Funchal's port received two cruise ships on Thursday morning, the AIDAprima and the MSC Explora I, bringing a combined total of 5,610 passengers and crew.
The AIDAprima arrived at 7 a.m. from Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, carrying 3,329 passengers and 987 crew. It is due to leave for Gran Canaria around 11 p.m. The ship is in the final stage of a 19-night voyage that began in Hamburg in mid-October and had previously called at Funchal on 28 October.
The MSC Explora I arrived at 8:10 a.m. from Cádiz with 665 passengers and 629 crew, for a ten-hour stop. Calls by the Norwegian Star and Mein Schiff 7 are scheduled for Friday.
