MSC Cruises is a division of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), a privately owned company with a longstanding history on the seas headed by captain Gianluigi Aponte, entered the cruise industry in 1988 and MSC Cruises was officially born. MSC Cruises combines a deep heritage at sea with an enthusiastic, young, motivated management team to present a company philosophy of Innovation = Tradition. MSC Cruises uniquely blends maritime traditions, culture and famous Mediterranean cuisine to deliver the ultimate cruise experience while displaying a real commitment to the finest hospitality afloat. In essence, MSC Cruises has made true Italian service the heart of its business and its key point of differentiation in the cruise industry.

Ships of MSC Cruises

• MSC Armonia – The MSC Armonia is majestic in stature yet intimate and welcoming onboard. The ambiance on board is refined and casually elegant with the Italian sense of style that is a hallmark of MSC Cruises. With a high space and service ratio, guest comfort is preeminent. MSC Armonia offers a large number of luxurious suites with private balconies and all the features guests enjoy on a contemporany cruise including two outdoor pools, health and fitness center, spa, beauty salon, six bars, four restaurants, disco, theater, cabaret, casino, Internet Cafe, simulation golf range, video arcade and children’s playroom.
• MSC Fantasia – Greater in length than the height of the Eiffel Tower, MSC Fantasia offers countless vacation pleasures, such as the Aurea Spa wellbeing center with thermal cave for relaxation and rejuvenation. For the kids, our children’s play area includes a swimming pool with waterslide. And our Acqua Park features 150 illuminated musical fountains. A magnificent theater seats 1,700 with unique live entertainment each night, or catch a movie at the interactive 4-D cinema. You can also test your skills at our Formula 1 simulators or surf the net in a Wi-Fi zone. Ultimately, MSC Fantasia is perfectly designed for luxury cruising to a spectacular array of destinations. Please join us for a cruise vacation you won’t soon forget.
• MSC Lirica – On board the magnificent MSC Lirica you’ll find our longstanding dedication to hospitality while enjoying the ultimate in guest amenities. Built at one of the most prestigious shipyards worldwide with an emphasis on Italian design. With an atmosphere and service comparable to the best of Italian hotels, the MSC Lirica features the highest quality materials and luxurious amenities available to fully immerse our guests in an elegant environment that is clearly Italian style. Wi-Fi services are now available in select public rooms.
• MSC Magnifica – We are extremely excited to be able to offer our guests this wonderful opportunity. The new MSC Magnifica – which will surely live up to her name – will arrive Dec. 26, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale directly from her christening to begin her inaugural season as a part of the MSC Cruises fleet, joining the equally beautiful MSC Poesia, which was introduced earlier this year. MSC Magnifica features 1,275 staterooms, of which 80% are outside staterooms and 65% have a balcony. There will be 236,000 square feet of public spaces, 7 themed areas, 2 pools and 4 hot tubs, plus a 13,000-square-foot spa. Guests can select from four restaurants, including speciality dining restaurant. Like her sister ships MSC Musica, MSC Orchestra, and MSC Poesia, the MSC Magnifica features sophisticated and elegant decor, attention to detail, the finest in international entertainment and Italian hospitality that will ensure guests enjoy a truly ‘Beautiful. Passionate. Italian.’ experience as only MSC Cruises can present.
• MSC Melody – The largest ship of MSC Italian Cruises’ classic fleet, custom-built to meet the highest standards of style and sophistication, the MSC Melody has been designed with guest comfort as the top priority. Graceful public areas, with high ceilings throughout, give a refreshing sense of space. Her comfortable staterooms are spacious and well-appointed. Sprawling outdoor deck space surrounds the two swimming pools. A highlight of the ship is the Magradome, a retractable transparent dome that allows you to enjoy the swimming pool even if the skies cloud over. The MSC Melody merges the luxury of cruising with all the comforts of home.
• MSC Musica – Our newest and largest ship, MSC Musica, offers you the most modern and elegant design available by MSC Cruises. Onboard you’ll enjoy her spacious staterooms, the majority of which offer private balconies, expansive deck space and numeros boutiques and entertainment venues. Our shipboard staff is dedicated to ensuring that everything we promise you, it will be. Whether it is at dinner in the luxurious Le Maxim Dining Room or at one of our other venues offered onboard such as our Sushi Bar or Wine Bar.
• MSC Opera – The MSC Opera lives up to her name: Classic; Grand; Opulent. Just like an opera should be. A true sense of grandeur and spaciousness prevails both inside and out. Her staterooms, many with private balconies, are roomy and comfortable. Her public areas feature a sweeping marble reception area and airy open spaces with walls of windows overlooking sprawling decks. Enjoy her elegance, style and luxury throughout your voyage. Wi-Fi services are now available in select public areas.
• MSC Orchestra – It is with great pride and pleasure that we present the MSC Orchestra. MSC Cruise’s new flagship, offering a perfect and unique blend of design, comfort and safety. With its airy open spaces, it is easily the most congenial cruise ship in Italy. A new jewel rides the seas: 18 decks, a fitness/relaxation area, a jogging track, a sauna, turkish bath, swimming pools, jacuzzis, restaurants, pizzerias, theatres, nightclubs, shopping areas and a mini club, an abundance of space and services, meeting your every need and desire. The hallmark Italian style and panache make the MSC Orchestra the stylistic forerunner of future ship projects and designs. You’ll be overwhelmed by the ship’s wide spectrum of entertainment facilities, ranging from well-being, sport, relaxation, and shopping. Each of them marked by impeccable service that is always in tune with your wishes. A truly exceptional ship that is both modern and full of character.
• MSC Poesia – Poetry is like the sea, lulling us with gentle swells and stirring the emotions. As poetry brings us pleasure the MSC Poesia will introduce a new dimension of enjoyment to a holiday on a magnificent and innovative ship. From a balcony overlooking the ocean and a star filled sky accompanied by the sounds of a Verdi aria, mingling with the samba rhythms from the poolside party … an abundance of emotions will flow. Feelings that will turn into pleasurable memories, to be replayed, like a poet’s images, time and time again.
• MSC Sinfonia – MSC Sinfonia boasts Italian elegance, central to the MSC family offering, comfort with wide open public spaces, excellent facilities from bars to cafes to restaurants to the casino and nightly entertainment plus lots more too. MSC Sinfonia has been inspired from the musical notes of the greatest symphonies of our classical European composers. A traveller from the romantic symphonies of Beethoven through the moody notes of Mozart to the contemporary Debussy’s music and Tchaikovsky’s opera plus those of Brahms.
• MSC Splendida – Her cutting-edge technology combined with her luxurious features have produced a heaven where dreams become reality. MSC Splendida is a ship looking to the future but drawing from its past, where you will find golden bliss enclosed within one ship.