A massive white cruise ship named "MSC PREZIOSA" is docked at a city port. The vessel features tiered passenger decks, rows of dark glass windows, a black funnel with a star logo, and orange lifeboats lined along the side. Port structures and a hilly city landscape are visible in the background.

MSC Cruises

7-Night Northern Europe from Rotterdam

Europe

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Trip Details

Departs: November 17, 2027

Returns: November 24, 2027

Departure Port: Rotterdam

Ship: MSC Preziosa

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MSC Preziosa

Ordered by the Gaddafis, finished by MSC, and now Hamburg's year-round ship

Aboard

  • Laid down at Saint-Nazaire as Phoenicia for Libya's state shipping corporation
  • Contract cancelled in June 2011 during the Libyan civil war; MSC bought the hull in 2012
  • Christened at Genoa on March 23, 2013 by Sophia Loren
  • Vertigo, a spiral water slide overhanging the side of the ship
  • Based at Hamburg year-round, with Southampton, Le Havre and Rotterdam as co-homeports
  • Summer runs of eleven to fourteen nights to Norway, Iceland and Spitsbergen

Ashore

Where You Stop

Rotterdam

Southampton

Le Havre

Europe

Europe

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