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On 14 June 2018, MSC Cruises celebrated the steel-cutting for the second Meraviglia Plus-class vessel and also announced her name as MSC Virtuosa at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard. [10] Her coin ceremony was performed on 27 February 2019. [11] She was floated out on 29 November 2019 and moved to a wet dock to complete construction. [12 ...
Fifth ship in the Oasis class and the first in the Oasis ultra subclass. This saw the addition of new dining experiences, including a new restaurant, the mason jar, and a bigger Windjammer marketplace. A suite sun deck was added as well as the addition of another deck. The solarium was also fully covered. Third largest cruise ship in the world.
1927–1940: Cruising; 1940–1945: German Army; 1945: Bergen Line + rebuilt; 1952: Clipper Line - Sweden + rebuilt; rebuilt in 1954, 1965 and 1968; 1969: International House Co. - Japan Floating hotel in Kisho Nishiura (Japan) under the name "Stella Polaris – Floating Restaurant Scandinavia". 2005: Petro Fast AB - Sweden. End of August 2006 ...
MSC Meraviglia is a cruise ship owned and operated by MSC Cruises, built at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France, by STX France. MSC Meraviglia is the lead ship of MSC's new "Vista Project" vessels, the Meraviglia class, with MSC Bellissima following in 2019. Each vessel has a passenger capacity of 4,500.
The first large cruise ships were the Voyager-class from Royal Caribbean Group's Royal Caribbean International (RCI). These ships, which debuted in 1998 at over 137,000 GT, were almost 30,000 GT larger than the next-largest cruise ships, and were some of the first designed to offer amenities unrelated to cruising, such as an ice rink and climbing wall. [1]
On 31 October 2019, MSC announced the name of the first World-class ship as MSC Europa and held the ship's steel-cutting ceremony at Chantiers de l'Atlantique, inaugurating the construction for the ship. [5] The ship was later revealed to be renamed MSC World Europa, announced during her keel-laying ceremony on 29 June 2020. [6]
MSC Divina and MSC Preziosa are modified Fantasia-class ships. They have a 139,400 gross tonnage (GT) and have expanded amenities compared to their earlier sister ships. [2] The lead ship, MSC Fantasia, was completed in December 2008 and is the namesake of the class. The second ship, MSC Splendida, followed in March 2009.
MSC Grandiosa is a Meraviglia Plus-class cruise ship owned and operated by MSC Cruises. Built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire , France , she is the first of three Meraviglia Plus-class ships set to operate for the cruise line. [ 7 ]