Just doing some maths – assume 35 new ships in the early 2020s or so, 35 x 3000+ guests x 40 weeks (some stay for two weeks) – there is a need for over five million new cruisers a year and we estimate 50,000 trained crew. The best crew will flock to the ships that pay and tip the best. Plus there is still a need to fill current ships, and this is a conservative figure.
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In the meantime, yet another new ship to add to the three from Branson, two from P&O, two from SAGA, some say 11 from MSC, 6 on top of the six for Viking and we could go on and I am sure it would reach way over 30. MSC Grandiosa has new features, new emotions and it starts to get ultra digital and will house 6,334 guests.
MSC Grandiosa is due 2019 along with so many others. MSC CRUISES FROM SOUTHAMPTON – click here With Cirque du Soleil at sea as well as a huge amount of top-class entertainment that the bigger ships can afford. But are there enough really great entertainers to go around, who want to live their lives 45 weeks of the year away from their families to afford guests a city of entertainment and dining?
The keel was laid on 15th November, 2017, at the STX France shipyard in St Nazaire where the coin ceremony took place at the keel laying. That means it will be done in two years! Because the inaugural cruise is set for November 16, 2019, in the Mediterranean. It will visit Civitavecchia for Rome, Palermo (Sicily), Valletta, Barcelona and Marseille. You will see from our film of Valletta in Malta it cannot build and increase its ability to take tourists quick enough. The port is there, it has the deepest natural harbour in the Mediterranean.
What will make this ship super different in the race to win your hearts? Twice every night, six nights a week, guests on MSC Grandiosa have the unique opportunity to see two original shows by Cirque du Soleil, the world leader in live artistic entertainment, and savour a superb culinary experience in the same glamorous venue. The Carousel Lounge is a technology-packed, entertainment and dining venue designed especially to meet the needs of Cirque du Soleil. This custom-built lounge can accommodate up to 450 guests, including more than 100 enjoying the full show-and-dining experience. Needless to say, there is a proposed high climbing net, guest type activity. Hey, go see the page.
