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Bookings open for MSC Cruises’ winter 2024-25 season

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The line’s newest flagship MSC Euribia will make its debut in the Arabian Gulf operating out of Dubai
MSC Cruises has opened sales for its winter 2024-25 season with more than 150 voyages, while details regarding its itineraries in South America, Southern Africa and the Far East during winter 2024-25 are soon to be provided.

Highlights include six ships serving the Caribbean Sea and MSC Cruises’ flagship MSC Euribia operating for the first time in the Middle East.

North American and the Caribbean  

MSC Meraviglia will operate from New York with a range of seven- to eleven-night itineraries to Port Canaveral for Orlando, Nassau in the Bahamas and Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve.  

MSC Seascape will sail every Saturday from Miami with either seven-night cruises to the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Ocean Cay or to Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Mexico and Ocean Cay.

MSC Seaside every Sunday will offer seven-night voyages from Miami, alternating between the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic or Mexico, Honduras or Belize, and the Bahamas.

MSC Divina will also be based in Miami and offer an array of three- to 10-night itineraries, all including calls to Ocean Cay. Longer sailings will take guests to Jamaica, Aruba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic and the Bahamas. 

MSC Seashore will homeport in Port Canaveral for three- to four-night mini cruises to the Bahamas, including calls at Ocean Cay, and also sail seven-night voyages with additional stops in Cozumel and Costa Maya in Mexico.

MSC Virtuosa will homeport in Fort-de-France, Martinique and embark on back-to-back seven-night itineraries including Guadeloupe, the Virgin Islands, St. Maarten, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, Saint Vincent & The Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, and Saint Lucia.

Arabian Gulf 

The line’s newest flagship MSC Euribia will make its debut in the Arabian Gulf operating out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates and will offer seven-night sailings to two other UAE destinations, Abu Dhabi and Sir Bani Yas Island, plus Doha, Qatar and Manama in Bahrain. 

Mediterranean Sea 

MSC World Europa will sail every Sunday from Genoa for a seven-night voyage with calls at Civitavecchia for Rome, Messina in Sicily, Valletta, Malta, Barcelona, Spain and Marseille, France. 

Northern Europe

MSC Preziosa will operate seven-night voyages every Sunday from Hamburg, Germany with calls at Zeebrugge for Bruges and Brussels in Belgium, Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Le Havre for Paris and Southampton for London. Additionally, one 21-night long cruise from Southampton will visit the Canary Islands, Madeira and Morocco.

Red Sea

MSC Musica will offer seven-night sailings from Safaga, Egypt to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Aqaba for Petra in Jordan, Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt and Sokhna Port for Cairo before returning to Safaga for an opportunity to visit Luxor.