MSC Seascape concluded her inaugural transatlantic voyage together with her arrival to New York Metropolis, the place she shall 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 shall 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 shall be based mostly in Miami year-round. Nonetheless, earlier than that occurs, the ship shall 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 a lot 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 fantastic metropolis that has been an vital hub for MSC Group for over three many years.”
The selection of New York Metropolis as the situation for the naming ceremony of MSC Seascape comes from the enlargement that MSC is planning in america. Not solely will MSC Seascape act as the brand new flagship crusing from Miami, however MSC Mereviglia shall be based mostly in New York Metropolis year-round.
Rubén A. Rodríguez, President, MSC Cruises USA, stated: “We’ve got formidable progress plans within the U.S., and New York Metropolis performs a essential position in that enlargement. Having the model new MSC Seascape right here this week is our means of celebrating a incredible way forward for cruising for New York Metropolis.”
Crusing to the Jap and Western Caribbean
Following her naming ceremony, MSC Seascape will set sail towards Miami, her new residence. 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 jap Caribbean cruise.
The 5,877 friends 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 Jap and Western Caribbean. On this second itinerary, the vessel will even go to Ocean Cay, adopted by Cozumel, Mexico; Georgetown within the Cayman Islands; and Ocho Rios in Jamaica.
Throughout their time onboard, friends 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 shall be hooked up to a gondola with seating for 3 individuals, flying 53m above the ocean.
Within the 700-square-foot kids’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 Formulation Racer digital simulator, and a VR 360° Flight Simulator.
