Of the more than 2,000 guests sailing the world voyage, the oldest traveller is a 91 year old (from Germany) while the youngest is two years old (from Norway).
There are more than 36 different nationalities on board, mainly from France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Spain.
Two webcams installed onboard Costa Luminosa will relay realtime images from the voyage to Costa's website as the ship charts her way around the world.
Costa Luminosa's next scheduled Round-the-World cruise, a 98-day itinerary, will depart from Savona on 2 September 2, 2016.