MSC Cruises is excited to announce an expansion of its Young and Teen Program, enhancing the cruise experience for young guests aged 12–17 across its fleet. Starting from November 15, 2023, the Young and Teens Club on all MSC Cruises’ ships will feature extended opening hours and a fantastic eight hours of daily live entertainment.

Young cruisers can look forward to state-of-the-art facilities equipped with consoles, games, and virtual reality technology. Organized activities will include sports, aquapark entertainment, and special dinners. Teens will be treated to different game shows every night, followed by an energetic teen disco to dance the night away.

In celebration of this exciting announcement, MSC Cruises has also unveiled an original teen music video, “Ocean Cay: A cabin 12006 story,” dedicated to Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, their private destination in the Bahamas. This music video, available on YouTube, features popular social media star Merrick Hanna, along with other talented individuals. The catchy original song, “Ocean Cay,” was produced by Riccardo Scire and is available on all MSC Cruises’ digital platforms, including Instagram and TikTok.

Matteo Mancini, senior manager of youth entertainment at MSC Cruises, said: “The ever-increasing number of young guests and teenagers on board our ships naturally lead us to follow the trends they love most. MSC Cruises offers them an unforgettable 360-degree holiday that starts at home with our original entertainment content on the web and social media, continues on board with our activities organized by our Young and Teens Club and carries on after the cruise, thanks to the teens themselves who become our digital creators and ambassadors. When people ask us why MSC Cruises has become internationally awarded as “Best Cruise Line for Families” over the years, the answer is simple: we listen to our young guests and build their loyalty. MSC Cruises’ original entertainment content, produced by our youth division, exceeded 11.9 million web hits, 64 million impressions and over 4 million interactions between young guests and teenagers via the official hashtags #mscteens #cabin12006.”

Steve Leatham, head of entertainment at MSC Cruises, quips: “We are very much in touch with the trends and demands of the young and teen audience, our most adventurous guests. We actively invest in industry-leading hardware and software to entertain, excite and involve them in ways they can only imagine. We are also aware that strong ambassadorial content online is a way of enabling the holiday experience to start prior to arrival and continue long afterward for our most avid social media users.”