The MSC Meraviglia
Tuesday, 1 June 2021 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa Category/Kategorie: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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MSC Meraviglia is a
cruise ship owned and operated by
MSC Cruises , built at the
Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in
St. Nazaire , France, by
STX France .
MSC Meraviglia is the
lead ship of MSC’s new “Vista Project” vessels, the
Meraviglia class, with
MSC Bellissima following in 2019. Each vessel has a passenger capacity of 4,500. When it entered service in June 2017, it was the sixth
largest cruise ship in the world , behind
Royal Caribbean’s Oasis -class cruise ships and
AIDAnova .
The ship initially operated in the western Mediterranean also cruised in Northern Europe as of summer 2019, but repositioned to the United States for the first time, to New York and Miami , in fall 2019, to sail to the Caribbean as part of a North American expansion program by MSC.
LED ceiling changes the image depending on the time of day © Laurent PETELET/cc-by-sa-4.0
The vessel’s name was announced, and steel was cut, at a ceremony held at Chantiers de l’Atlantique on 20 April 2015. The ship was formally named on 3 June 2017 by her godmother, Italian actress
Sophia Loren at a ceremony in
Le Havre , which also featured
French actor
Patrick Bruel , musical group
Kids United , and comedian
Gad Elmaleh .
The ship’s facilities include a promenade with a long LED roof, a water park with water slides, a rope course and a theater. The ship also has over ten dining areas and a spa.
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MSC Meraviglia and
Wikipedia MSC Meraviglia . Learn more about the
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