MSC Orchestra

MSC Cruises scraps MSC Orchestra’s Red Sea winter plans

MSC Cruises has cancelled its full Red Sea winter programme for MSC Orchestra from 8 November to 17 April 2024 because of the Israel – Palestine conflict. The company decided proximity of some of ship’s ports of call to Israel and the number of restrictions in the bordering countries would have adversely affected the holiday

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Claire Sweeney takes to the waves again in new Channel 5 Series The Good Ship Murder

Claire Sweeney, who stars in Channel 5’s new four-part drama The Good Ship Murder which is set on board MSC Virtuosa, is no stranger to the sea. The former Brookside actress, pictured,  in fact began her her professional career 30 years ago singing in production shows for P&O Cruises. In Good Ship Murder, which premiered

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Rio de Janeiro

MSC Cruises’ offers 116-night ‘journey of a lifetime’ in 2025 to 50 destinations across 21 countries

MSC Magnifica will embark on a 116-night voyage around the globe in 2025 visiting 21 countries featuring 22 destinations that have never before featured on an MSC World Cruise. The four-month long journey departs four European ports – Civitavecchia/Rome, Genoa, Marseille and Barcelona on 4, 5, 6 and 7 January respectively – and will take

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Iceland capital Reykjavik

Virtuosa spearheads MSC Cruises’ 2024 summer season with six months of Southampton sailings

MSC Cruises’ Summer 2024 season offers a huge range of itineraries to suit all travellers, with up to 22 ships to choose from. From April to October, itineraries on board MSC Virtuosa departing from Southampton offer idyllic summer destinations including Reykjavík, pictured, Flaam and Rotterdam. Cruises start from £259 for a four-night getaways, seven-night cruises

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MSC Euribia

New ship MSC Euribia to offer round-trip winter cruises out of Southampton from October 2023

MSC Cruises’ brand-new ship, MSC Euribia, will offer sailings out of Southampton from October 2023 and throughout the winter and which can be booked from today (24 October) Launching in 2023, MSC Euribia is the second ship in the MSC fleet to be powered by liquid natural gas (LNG) fuel. Striking new features will include

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MSC Cruises Pick-of-the-Week destination kicks off with Bruges

Each week MSC Cruises will be highlighting a new must-see destination with a tempting £100 on-board credit for those booking specific cruises featuring the Pick of the Week. The beautiful and historic West Flanders capital of Bruges kicks off the promotion, and from tomorrow (Monday 17 October) until Sunday customers booking on the selected cruises

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MSC Virtuosa

MSC Virtuosa to offer year-round no-fly cruises from Southampton

For the very first time MSC Cruises will be offering a year-long programme of no-fly sailings out of Southampton for winter 2022/23 and summer 2023. MSC Virtuosa became the first ship to restart UK cruises in May 2021 following her launch. The ship returned to the UK in April this year and will now continue

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MSC’s double whammy as World Europa and Euribia pass major milestones

MSC Cruises celebrated two major milestones at the weekend with the floating out of MSC Euribia in France and the completion of MSC World Europa’s first set of sea trials in the Atlantic. The line’s first two liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels are both under construction at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique yard in Saint-Nazaire and

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MSC Seascape set to become the toast of New York with year-round cruising from Brooklyn

New York City will serve as the glittering backdrop when MSC Cruises’ newest flagship, MSC Seascape, comes into service later this year. The ship’s naming ceremony is to be staged at New York’s centrally located Manhattan Cruise Terminal on 7 December in a star-studded event to be attended by local dignitaries, celebrities and international artists.

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MSC Preziosa sailing from Southampton and two new ships in MSC Cruises’ winter 2022-23 line-up

MSC Cruises’ fleet of 21 modern ships, including the new MSC Europa and MSC Seascape, will sail to more than 190 destinations in 85 different countries during winter 2022-2023. From mini-cruises to the 118-night world cruise, they will explore the Middle East, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Northern Europe, South America and South Africa. MSC World Europa, the

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