- New York City turns into MSC Cruises’ third homeport within the U.S., marking the primary time the road will provide year-round sailings from the Northeast.
- Award-winning megaship MSC Meraviglia will sail to The Bahamas and Florida, Canada and New England, and Bermuda.
- Launch of service represents main ongoing influence for New York City.
COURTESY MSC CRUISES: New York City – April 20, 2022 – MSC Cruises—the world’s third-largest and quickest rising cruise line—arrived in New York City this morning when MSC Meraviglia docked on the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. Starting Saturday, the fashionable and glamorous megaship will sail from the Big Apple to The Bahamas and Florida, Canada and New England, and Bermuda. Itineraries can be obtainable year-round, leading to a sizeable and ongoing financial influence to the area and confirming MSC Cruises’ dedication to the New York cruise market.
MSC Meraviglia is among the world’s greatest ships, with a protracted listing of actions and facilities to match. She is called “The Ship for All Seasons” because of expansive indoor and out of doors public areas and a pool deck with a roof that opens and closes relying on the climate. MSC Cruises is deploying the ship to New York as a part of an ongoing pledge to convey its largest, most fashionable ships to the U.S. market because it continues to develop within the area. New York City joins Miami and Port Canaveral on the cruise line’s roster of North American homeports.
Rubén Rodríguez, President, MSC Cruises USA, stated: “When we chose New York as the next step in our North American expansion, we knew that MSC Meraviglia would be the perfect ship, given her versatility and offerings for a wide variety of climates. She’s big and innovative, she offers something for everyone, and now she’s more accessible than ever for our guests in and around New York. We’re thrilled to give guests from the Northeast a direct link to our private destination—Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve—which is part of our fantastic itineraries to The Bahamas. As the year goes on, they’ll have other options like spending several days exploring Bermuda, or heading north for the breathtaking fall foliage in Canada and New England.”
Itineraries from New York on MSC Meraviglia embrace:
- The Bahamas and Florida – Tropical 7- to 11-night sailings with a number of locations together with Miami and Port Canaveral, Florida; Nassau and Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, The Bahamas; Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico.
- Bermuda – Starting in August, company can take pleasure in 5- and 6-night sailings to Kings Wharf in Bermuda, with a number of days in port to discover the great thing about the island.
- Canada and New England – Just in time for the autumn, MSC Meraviglia will provide 10- and 11-night itineraries calling at Newport, Boston and Portland in the usand Saint John, Halifax, Charlottetown, and Sydney in Canada.
Economic Impact
According to information from the NYC Economic Development Corporation and CLIA, the Cruise Lines International Association, MSC Cruises’ growth to New York City and ongoing deployment of MSC Meraviglia within the area is anticipated to generate vital financial influence:
- Up to 10,000 full time-equivalent jobs, together with the direct hiring of 150 New Yorkers to facilitate terminal operations in partnership with SMS International Shore Operations and NYC’s Workforce1.
- More than 200,000 home and worldwide guests to the town annually.
- Up to $102 million in native spending annually whereas these guests are ashore.
About MSC Meraviglia
At 1,036 toes lengthy and 213 toes tall, with a formidable 19 decks and capability of greater than 5,700 company, MSC Meraviglia is a trip vacation spot in its personal proper—full of modern options to supply an unforgettable expertise, together with:
- 10 various kinds of staterooms to select from, together with solo cabins, standard balcony cabins, and classy suite lodging within the MSC Yacht Club – the premium ‘ship within a ship’ that includes butler service, together with an unique restaurant, lounge, and pool space.
- Galleria Meraviglia, a promenade lined with outlets, eating places and bars that stretches greater than 315 toes and is lined with a formidable LED sky display.
- 20 bars and 12 eating places, together with the favored Butcher’s Cut steakhouse, Ocean Cay, HOLA! Tacos and Cantina, and Kaito Sushi and Teppanyaki.
- Indoor and out of doors swimming pools and scorching tubs, along with one of the intricate water parks at sea, that includes three twisting slides and an intricate ropes course—the Himalayan Bridge.
- Seven totally different exhibits within the 985-seat Broadway Theatre and the well-known Carousel Lounge.
- The in depth MSC Aurea Spa, offering therapeutic massage remedy, physique therapies, facial therapies, and a devoted thermal space.
- The 6,000 square-foot health club that includes state-of-the-art tools from Technogym™ framed with floor-to-ceiling glass home windows, overlooking the primary pool deck.
- Entertainment space together with the MSC Formula Racer, a full-sized bowling alley with two lanes, an interactive XD cinema, a flight simulator, and a video video games arcade.
- Sportsplex with amenities for basketball, tennis, squash, volleyball, Pickle Ball, mini golf and five-a-side soccer.
- MSC Kids’ Club for youngsters 0-17 years previous, with devoted areas for infants, toddlers, kids and youngsters, plus the Lego® Experience.
Environmental Features
MSC Meraviglia is fitted with modern expertise and options to reduce her environmental footprint. These embrace an exhaust gasoline cleansing system for cleaner emissions; a sophisticated wastewater therapy system; good heating, air flow and air con programs to get well warmth from equipment areas; and LED lighting and good units to considerably save vitality. This is a part of MSC Cruises’ dedication to supply its company with the perfect vacation experiences at sea in a sustainable method.
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About MSC Cruises
MSC Cruises is the world’s third largest cruise model in addition to the market chief in Europe, South America, the Gulf area and Southern Africa. It can be the quickest rising international cruise model with a powerful presence within the Caribbean, North America and the Far East markets.
Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, MSC Cruises is among the two manufacturers that sit throughout the Cruise Division of MSC Group, the world’s main and privately held transport and logistics conglomerate with over 300 years of maritime heritage. MSC Cruises – the modern model – has a contemporary fleet of 21 vessels mixed with a sizeable future international funding portfolio of recent vessels, terminals and different property. The fleet is projected to develop to 23 cruise ships by 2025, with choices for six extra vessel orders in place via 2030.
MSC Cruises affords its company an enriching, immersive and protected cruise expertise impressed by the Company’s European heritage, the place they’ll take pleasure in worldwide eating, world-class leisure, award-winning household packages, and the very newest user-friendly expertise on board.
The line’s primary precedence has all the time been the well being and security of its company and crew, in addition to the communities on the locations its ships serve. In August 2020, MSC Cruises carried out a brand new complete and strong well being and security protocol to turn into the primary main line to return to sea.
MSC Cruises has lengthy been dedicated to environmental stewardship, with a long-term objective to realize internet zero emissions for its operations by 2050. The Company can be a major investor in next-generation environmental marine applied sciences, with the target to help their accelerated growth and availability industry-wide.
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