The large white cruise ship MSC Poesia floats on calm ocean water under a clear, bright blue sky. The vessel features its name near the bow, multiple rows of windows and glass passenger balconies, orange lifeboats along the side, and a dark blue funnel with the MSC logo at the rear.

MSC Cruises

18-Night Panama Canal from Miami to Seattle

Panama Canal

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Trip Details

Departs: April 8, 2027

Returns: April 26, 2027

Departure Port: Miami

Ship: MSC Poesia

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MSC Poesia

MSC's Alaska ship in summer, and a long-cruise ship out of Miami all winter

Aboard

  • Third of the Musica class, delivered by Aker Yards at Saint-Nazaire in 2008
  • Christened at Dover on April 5, 2008, the first MSC ship named outside Italy
  • A spring 2026 refit added an MSC Yacht Club, which her sisters do not have
  • Seven-night Alaska weeks from Seattle, May to September
  • Miami winters run ten to twenty-two nights, not seven
  • The only one of MSC's older ships based in North America

Ashore

Where You Stop

Miami

Cartagena

Cabo San Lucas

Los Angeles

Seattle

Panama Canal

The Panama Canal

A hundred-year-old feat of engineering that lifts a ship eighty-five feet over a continent, and one of the few cruise days where nobody leaves the deck.

Best Time to Go
December through April, the dry season
Typical Length
10 to 15 nights
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