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MSC World America: Anchoring the Future of Cruising

Apr 15, 2025Apr 16, 2025 TalkingCruise

MSC Cruises debuted their latest cruise ship, MSC World America during an invite-only 3 night inaugural event April 9-12, 2025 from PortMiami. The second World class vessel and sister to MSC Word Europa launched in 2022, MSC World America is the largest MSC cruise ship to home port in North America. While many of her design elements are familiar, World Class being approximately 17% larger than the next largest Meraviglia Plus class ships, affords a lot more space to be creative with structural design, amenities and innovative spaces that make…

MSC Cruises Plans 2nd Ship to Return to Mediterranean

Mar 2, 2021 TalkingCruise

MSC Cruises has announced that their innovative MSC Seaside will return to the Mediterranean after years in the Caribbean. This will mark the second MSC Cruises vessel to return to operation in that region. Also Watch: Joining the Company’s flagship, MSC Grandiosa, in the Mediterranean starting May 1, 2021, MSC Seaside will sail a brand-new itinerary featuring 7-night cruises calling Genoa, Valletta in Malta and Civitavecchia, with two first time ports of call – Siracusa in Sicily and Taranto in Puglia. MSC Seaside will implement for the protection of…

MSC Cruises First Humanoid Robotic Bartender at Sea

Feb 11, 2021Feb 11, 2021 TalkingCruise

MSC Cruises have provided details of the immersive, futuristic MSC Starship Club featuring Rob, the first-ever humanoid, robotic bartender at sea. The MSC Starship Club will be exclusively available onboard the line’s newest flagship, MSC Virtuosa, when she enters service in April 2021. Also Watch: MSC Seashore – Cruise Ship Preview (2021) The integrated bar and entertainment experience is inspired by MSC Cruises’ vision of the spaceship of the future. MSC Starliner One is enabled by state-of-the-art technologies to create a futuristic atmosphere with 3D holograms, an immersive digital art…

MSC’s Ocean Cay Delayed Opening Until Dec 5, 2019

Nov 13, 2019 TalkingCruise

Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas (November 13, 2019) – MSC Cruises today announced that Ocean Cay’s opening date is now set for December 5, 2019. The development of Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve has been a multiyear project in which MSC Cruises worked with multiple contractors and partners to transform what was once an industrial sand excavation site into a stunning tropical destination, including designating the surrounding waters as a flourishing marine reserve. This has been an extremely complex project as MSC Cruises has been fully committed to developing…

MSC Meraviglia Makes Her Debut in Miami

Nov 11, 2019 TalkingCruise

MSC Cruises welcomed MSC Meraviglia to her new Winter/Spring homeport of Miami, Florida. MSC Meraviglia is the largest MSC ship to call PortMiami home and joins three other MSC ships sailing from the Magic City. Ken Muskat, EVP and Chief Operating Officer of MSC Cruises USA said: Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Giménez said: With a name meaning wonder, MSC Meraviglia boasts an innovative and glamorous designthat showcases MSC Cruises’ signature European style. The ship’s two-story Mediterranean-style promenade, feauturing the longest LED Dome at sea, is lined with a variety…