Costa Deliziosa departed Savona (near Genoa, Italy) on a 100-day world cruise Dec. 28, 2011, with a grand celebration including fireworks. This marks Costa's first return to world cruising in 17 years.
The itinerary will be a complete circumnavigation of the world, visiting five continents and making 37 port calls along the way. It will follow a westward route, across the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal to Los Angeles, Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, before returning to Italy.