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The MSC Virtuosa has started her debut season in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

After relocating from Northern Europe, the 2021-built yacht currently offers a variety of cruises departing from Guadeloupe, Barbados, and Martinique.<\/p>\n

The seven-night cruises visit islands in the Southern and Eastern Caribbean, including St. Maarten, St. Vincent, Grenada, St. Lucia, Tortola, Antigua, and St. Kitts.<\/p>\n

Passengers can also combine two consecutive sailings to create 14-night itineraries to up to ten locations.<\/p>\n

The deployment begins in mid-November and will last until early April 2025, when the MSC Virtuosa is planned to return to Northern Europe via a trans-Atlantic trip.<\/p>\n

The 20-night repositioning cruise begins in Barbados, Martinique, and Guadeloupe and ends in Southampton.<\/p>\n

Before landing in the UK, the 4,888-guest ship will visit the Caribbean, the Azores, Portugal, Spain, and France, including St. Vincent, Ponta Delgada, Lisbon, and Le Havre.<\/p>\n

After completing a summer cruise program in the region, the Virtuosa plans to return to the Southern Caribbean for a second season in 2025-26.<\/p>\n

MSC Cruises<\/a> will deploy six ships to the Caribbean for the 2024-25 season, with the majority of them departing from ports in the United States.<\/p>\n

While the MSC Virtuosa now offers fly-cruises from its island homeports, the MSC Divina, MSC Seascape, and MSC Seaside depart from Port Miami.<\/p>\n

The MSC Seashore continues to sail from Port Canaveral during the winter, while the MSC Meraviglia sails from New York City all year.<\/p>\n

In 2025, the firm plans to grow its presence in the region even further with the inauguration of the new MSC World America in Miami and the establishment of a new US home port.<\/p>\n

While the new 205,800-ton ship is planned to arrive in Florida in April, the MSC Seascape will reposition to Galveston in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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