MSC Splendida
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MSC Splendida
MSC Splendida is a MSC Cruises ship from the Fantasia class, operating itineraries across the Mediterranean, Asia, and South Africa. The content describes a cruise experience with multiple cabin categories, including balcony cabins. The ship features wellness facilities such as the MSC Aurea Spa, outdoor and infinity pools, jacuzzis, and a jogging track. Entertainment includes The Strand theater, Club 33 nightclub, Royal Palm casino, bowling alley, Formula 1 simulator, mini-golf, and virtual arcades. It is family-friendly, offering kids’ clubs, play areas, and onboard shopping facilities
Itineraries of the MSC Splendida
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decks plans
Deck - 18
Sun deck
Deck - 17
Deck - 16
Michelangelo
Deck - 15
Leonardo Da Vinci
Deck - 14
Raffaello
Deck - 13
Piero Della Francesca
Deck - 12
De Chirico
Deck - 11
Caravaggio
Deck - 10
Botticelli
Deck - 9
Tintoretto
Deck - 8
Giotto
Deck - 7
Tiziano
Deck - 6
Modigliani
Deck - 5
Canaletto
Deck - 4
Deck - 3
Deck - 2
Deck - 1
Ship's attributes
Services And Amenities
- Elevators
- Self-service laundry room
- Casino
- Jacuzzi
- Pool
- Beauty salon
- Spa & body care
Specific needs
- Wheelchair accessible staterooms
Technical specifications
- Classe: Fantasia generation
- Tonnage: 137936
- Speed: 23.0 knots
- Passengers: 4363
- Decks: 18
- Length: 330 m
- Width: 38 m
- Height: 68 m
History
- 2009: Année de construction
- 2017: Année de rénovation
Frequently Asked Questions
MSC Splendida sails 3,274 guests at double occupancy and reaches 4,363 at maximum capacity once upper berths are filled. She measures 333.30 metres, registers 137,936 gross tons and offers 1,637 cabins, 43 of them accessible. Crew numbers around 1,370. On a July family sailing, plan for the maximum figure rather than the brochure one.
MSC Splendida sets aside 71 suites on decks 12, 15 and 16 behind a keycard door. Included are a butler around the clock, a concierge, the panoramic Top Sail Lounge, an à la carte restaurant, a private pool and sun deck, MSC Aurea Spa thermal suite access, the Premium Extra drinks package and premium internet.
MSC Splendida was the first Fantasia-class ship to receive the redesigned Yacht Club restaurant, completed in early 2026 with darker tones, reworked lighting and panoramic sea views. Her sisters follow on a staggered schedule: MSC Fantasia in December 2026, MSC Divina in April 2027 and MSC Preziosa in February 2028.
MSC Splendida announces and signs in five or six languages including French, with crew switching between them easily and nationality hosts on duty. The honest caveat concerns geography rather than policy: French runs deep on Mediterranean sailings where French and Swiss guests are numerous, and thins out considerably during the South American season.
MSC Splendida was delivered in July 2009 and emerged from a twenty-seven-day drydock at Palumbo in Valletta between 10 January and 7 February 2026, covering technical work, class surveys and fresh carpet and upholstery throughout. She remains a 2009 hull, and guests still describe the interior circulation as maze-like, with blocked passages near the dining rooms.
Solo travellers find little programming built for them on MSC Splendida, and smoke-sensitive guests notice more cigarette haze than they would on a North American ship, particularly around the casino. Specialty dining choice is thin. The ship also has no deck 17, an Italian superstition that still confuses guests reading the deck plan.
MSC Splendida returned to service on 7 February 2026 with seven-night Western Mediterranean runs through Barcelona, Marseille, Genoa, Naples, Palermo and La Goulette. From late April 2026 she shifts to a summer island program across Spain, Italy, France and Malta, then repositions across the Atlantic to South America in the autumn.
MSC Splendida spends December 2026 through March 2027 in South America, homeported in Buenos Aires with selected departures from Rio de Janeiro. Itineraries run eight and nine nights between Brazilian, Argentine and Uruguayan ports. She shares the region with MSC Seaview, MSC Musica, MSC Virtuosa and MSC Divina that season.
MSC Splendida has covered the most ground of the four. She launched MSC's South African market from Durban on 23 November 2023 as the largest ship ever based there, then took the 2024-2025 season in Santos after MSC postponed her Chinese deployment. She also served the Chinese market following a 2017 refit.
MSC Voyagers Club points scale with cruise length, cabin grade and the experience booked, from Bella through Yacht Club. A seven-night Fantastica cruise earns roughly 700 points per person. Tiers climb from Classic to Blue Diamond, and your balance stays active as long as you sail at least once every five years.
Yes. MSC matches elite status from Carnival and Royal Caribbean, along with Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt hotel tiers, into an equivalent MSC Voyagers Club level. Submit proof before your first sailing and expect a decision within a few business days. It works once per lifetime, so use it when your outside status is highest.
Buying one is optional, but the moment a single adult in the cabin takes a package, every other adult sharing that cabin must take the same one, and minors take the dedicated minors package. Gratuities are built in. The alcohol-free package is not honoured in specialty restaurants or at MSC's private island.
For the Mediterranean season, Barcelona and Rome give the shortest routings from Montreal, usually connecting through Paris, Lisbon or Frankfurt. For the austral winter, Buenos Aires means connecting in Toronto, Panama City or São Paulo on a long overnight flight. Either way, arrive a night early and sleep near the port.
Balconies dominate MSC Splendida, with 1,142 of 1,637 cabins offering one, which keeps the category affordable. Steer clear of YC1 suites blocked by lifeboats and cabins adjoining Club 33 disco. The 94 oceanview cabins without balconies are a sensible middle ground for guests who want daylight without paying veranda rates.
MSC Splendida was alongside in Tunis in March 2015 during the Bardo Museum attack, which killed guests who were ashore on excursion. In March 2020 a crew member was medically evacuated in Phuket with a suspected COVID-19 case, later confirmed, and more than 2,700 passengers disembarked there.
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