TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The most recent MSC cruise ship, World America, is ready to start its journey to Florida after a supply ceremony was held on Thursday.
MSC officers traveled to St. Nazaire, France to take possession of the ship after development concluded on the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard.
“Our new flagship is a testomony to our long-standing, revolutionary partnership spanning over 20 years, leading to 5 groundbreaking prototypes and 19 ships,” mentioned Pierfrancesco Vago, government chairman of MSC Group’s cruise division. “Collectively, we proceed to push boundaries, combining cutting-edge design, the newest applied sciences, and a richness of experiences to set new requirements in cruising and at all times striving to additional enhance the environmental efficiency of every ship.”
The brand new ship has 22 decks and is the biggest in MSC’s fleet. It has 19 eating venues, 18 bars and lounges, an out of doors journey space with water park, a ropes course and an over-the-water swing referred to as Cliffhanger.
The MSC World America will begin crusing from Miami in April, providing alternating 7-night Jap and Western Caribbean itineraries.
It can make stops in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico; Isla de Roatan, Honduras.
All sailings embody a go to to Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, MSC Cruises’ non-public island in The Bahamas.
MSC additionally held a metal reducing ceremony for an additional new ship, the MSC World Atlantic. That ship will debut in 2027 and sail out of Port Canaveral.
The MSC World America’s inaugural crusing begins on April 12.
