MSC Seascape concluded her inaugural transatlantic voyage together with her arrival to New York Metropolis, the place she will likely be named on December 7. The brand new cruise ship from MSC Cruises is destined to be the cruise line’s new US Flagship and will likely be named by Hollywood legend and Godmother to a number of MSC cruise ships, Sophia Loren.
After the naming ceremony, MSC Seascape will set sail to Miami, providing two completely different 7-night itineraries for her inaugural season within the Caribbean.
MSC Seascape Arrives in New York Metropolis
MSC Cruises’ latest cruise ship, the 170,000 gross-ton MSC Seascape, has arrived in New York Metropolis’s Manhattan Cruise Terminal, forward of her naming ceremony on December 7. The cruise ship has simply accomplished a 17-day transatlantic cruise from the shipyard and can quickly begin her inaugural season crusing to the Caribbean.
MSC Seascape is the cruise line’s new US Flagship and will likely be primarily based in Miami year-round. Nonetheless, earlier than that occurs, the ship will likely be named on the Manhattan Cruise Terminal on December 7 by none aside from Sophia Loren.
The Hollywood star isn’t any stranger to being a godmother to the MSC cruise ships, having carried out the ceremony for many of the MSC fleet.
Pierfrancesco Vago, Government Chairman, Cruise Division of MSC Group, commented: “We’re notably happy to have fun this momentous milestone in New York Metropolis, which holds a particular place in our Group’s historical past.”
“We couldn’t consider a greater means of celebrating such a big milestone than holding MSC Seascape’s – our newest flagship – naming ceremony on this great metropolis that has been an essential hub for MSC Group for over three a long time.”
The selection of New York Metropolis as the situation for the naming ceremony of MSC Seascape comes from the growth that MSC is planning in the USA. Not solely will MSC Seascape act as the brand new flagship crusing from Miami, however MSC Mereviglia will likely be primarily based in New York Metropolis year-round.
Rubén A. Rodríguez, President, MSC Cruises USA, mentioned: “Now we have formidable progress plans within the U.S., and New York Metropolis performs a crucial function in that growth. Having the model new MSC Seascape right here this week is our means of celebrating a improbable way forward for cruising for New York Metropolis.”
Crusing to the Japanese and Western Caribbean
Following her naming ceremony, MSC Seascape will set sail towards Miami, her new house. She is scheduled to reach in PortMiami, the most important cruise port on the planet, on December 11 and kick off her inaugural Caribbean cruise season with a seven-day japanese Caribbean cruise.
The 5,877 visitors onboard will first take pleasure in a name to MSC Cruises’ personal resort island of Ocean Cay within the Bahamas. After that, the ship will sail to Nassau, Bahamas; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Puerto Plata, within the Dominican Republic.
The inaugural season will mix two completely different itineraries to the Japanese and Western Caribbean. On this second itinerary, the vessel may also go to Ocean Cay, adopted by Cozumel, Mexico; Georgetown within the Cayman Islands; and Ocho Rios in Jamaica.
Throughout their time onboard, visitors can take pleasure in a big selection of thrilling leisure choices, 11 eating places, 19 bars and lounges, and the Robotron. This state-of-the-art robotic arm will likely be hooked up to a gondola with seating for 3 folks, flying 53m above the ocean.
Within the 700-square-foot youngsters’s space and leisure areas, there’s a huge number of state-of-the-art VR experiences, such because the Immersive XD Cinema, VR motorbikes, a Method Racer digital simulator, and a VR 360° Flight Simulator.
