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Costa Serena

Costa Cruises · Cruise · In service · built by Fincantieri

Costa Serena entered service in 2007 at around 114,500 GT and completed a major modernisation in late 2025.

Length overall290 m

Beam35.5 m

Gross tonnage114,500 GT

Passengers3,700

Speed21.5 kn

Delivered2007

Our numbers

Derived metrics

Computed by ships.fyi from the core specification — see how we calculate these.

Passengers per metre#33 of 116

12.8 pax/m passengers (double occupancy) ÷ length overall

Length-to-beam ratio#61 of 142

8.17 length overall ÷ beam

Sense of scale

How big is it, really?

The Costa Serena's length overall, against things you already know the size of.

Costa Serena290 m

Eiffel Tower (height)330 m

Titanic269.06 m

Football pitch105 m

Boeing 747-876.3 m

Blue whale25 m

You (probably)1.75 m

The 747-8 held the longest-airliner record for over a decade, until Boeing's 777-9 took it by about 19 inches (76.72 m) — our sibling site aircraft.fyi measures everything that flies the same way.

One Costa Serena = 1.08 Titanics · 2.8 football pitches · 12 blue whales · 3.8 Boeing 747-8s laid end to end.

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Specification

The numbers

Length overall	≈290 m
Beam	≈35.5 m
Gross tonnage	≈114,500 GT
Passengers	≈3,700 (max)
Crew	≈1,100
Decks	13 passenger decks
Speed	≈21.5 kn
Entered service	May 2007

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The story

What makes it different

Costa Serena is the second Concordia-class ship and the one Costa chose to finish its modernisation programme on — a roughly €200 million, five-year effort across the fleet that concluded with her dry-docking in late 2025.

Her theme is classical antiquity, with public spaces named for Roman gods and a decorative programme heavy on statuary. It is a long way from the Nordic restraint of the Excel ships, and entirely deliberate: Costa sells an Italian product to a mostly Southern European market.

After the refit she was sent long-haul — a world voyage from Tokyo to Buenos Aires through 2026, before returning to a Savona base in 2027. For a nineteen-year-old ship that is a substantial vote of confidence.

The class

The Costa Serena line

Concordia class

Second of six, after Costa Concordia (2006). Themed on classical antiquity and the Roman gods.

2025 refit

The final ship in Costa's five-year, roughly €200 million fleet modernisation — renovated suites, redesigned pools and dining rooms, and a new food court.

Operators

Who operates the Costa Serena

All 1 operator of record, verified 2026-07-15. Figures marked ≈ are approximate.

CSTCosta CruisesWorld voyage from Tokyo to Buenos Aires in 2026; returning to a Savona base from 2027.1✓→

Quick answers

Costa Serena, asked and answered

How long is the Costa Serena?

290 m (951 ft) length overall — the #119 longest of the 142 ships on ships.fyi, and 2.8 football pitches end to end.

How big is the Costa Serena compared to the Titanic?

The Costa Serena is 1.08× the Titanic's length — 290 m against her 269.06 m. By volume the gap is starker still: 114,500 GT against Titanic's 46,328 GRT — roughly 2.5 times the tonnage, measured across two different rule eras.

Who operates the Costa Serena?

Costa Cruises. Current status: in service.

Does the Costa Serena fit through the Panama Canal?

Not the original locks — but yes through the 2016 Neopanamax locks: at 290 m by 35.5 m on a 8.2 m draft she clears the 366 × 51.25 × 15.2 m expanded gauge.

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