MSC Reveals SEASIDE Class
MSC CRUISES REVEALS FIRST DETAILS OF NEW, ULTRAMODERN “SEASIDE” CLASS SHIP
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MSC Cruises, announced today that the first of its next generation “Seaside” class of ships — set to debut in November 2017 — will be named MSC Seaside and sail year-round from Miami to the Caribbean. In addition, MSC Cruises announced that its Miami-based cruise operations will benefit from a newly renovated and expanded dedicated berth and terminal at PortMiami — a testament to the company’s growing ambitions in the North American market and to providing guests with the best service possible. “The Seaside class of ships is part of MSC Cruises’ $5.3 billion fleet expansion plan that will allow the company to double its capacity by 2022,” said Gianni Onorato, CEO of MSC Cruises. “Today is a very exciting day for the company as this is the first major announcement related to the company’s new builds and demonstrates our enthusiasm and long-term commitment to continuing to expand our presence in North America.” With a gross tonnage of 154,000 tons and the ability to accommodate up to 4,140 guests at double occupancy, MSC Seaside will be the largest cruise ship ever built by Fincantieri shipyards. The ship will offer a vast range of popular itineraries from Miami to the Caribbean. As part of a first look at what MSC Seaside will offer on board, the company also unveiled that the ship will boast the most interactive and originally-designed aqua park at sea with five water slides and attractions for all ages. The park is being built by WhiteWater West Industries of Canada, the award-winning designer and manufacturer of waterpark attractions globally. Highlights of the multi-story aqua park will include: Duelling High-Speed AquaTubes™ AquaPlay™& AquaSpray™ Adventure Trail MSC FLEET AND GROWTH In 2014, as part of its $5.3 billion expansion plan, MSC Cruises ordered two ultramodern, state-of-the-art ships from Italy’s Fincantieri, world leader in cruise ship construction and one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, and has an option for one more ship. MSC Seaside has a planned delivery for November 2017 and the second ship in the class will be delivered May 2018. For more information on MSC Seaside, visit http://bit.ly/MSC-Seaside. For more information on MSC Cruises and its current fleet of 12 ships, visit www.msccruisesusa.com. All information believed to be accurate as of the date of issuance. It is the reader’s responsibility to verify its continued accuracy, as all information is subject to change. MSC CRUISES (USA), Inc. |
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And there we were, some of us anyway, thinking just how ugly Britannia is.
Hi Clive,
I thought Britannia wasn’t too bad…and I quite like this new style from MSC….guess I am ‘adapting’ with modern trends….After all they are catering for our friends in the US !!!
Brett
She looks a bit like a Miami Beach hotel, but I’m sure she’ll be welcomed to the Miami scene when she arrives.
Elsewhere in the MSC world, a chartered container ship called the MSC Monterey is now carrying up to five (5) passengers per voyage between the Med and Australia. She was named after one of the early MSC cruise ships, a vessel that was previously well known on the US West Coast as the Matson Lines’ Monterey, which with her sister ship Mariposa served the Australian trade. Ironically, these ships were originally laid down as cargo ships too.
MSC Monterey’s full round voyage takes 91 days and covers many ports, but it is possible to book one-way and port-to-port voyages. The full rotation is La Spezia, Naples, Gioia Tauro, Suez Canal, Réunion, Mauritius, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Singapore, Jebel Ali, Dammam, Jubail, Jebel Ali, Salalah, King Abdullah, Suez Canal, Piraeus, Valencia, Fos-sur-Mer and La Spezia. Passenger tickets are issued by the ship’s owners/managers NSB and can be obtained through freighter passenger agents.
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MSC has a tough row to hoe, with the competition out of Florida.
MSC has also had a tough time gaining the US crowd, several attempts have been made to home port a ship from Miami, MELODY, LIRICA and DIVINA come to mind. Whatever the issues for lackluster bookings is MSCs’ business alone.
As weird as this one looks, it is already creating comments.
I’m looking forward to this ship if only because a truly new and innovative design is so rare in this industry full of copycat ships. The name is certainly a disappointment however. Very out of sync with the MSC brand and European identity. What will the sister ships be named… MSC Sunnyside and MSC Flipside?
Clive
Do you ever adapt to anything new because you make negative comments about almost every ship built since the 1970s on this site as well as on other sites.
Your home must be a time warp because we are now in 2015 and ships today are as they are, like them or not they will never be to your taste because your still wrapped up in nostalgia too much to accept these new builds.
Most of them are not entirely to my taste either but with out them we wouldn’t have had the boom in cruising in which we have today so I suggest you either like them or don’t comment all the time about how ugly they are as its getting a bit monotonous and rather predictable on your part.
Sean
Oh my, I seem to have touched a raw nerve.
Very astute of you Sean to have worked out what my home looks like. Spot on in fact, built in the late 1700s or early 1800s and furnished and decorated in a style not dissimilar to the interiors of what were the Renaissance ships (now part of the Oceania and Azamara fleets and others). Oh and by the way, I do really rather like those ships. Yes, nostalgia is a big part of my life, people come and stay in my house because it is historic and I occasionally work as a guide in a museum.
As for the present day boom in cruising; well, I really rather wish that it had not happened. Cruising has become cheap in every respect. What was once a rather special kind of holiday is now nothing more than a glorified resort holiday. My lone voice won’t stop the boom (but one day something will I expect).
Site’s such as this and Shipspotting and Ships Nostalgia all have the facility for us to comment and share information, views and thoughts. If ones views are out of step with everyone else’s that does not make them any less valid.
I am sorry that you are feeling my comments here and on other sites to be monotonous and predictable. You have suggested that I either decide to like the new cruise ships or to stop commenting on them. Well, I’d find it really hard to suddenly do an about face and say that really I do rather like the MSC and Celebrity cruise ships after all. Also, as a very outspoken person it would be against my nature not to pass comments on things, those that I like as well as those I dislike. So really there is only one other alternative left, when you see that I have commented on something – please don’t read it. After all, it will only upset you.