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Costa Fortuna is a cruise ship for the Italian cruise line Costa Crociere built in 2003 on the same platform as Carnival Cruise Lines' . She was inspired by the Italian steamships of the past. Models of these ships are on display in the ship's public areas. In the atrium, models of the 26 past and present ships of Costa's fleet were displayed upside down, on the ceiling, up to, and including, Costa Fortuna herself. She was refurbished between 10 and 16 December 2018 in Singapore and was re-positioned back to Genoa, Italy in March 2019.
The ship is powered by a diesel-electric propulsion system creating servicing two . There are 1,358 cabins ranging in size from of which 522 have a balcony. The vessel has a crew of 1,090. Costa Fortuna has the capacity for 2,702 passengers at dual occupancy and 3,470 passengers maximum. It has four restaurants and eleven bars and lounges. The interior decor is Art Deco.
In December 2018, the cruise ship underwent an €8 million, six-day refit in Singapore. Prior to the refit, the vessel was based in China. Following the refit, Costa Fortuna was to operate out of Genoa. Costa Fortuna was replaced by in the Chinese market. For the 2020/2021 season, Costa Fortuna sailed the Mediterranean Sea, with stops in Turkey, Greece and Spain.
Costa Fortuna attempted to dock at Phuket Province, Thailand on 6 March 2020, but was denied due to coronavirus fears by Thai officials because it was carrying passengers who had left Italy within the last two weeks. On 7 March, the ship attempted to dock at Penang in northern Malaysia, but was denied due to a complete ban on cruise ships. The ship returned to Singapore on 10 March 2020 and all passengers were found well and were allowed to disembark.
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