Fast-growing MSC Cruises has opened sales for 150 winter 2024/25 season sailings. Highlights include: six ships in the Caribbean, with a huge range of itineraries; Med sailings aboard the trail-blazing MSC World Europa; and Middle East explorations on MSC Euribia.
From established favourites to new hotspots, short mini cruises to immersive long cruises, the options span across hemispheres.
Destination-based highlights include:
NORTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Furthering MSC Cruises’ strong presence in North America, MSC Meraviglia will continue its adventures from New York, with a wide range of itineraries spanning seven to 11 nights. Guests will have the opportunity to see the world-famous city on embarkation and disembarkation, while experiencing the winter warmth of the Caribbean.
MSC Seascape, set to debut in December 2022. (photo via MSC Cruises) (Photo Credit: (photo via MSC Cruises))
MSC Seascape will set sail Saturdays from Miami, offering seven-night cruises to the Eastern Caribbean (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Ocean Cay) and Western Caribbean (Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, and Ocean Cay).
These will be followed by MSC Seaside every Sunday, also offering seven-night cruises from Miami, alternating between Eastern Caribbean (The Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic) and Western Caribbean (Mexico, Honduras or Belize, and The Bahamas) itineraries.
MSC Divina will also call Miami home, with each cruise including a visit to Ocean Cay, across an array of three to 10-night itineraries. Longer sailings will take guests to destinations such as Jamaica, Aruba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic and The Bahamas.
MSC Seashore will homeport in Port Canaveral, near Orlando, from where she will offer mini-cruise options. Guests can indulge in three- and four-night cruises to The Bahamas, including stops at Ocean Cay. Seven-night sailings are also available, featuring additional stops in Cozumel and Costa Maya.
MSC Virtuosa will homeport in Fort-de-France, Martinique. From there, she will embark on back-to-back seven-night Central and Southern Caribbean itineraries. Featured ports include Guadeloupe, the Virgin Islands, St. Maarten, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, Saint Vincent & The Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada and Saint Lucia.
THE ARABIAN SEA
MSC Euribia Cruise Ship (Photo Credit: Noreen Kompanik)
Embarking from Dubai, MSC Cruises’ latest flagship MSC Euribia will make her debut in the region, offering seven-night sailings, with stops in futuristic Abu Dhabi, the beautiful island of Sir Bani Yas, also UAE; up-and-coming Doha, Qatar; and Manama in Bahrain.
THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Guests will embark aboard the MSC World Europa, a ground-breaking ship with an ultramodern design and a plethora of culinary, entertainment and leisure experiences for all ages. The ship will sail Sundays from Genoa, Italy, on seven-night sailings with stops at hotspots such as Rome (port of Civitavecchia) and Sicily (port of Messina), in Italy; Valletta, Malta; Barcelona and Marseille.
NORTHERN EUROPE
MSC Preziosa will offer Sunday-departing seven-night cruises from Hamburg, Germany. Guests will explore destinations such as Bruges and Brussels (port of Zeebrugge), Belgium; Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Paris (port of Le Havre), France; and finally, London (port of Southampton), UK, on Fridays. With extended stays in each port, guestscan make the most of their time ashore.
Additionally, one 21-night long cruise from Southampton will visit the Canary and Madeira Islands, as well as Morocco, departing on January 5, 2025.
RED SEA
MSC Musica will offer seven-night sailings from Safaga, Egypt to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Aqaba, Jordan for the ancient city of Petra; Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh and Sokhna Port to discover the pyramids near Cairo, before returning to Safaga for an opportunity to visit Luxor, famous for the ancient city of the Valley of the Kings.
MSC Cruises will soon provide details for its Winter 2024/25 sailing programs in South America, Southern Africa and the Far East but today unveiled the voyages now available to book.
All these itineraries are now on sale, available to book here.
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