You can see from the left: MSC Divina, Queen Victoria, AIDAbella (is going out for the harbour), Azura, AIDAsol and Thomson Majesty. You can't see Boudicca and Saga Sapphire.
This is the last day of the year. In Funchal we have the famous fireworks at midnight. Because that the city and all island is full with tourists who came to see the beautifull fireworks in the the Funchal amphiteater. They came in airplanes and in cruise ships, like you can see in this photos. The last one show two ships positioned in one of the points where the fireworks will go to the sky. There are six cruise ships (Queen Victoria, Azura, AIDAsol, AIDAbella, Thomson Majesty and Boudicca) today in Funchal. All of them and more two, the Lobo Marinho ferry and the Ponta de São Louirenço tug, will do a horn concert, the "Madeira new year ships horns concert", at 19.15 hours. Will be a unic moment in Madeira island and in all world. I will try to record and tomorrow I show. One more words just to say that we whait two more cruise ships: Saga Saphire and MSC Divina.
Eye lurks behind the rock.
This is the suggestive painting in cruise ship AIDAbella, who visited the Funchal, and leaves the port towards the Canary Islands on a beautiful day of sunshine.
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O olho espreita atrás do rochedo.
Trata-se da pintura sugestiva do navio de cruzeiros AIDAbella, que esteve de visita ao Funchal, e que deixa o porto rumo às ilhas Canárias num dia bonito de sol.
The Aida Cruises ship "Aidabella" in the port shown an interesting mix in this picture with one of the most emblematic hotels in the city, the Pestana Casino Park, designed by the great brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.
Aida Cruises ship Aidabella with it's big eye is going out from Funchal port in a mix with city buildings and gardens.
During the winter season of the ship Aidabella passed in Funchal each sundays and mondays, in a week cruising the Atlantic. With passengers mostly german, the ship as the other's Aida Cruises, is characterized by stylized paintings on the hull. In first plane can see the bow of Volcan de Tijarafe, a ferry from Naviera Armas which also makes trips every week between the Canary Islands and the island of Madeira, and between this and Portimão, in Algarve, Portugal.