By
Alex Smith |
MSC Cruises is to expand its range of itineraries and ports for the winter 2026-2027 cruise season.
In total, seven ships will sail from three US homeports, with a record four ships set to sail from Miami. The cruise line will also be sailing to a wider selection of Caribbean ports than ever before.
“More and more people are choosing to say ‘Let’s Holiday’ with MSC Cruises, whether they’re longtime cruisers or trying us out for the first time,” said Lynn Torrent, president of MSC Cruises North America. “Our commitment to the US market and Miami is creating new options for our guests and generating exciting opportunities for our valued travel advisor partners. Deploying some of our newest and largest ships to an even wider variety of destinations gives vacationers more ways to enjoy our unique mix of European style and American comfort on everything from a quick weekend getaway to a once-in-a-lifetime voyage.”
MSC World America will offer seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises from Miami
These will include the recently introduced MSC World America, which will offer seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises from Miami. Western Caribbean itineraries will visit: Isla de Roatan, Honduras; Cozumel, Mexico; and the Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve in The Bahamas. In the Eastern Caribbean, ports will include Puerto Plata; Dominican Republic; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Ocean Cay.
The flagship will be joined in Miami by MSC Meraviglia, which will sail six- and eight-night Caribbean and Bahamas itineraries. Shorter cruises will visit Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos; Puerto Plata; Ocean Cay and Nassau, The Bahamas. Eight night cruises will include calls at Phillipsburg, St. Maarten; Basseterre, St. Kitts; Charlotte Amalie, the US Virgin Islands; St. John’s Antigua and Barbuda; San Juan; Puerto Plata; Amber Cove, the Dominican Republic; and Nassau.
MSC Poesia will be offering Panama Canal cruises between Seattle and Miami, following the ship’s inaugural season of Alaska cruises in summer 2026. The season will begin with the 19-night ‘Eastbound Panama Canal MSC Grand Voyage’ from Seattle to Miami on 28 September, with ports including Seattle; Los Angeles; San Diego, California; Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; Puntarenas, Costa Rica; Colon, Panama and Cartagena, Colombia. The ship will visit the same destinations on a return sailing back to Seattle at the end of the season. In between, it will sail a selection of 10- and 11-night Caribbean itineraries from Miami, visiting destinations across the region.
MSC Poesia will complete two transits of the Panama Canal during the season
MSC Seaside will also regularly sail from Miami, offering three- and four-night Bahamas cruises calling at Nassau and Ocean Cay, while over in Texas, MSC Seascape will be sailing seven night Western Caribbean itineraries from the Port of Galveston visiting Costa Maya, Mexico, Isla de Roatan, and Cozumel.
Port Canaveral, meanwhile, will be the homeport of MSC Seashore, sailing three- and four-night Bahamas cruises to Nassau and Ocean Cay. MSC Grandiosa will also arrive at the Florida port after a 14-night cross-Atlantic voyage from Barcelona that will visit Funchal in Portugal and San Juan, before spending the season sailing alternating seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries that visit either Costa Maya or Puerto Plata.