MSC Seaside Review: The Good, Bad and Unbelievable

MSC Seaside Review

MSC Seaside Review MSC Seaside is MSC Cruises year-round cruise ship departing from Miami and their first brand new ship to start cruising exclusively from the United States. I recently sailed on the MSC Seaside on a 7 night Eastern Caribbean itinerary to Nassau, Bahamas, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas and St. John’s, Antigua. The following is my account of the experience I had with my family and my observations and comparisons to other cruises I’ve experienced over the past 20 years. UPDATE: June 22, 2018 – I just came back…

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MSC Seaside to Host Miami Dolphins Fan Cruise

Miami Dolphins Fan Cruise

MSC Cruises announced in late 2017 that they had entered into an agreement to be the official cruise line of the Miami Dolphins. As part of the partnership, MSC Cruises will host the first annual Miami Dolphins Fan Cruise onboard the brand new MSC Seaside on March 17, 2018. Roberto Fusaro, president of MSC Cruises USA. said: On board for the Miami Dolphins Fan Cruise, guests will be able to participate in special opportunities to: See Miami Dolphins legends up close and personal including, Kim Bokamper, Terry Kirby, Sam Madison,…

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MSC Cruises to Sail MSC Meraviglia from New York

MSC Meraviglia from New York

MSC Cruises has announced that MSC Meraviglia, their largest cruise ship launched in June 2017 will sail 3 cruises from New York in 2019. MSC Meraviglia will make her maiden call in the United States on October 7, 2019. MSC Meraviglia will sail two 10-night round trip itineraries from New York, as well as a third 13-night itinerary through the Caribbean, ending in Miami. In addition, prior to arriving in New York, MSC Meraviglia will sail a 17-night transatlantic cruise from Kiel, Germany with ports of call in destinations such…

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MSC Cruises Adds New Order for Two Seaside EVO Ships

Seaside EVO

During the handover festivities for the launch of the brand new MSC Seaside, MSC Cruises and Fincantieri shipyard announced order for two additional cruise ships. The Seaside EVO ships will be larger than the MSC Seaside and will be a further evolution of the Seaside Class prototype. MSC Cruises Executive Chairman Pierfrancesco Vago said: Following the new agreement between MSC Cruises and Fincantieri, the initial slot reservation agreement to build a third Seaside Class ship to be delivered in 2021 has been replaced to instead build the first of two…

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MSC Cruises Welcomes Revolutionary MSC Seaside

MSC Seaside

At the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone , Italy, MSC Cruises officially took delivery of the MSC Seaside. In attendance for handover ceremony was the President of the Italian Republic , Sergio Mattarella, and other top government officials as well as senior management from MSC Cruises and Fincantieri. MSC Seaside is the largest cruise ship ever built in Italy. Her sister ship, MSC Seaview, launching in 2018, will cruise the Western Mediterranean in the summer of 2018 before repositioning to Brazil for South American cruises beginning in December 2018. As the…

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