AIDAprima

AIDA Cruises · Hyperion-Class · 2016

AIDAprima measures 125,572 gross tons, with room for 3,286 guests. AIDAprima sails 7-night cruises from Santa Cruz de Tenerife and moves to Kiel in Dec 2026.

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AIDAprima alongside in Rotterdam, three-quarter bow view of her white hull with the red lips-and-eye bow art and her name
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BuiltYear built
2016
TonnageGross tonnage
125,572
Decks
18
Cabins
1,643
Guests
3,286
3,400 at full occupancy
Crew
900

AIDAprima cruise schedule

43 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local

Showing 6 of 43 cruises

Where AIDAprima sails

Homeport and departures by month · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Baltic, Norwegian Fjords, Russia, with more in the Western Europe, Azores, Canary Islands. AIDAprima sails from Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Nov 2026), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Nov 2026 – Jan 2027) and Kiel (Dec 2026 – May 2027).

Santa Cruz de TenerifeLas Palmas de Gran CanariaKielHamburgNumber = cruises starting that month

Ports AIDAprima visits

42 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How AIDAprima sails

Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027 · from published itineraries

Port intensity

Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return

Time in port
10 h
median · 7 – 37 h
Port days
75%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
10
staying past midnight
Late departures
38
after 8:00 pm · latest 11:58 pm

Cruise patterns

  • 3 ports · 2 sea days7 nights9 cruises
  • 8 ports · 2 sea days11 nights7 cruises
  • 7 ports · 2 sea days10 nights6 cruises
  • 4 ports · 2 sea days7 nights3 cruises
  • 3 ports · 0 sea days4 nights2 cruises

Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown

Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 8:00 pm, local time.

AIDAprima specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Cruise line
AIDA Cruises
Class
Hyperion-Class
Year built
2016
Status
In service
IMO
9636955
MMSI
247353800

Size

Gross tonnage
125,572 GT
Length
300 m
Beam
37.6 m
Decks
18
Cruising speed
22 knots

Capacity

Guests, double occupancy
3,286
Guests, full occupancy
3,400
Cabins
1,643
Crew
900
Guests per crew member
3.7
Space per guest
38.2 GT

How it compares

100th largest of 350 ships in service, shared with AIDAperla

Gross tonnage

  • AIDAprima125,572
  • AIDA Cruises average101,055
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • AIDAprima3,286
  • AIDA Cruises average2,905
  • All ships in service2,189

Hyperion-Class sister ships

Same design and size as AIDAprima

See the AIDA Cruises fleet

Also from AIDA Cruises: AIDAnova, AIDAcosma, AIDAblu, AIDAmar, AIDAsol, AIDAstella

About AIDAprima

AIDAprima is a 125,572 GT ship built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki and delivered in March 2016, the first of two sisters with AIDAperla. She has 1,643 staterooms on 18 decks and was the world's first cruise ship fitted with MHI's air lubrication system. Emma Schweiger christened her in Hamburg in May 2016.