"Aidaperla" AIDA Cruises Southampton maiden arrival from Lisbon 11/03/18

Early this morning on the 11/03/18 the 2017 build Passenger Ship "AIDAperla" IMO: 9636967 arrived in Southampton Docks from her last port call of Lisbon in Portugal for a scheduled time of 08:45am at the Queen Elizabeth ll Cruise Terminal to start a regular weekly port call of roundtrips between Southampton and Hamburg and other ports along the route throughout the year. She is taking over from the "AIDAprima" which stayed for about 2 years sailing between Southampton and Hamburg. The winter months in Southampton Docks is rather quiet without the regular arrivals & departures of cruise ships. The "AIDAperla" is staying in port overnight and tomorrow night she is due to depart for Le Havre.