MSC Cruises, a privately-owned, family-operated cruise line, is the fastest growing cruise line with the youngest, most modern fleet in the world. Following several years of unprecedented growth, MSC Cruises today boasts a fleet of 10 ships currently with one more scheduled for delivery in March 2010.

MSC Cruises is a leader in the Mediterranean cruise market, sailing in the region throughout the year and also offering a wide range of seasonal itineraries in Northern Europe, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, North America and Canada, South America, the Indian Ocean, as well as South and West Africa. Onboard, six different languages are spoken (English, Italian, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish).Read More...

Dedicated To Your Success

Guests will experience the superior service levels and on board recreation and meeting facilities that make the MSC fleet the perfect destination for an incentive program or conference at sea.

Awards

In recognition of its all-around attention to the environment, MSC Fantasia became the first ever passenger ship to receive the prestigious “6 Golden Pearls” award from international certification body Bureau Veritas (BV) - recognition that it’s one of the greenest ships in the world. A similar certification has been awarded to the new MSC Splendida which, in using the same advanced systems, is set to achieve the same outstanding results.

The MSC Fantasia also won the Green Planet Award 2008/2009 – the most prestigious environmental award in the Swiss travel and holiday sector.

Other awards include:

Travel Weekly Gold Magellan Award, Cruise Ship/Eco-Friendly “Green” Cruise Ship Category for MSC Fantasia, 2009.

Travel & Leisure, named “Best New Cruise Ships” for MSC Fantasia and MSC Splendida, 2009 (April 2009 issue).

Condé Nast Traveler, 2008 World Savers Awards

Cruise Critic Editors’ Picks 2008, “Best Suites at Sea– Royal Suites” on MSC Fantasia.

Porthole Cruise Magazine 2008 & 2007 Editor-in-Chief Award
Best International Cruise Experience

Signature Services 

Here are some of the many features that make MSC Cruises stand out:

Phenomenal growth: MSC Cruises has increased the size of its fleet dramatically each year as a result of an ambitious development program launched in 2003. The current fleet of ten ships: MSC Splendida, MSC Fantasia, MSC Poesia, MSC Orchestra, MSC Musica, MSC Sinfonia, MSC Armonia, MSC Opera, MSC Lirica, and MSC Rhapsody, will increase to 11 ships by 2010 with the delivery of MSC Magnifica (March 2010),. With a total expansion investment of more than 5.5 billion Euros, the MSC Cruises fleet has grown more than six-fold in this short period, making it the fastest-growing and most modern fleet in the world.   Read More...

Destinations

MSC Cruises is well-versed in the best destinations around the globe, most of which are available on 7-night cruises.

Mediterranean destinations include Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands; Tenerife, Canary Island; Heraklion, Crete; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Limassol, Cyprus; Alexandria and Port Said, Egypt; Marseille, Ajaccio, Villefranche and Cherbourg, France; Katakolon, Piraeus, Rhodes and Santorini, Greece; Corfu, Greek Isles; Funchal, Madeira; Malta; Casablanca and Tangier, Morocco; Lisbon, Portugal; Catania and Palermo, Sicily; Barcelona, Cadiz, Ibiza, Malaga, and Valencia, Spain; Tunis, Tunisia, Antalya, and Istanbul, Turkey; Odessa and Yalta in the Ukraine; as well as Monte Carlo, Monaco.

South America and South Africa are scheduled to have six MSC vessels seasonally home-ported there, sailing mostly on 7-night itineraries, with some additional voyages as short as 3,4,5 and 6 nights.

The line’s Caribbean sailings depart from Fort Lauderdale and feature Deep Caribbean, as well as Caribbean-Panama itineraries.

In Northern Europe, ships sail itineraries that explore the Norwegian Fjords and Baltic Capitals as well as destinations in Scotland and England.