MSC ships are restarting cruising showing that MSC is mounting a quick comeback in Europe.
MSC is also planning to sail from the US this summer, with Cruise Industry News having published a very helpful list of ships restarting.
Here’s the latest restart projections for the MSC Cruises fleet, ship by ship:
MSC Armonia
Capacity at 100%: 1,554
Date: November 1, 2021
Homeport: Miami
Length: 4 nights
Itinerary: Ocean Cay and Key West
MSC Bellissima
Capacity at 100%: 4,500
Date: November 28, 2021
Homeport: Yokohama
Length: 9 nights
Itinerary: Kagoshima, Naha, Ishigaki and Keelung
MSC Divina
Capacity at 100%: 3,500
Date: September 16, 2021
Homeport: Port Canaveral
Length: 3 nights
Itinerary: Ocean Cay and Nassau
MSC Fantasia
Capacity at 100%: 3,300
Date: November 7, 2021
Homeport: Genoa
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: La Spezia, Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona and Marseille
MSC Grandiosa
Capacity at 100%: 4,888
Date: In service since January 24, 2021
Homeport: Genoa
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Civitavecchia, Naples, Palermo and Valletta (calls in Spain to be added, starting on June 26)
MSC Lirica
Capacity at 100%: 1,560
Date: April 10, 2022
Homeport: Venice
Length: 5 nights
Itinerary: Split, Dubrovnik, Kotor and Corfu
MSC Magnifica
Capacity at 100%: 2,550
Date: June 20, 2021
Homeport: Venice
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Bari, Piraeus, Mykonos and Split
MSC Meraviglia
Capacity at 100%: 4,500
Date: August 2, 2021
Homeport: Miami
Length: 4 nights
Itinerary: Bahamas, featuring Ocean Cay
MSC Musica
Capacity at 100%: 2,550
Date: October 8, 2021
Homeport: Genoa
Length: 4 nights
Itinerary: Marseille and Ibiza
MSC Opera
Capacity at 100%: 1,712
Date: October 25, 2021
Homeport: Venice to Abu Dhabi
Length: 18 nights
Itinerary: Split, Piraeus, Rhodes, Heraklion, Limassol, Eilat, Aqaba, Suez Canal Transit, Salalah and Abu Dhabi
MSC Orchestra
Capacity at 100%: 2,550
Date: In service since June 5, 2021
Homeport: Venice
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Bari, Corfu, Mykonos and Dubrovnik
MSC Poesia
Capacity at 100%: 2,550
Date: October 28, 2021
Homeport: Genoa
Length: 11 nights
Itinerary: Civitavecchia, Palermo, Piraeus, Istanbul and Kusadasi
MSC Preziosa
Capacity at 100%: 3,500
Date: September 23, 2021
Homeport: Genoa
Length: 4 nights
Itinerary: Ajaccio, Marseille and Barcelona
MSC Seashore
Capacity at 100%: 4,560
Date: August 1, 2021
Homeport: Civitavecchia to Genoa
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Naples, Messina, Valletta, Barcelona and Marseille
MSC Seaside
Capacity at 100%: 4,140
Date: In service since May 1, 2021
Homeport: Genoa
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Civitavecchia, Taranto, Syracuse and Valletta
MSC Seaview
Capacity at 100%: 4,140
Date: July 3, 2021
Homeport: Kiel
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Visby, Nynashamn and Tallin
MSC Sinfonia
Capacity at 100%: 1,554
Date: November 20, 2021
Homeport: Venice to Rio de Janeiro
Length: 19 nights
Itinerary: Valletta, Barcelona, Alicante, Cádiz, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Salvador
MSC Splendida
Capacity at 100%: 3,300
Date: June 12, 2021
Homeport: Trieste
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: Bari, Dubrovnik, Corfu and Kotor
MSC Virtuosa
Capacity at 100%: 4,888
Date: In service since May 20, 2021
Homeport: Southampton
Length: 7 nights
Itinerary: British Islands – Portland, Belfast, Liverpool and Greenock
In the meantime, in total contrast, the Australian Federal Government has just extended the Australian cruise ban until September 17, 2021.
What can one say?
An edited report from Cruise Industry News by John Alwyn-Jones, Cruise Editor.
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