the most part the cabins will be identical among these ships, but may be decorated differently.
2006 - Costa Concordia - No longer sailing
2007 - Costa Serena
2009 - Costa Pacifica
2011 - Costa Favolosa
2012 - Costa Fascinosa

There are 0 special needs cabins on this ship. These cabins have been modified for accessibility purposes.


The ship last drydock was in 2007.

Most modern cruise ships need to be dry docked for inspection, maintenance and class surveys every five years and once they reach 15 years of age they need to be dry docked at least twice within a five-year period. Dry docks typically last up to 14 days at a cost of up to $2 million per day and involve regular maintenance including hull cleaning, exterior painting of the structure, inspection of pipes, restoration of exterior deck flooring, and installation of enhanced HVAC filter systems

On January 13th 2012 the Concordia partially sank after hitting a reef off the Italian coast. It ran aground at Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, requiring the evacuation of 4,211 people on board.