Sophia Loren to christen her 16th MSC Cruises ship in first ever private island ceremony
MSC Cruises’ new flagship, MSC Seashore, will become the first ship ever to be christened at a private island when she is officially named at Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve in The Bahamas on 18 November. She will kick off her inaugural seven-night cruise and US season two days later. Hollywood icon Sophia Loren will
- Published in News
MSC Seashore finally gets her first taste of what cruising is about
MSC Seashore has been welcoming her first guests as the new flagship of MSC Cruises during her maiden cruise that set sail from Barcelona on Friday (6 August). More passengers embarked the cutting-edge next generation ship in Marseille on Saturday and Genoa on Sunday ahead of her arrival in Naples today during her inaugural seven-night
- Published in Ocean Cruises
MSC takes delivery of new flagship MSC Seashore and summer in the Med now beckons
MSC Cruises today officially took delivery of its new flagship MSC Seashore – the largest cruise ship to be built in Italy – at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone. During the ceremony, which paid tribute to centuries-old maritime traditions, Roberto Olivari, Fincantieri’s shipyard director, presented Giuseppe Galano, the ship’s master, with an ampoule containing the
- Published in 2021, Mediterranean, Ocean Cruises
With just six months to arrival, MSC whets our appetites with fresh details of how MSC Seashore will push the boundaries of guest experience
With just six months to go until MSC Seashore enters service in August in the Mediterranean, MSC Cruises has revealed new details of what will be one of the line’s most innovative next-generation ships to date. Building on the game-changing and pioneering design of the Seaside class of ship, aimed at bringing guests closer to
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