travel42 Cruise Ship Review: MSC Cruises MSC Splendida

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MSC Splendida, a sister to the MSC Fantasia, entered service in the Mediterranean in July 2009.

This 137,936-ton ship has a length of 1,092 ft. Italian officers and an international crew of 1,325 look after passengers.

MSC Cruises is part of a huge Swiss-owned container firm, Mediterranean Shipping Co., which entered the cruise business in the late 1980s. Initially, MSC operated second-hand ships for the European market mostly in the Mediterranean and Caribbean. Then, with th...