The MSC Seaview sailed from Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday to kick off a trans-Atlantic crossing to South America.
Set to open the native cruise season in Brazil, the MSC Cruises vessel is now en path to locations in Italy, France, and Morocco earlier than arriving in Santos on Nov. 8, 2024.
After departing from Barcelona, the Seaview is scheduled to go to 4 ports of name within the Mediterranean: Cannes, Genoa, Civitavecchia and Palma de Mallorca.
The 20-night cruise continues with stops within the North Atlantic, together with Casablanca and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
The MSC Seaview is then set to spend six days at sea earlier than visiting Salvador de Bahia, its first port of name in Brazil, adopted by Ilhéus and Rio de Janeiro.
Upon arriving in Santos, the ship will start a schedule of three- to eight-night cruises to Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
Extending via mid-April, the native deployment additionally features a collection of constitution sailings to PromoAção, a Brazilian journey operator that organizes themed cruises.
Crusing roundtrip from Santos, the ship’s itineraries function visits to Búzios, Salvador, Ilhéus, Rio de Janeiro, Angra dos Reis, Ilhabela, Balneário Camboriú, Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
Along with the MSC Seaview, MSC Cruises is deploying the MSC Grandiosa, the MSC Poesia, the MSC Orchestra and the MSC Armonia in South America for the 2024-25 season.
The corporate’s lineup within the area additionally contains the MSC Splendida, which was beforehand scheduled to sail in China in the course of the timeframe.
The six ships will sail from varied homeports in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, together with Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Maceió, Paranaguá, Itajaí, Santos and Buenos Aires.
The native season in South America additionally contains three vessels from Costa Cruises: the Costa Diadema, the Costa Favolosa and the Costa Pacifica.
Different manufacturers, together with Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Silversea and Holland America, are additionally set to go to the area in 2024-25.