Insider Video: Discover the Nearly Brand New Costa Smeralda

Scott Knutson, vice president of sales and marketing for Costa Cruises North America, talks with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report aboard the Costa Smeralda, the Italian line’s almost new ship, introduced in 2019 before the pandemic. Costa’s version of a mega-ship, Costa Smeralda can carry roughly 6,500 guests (reduced on this cruise to meet the pandemic rules), but has lots of open deck space and places to get away from the crowds so it doesn’t feel like a big ship. With a large spa, great pool areas and water slides, a wide choice of stateroom categories, energetic entertainment and some superb restaurants, this is Costa’s upper contemporary ship—and it just might have the best pizza at sea. For more information, visit www.costacruises.com. 

If interested, the original video of this podcast -- with supplemental pictures and video -- can be found on the Insider Travel Report Youtube channel  or by searching for the podcast's title on Youtube.