M/S Viking Cinderella

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M/S Viking Cinderella
Previous names: M/S Cinderella
Shipbuilder: Wärtsilä Marine Ab
Launched: 1989
Delivered: 1989
Current (2006) route: Stockholm—Mariehamn
General Characteristics
Tonnage: 46398 Gross Register Tonnage
Length: 191 m
Beam: 29 m
Draft: 6,60 m
Propulsion: Four Wärtsilä-Sulzer 12 ZAV 40S diesels
Speed: 21.5 knots
Passengers: 2500
Car capacity: 480

M/S Viking Cinderella is a car and passenger cruiseferry built in 1989 by Wärtsilä Turku shipyard, Finland, for SF Line, one of the owners of the Viking Line consortium. She's currently used on cruise traffic from Stockholm to Mariehamn and occasionally Riga during the summer.

[edit] History

Cinderella was planned in the later half of the 1980's as the new flagship for SF Line. Her interior layout was based on that of M/S Mariella but with more space and additional facilities. When completed she was placed as a third ship on the Helsinki - Stockholm route, with departures from Helsinki on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (at 19.30 instead of the normal 18.00), with a 25 (later 24) hour cruise from Helsinki on Sundays. The one-day cruises proved very popular and after a few years they were made also on Fridays and Saturdays.

In 1993, after the other Viking Line partner Rederi Ab Slite went bankrupt, Cinderella took over M/S Olympia's place on the Helsinki - Stockholm route, sailing in tandem with M/S Mariella. In autumn 1994 she swapped routes with M/S Isabella, returning to making 24 (later 20) hour cruises from Helsinki to Tallinn. In summers 1995 and 1996 Cinderella sailed on the Turku - Mariehamn - Stockholm route, freeing M/S Rosella for the seasonal Naantali - Mariehamn - Kapellskär route. In summers 2002 and 2003 Cinderella made cruises from Helsinki to Riga in addition to the normal 20 hour Tallinn cruises.

Viking Line decided to withdraw Cinderella from the Helsinki - Tallinn route after the end of the 2003 summer seasons, due to increased competition from Tallink's newer M/S Romantika and the fact tax-free sales on the route would end in 2004 when Estonia joined the EU. Cinderella was extensively rebuilt in Naantali, and emerged as the all-white swedish-flagged Viking Cinderella for the Stockholm - Mariehamn 22 hour cruise market. The name change was dictated by nescessity as a ship called Cinderella already existed in the Swedish ship registry. From 2004 onwards Viking Cinderella also made cruises to Riga (via Mariehamn in order to sell tax-free goods) during the summer season.

[edit] Decks

  1. Engine room
  2. C-class cabins
  3. Cardeck
  4. Cardeck (hydraulic platform that can be lowered to divide the car deck in two giving space for two layers of passenger cars)
  5. A- and B-class cabins, crew accommodations
  6. Spa, hot tubs, swimming pool, A- and B-class cabins
  7. Information desk, Admiral Hornblower's Pub, Sea Side Café, Coffee Bar, Lilla Scenen, children's play room, conference rooms, game arcade, Club Seven Disco, Tax-Free shop, Pearl Beauty Shop, A- and B-class cabins
  8. Viking Buffét, Food Garden, Sea Food Marseille and Banquet restaurants, Tapas & Grill Wine Bar, casino, Fun club (level 1)
  9. Conference rooms, Fun Club (level 2), luxury, A- and B-class cabins, suites, sundeck
  10. Fun Club (level 3), A-class and luxury cabins, suites, crew accommodations
  11. Bridge, luxury cabins
  12. sundeck

[edit] External links

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