To end its 60th birthday (1948-2008) celebrations with a bang, Costa Cruises has arranged three Great Anniversary Cruises with an aura of exclusivity.&nbsp; On October 26 and November 3 and 11, the Italian Company&rsquo;s most loyal customers will be boarding the Costa Mediterranea in Savona for an 8-day itinerary with stopovers in Malaga, Cadiz, Lisbon, Gibraltar, Alicante and Barcelona. The first cruise was actually&nbsp; &ldquo;sold out&rdquo; with more than 2,300 Guests onboard. <br /><br />As the name suggests, they are theme cruises specially devised to celebrate the six decades of Costa&rsquo;s history The ship will herself be personalized with special interior decoration, so as to involve the Guests right away in a festive convivial ambience.&nbsp; <br /><br />Guest Starring on the first two cruises are the &ldquo;legendary New Trolls&rdquo;, a Genoese group that is part of the history of Italian pop music; they will be performing at a gala concert in the superb three-tier Teatro Osiris.&nbsp; On the November 11 departure, the star attraction will be the acclaimed international singer Al Bano, who will join in the celebrations for Costa by treating the audience to&nbsp; his greatest and most popular hits.<br /><br />The history of the Company has been traced on the ship in a one-off exhibition of photographs depicting the fleet members and life on board from 1948 until the present day.&nbsp; And that&rsquo;s not all!&nbsp; The Guests can also take part in an Auction of copies of decorative objects from Costa&rsquo;s fleet, brochures, menus, old printed programs of the day&rsquo;s activities on board and fragments from the hull of the &ldquo;legendary&rdquo; Eugenio C, the flagship of the fleet from the &rsquo;60s to the &rsquo;80s. During the first cruise the auction was a great success: a fragment from the Eugenio C was sold for 1,600 euro. A market has been also arranged trading Costa souvenirs, memorabilia and collector&rsquo;s items. <br /><br />Among the activities planned for these commemorative Cruises are some deck games from yesteryear such as shuffleboard&nbsp; as well as an entertaining Quiz on the history of the Company.&nbsp; Key events include the gala dinners, with some traditional delicacies from the past added to the menu, plus dancing, shows every evening, live music and games all celebrating&nbsp; Costa Cruises&rsquo; historic diamond anniversary.&nbsp; Brand new shoreside excursions have also been specially arranged in Spain and Portugal exclusively for the anniversary cruises, giving participants a whole new perspective on these countries.<br /><br />The celebratory cruises ends in style with a farewell cocktail party during which there will be projection of archive footage and the chance for the Guests to drink a toast with the Masters, Ma&icirc;tres d&rsquo; and cruise directors that have sailed on the best known and most popular ships in the Costa fleet.