The design blends indoor and outdoor areas, including dining, bars, lounge areas, and a glass-walled multi-deck atrium. The open-air promenade on Deck 8, which is the widest on any ship, features two catwalks with glass floors and railings. There is a large pool area on the stern of Deck 7 and two panorama glass elevators rising to Deck 16 where a third 98-foot glass catwalk, the Bridge of Sighs, provides spectacular ocean views.
Amenities include an interactive water park with four slides and an adventure trail, a 394-foot long zip line and a full-size bowling alley. There are accommodations for a total of 5,179 passengers (4,140 double occupancy) with 73 percent of staterooms featuring balconies, and an enlarged MSC Yacht Club suite enclave. There are nine places to eat, including a “kids-only” buffet restaurant and five specialty restaurants.
MSC Seaside’s sister ship, the MSC Seaview is due to enter service in June 2018, along with an option for a third sister ship which would be introduced in 2021.
MSC Seaside‘s maiden voyage departs from Trieste, Italy, on 1st December, and arrives in Miami, Florida, on 21st December, where an elaborate naming ceremony and fireworks display will be held as she begins cruising the Caribbean all year-round from Miami. Her sister ship, MSC Seaview, will cruise the Western Mediterranean in the summer of 2018 before repositioning to Brazil for South American cruises beginning in December 2018.
.MSC has grown from a small family run company with a few aging ships and is now the new face of cruising with some of the most advanced ships in the industry. Have you cruised with MSC? What did you think? Are you thinking of trying them? If so, here is more information.
