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MSC Poesia is a cruise ship owned and operated by MSC Cruises. She was built in 2008 by the Aker Yards shipyard in St. Nazaire, France. She is a sister ship to MSC Musica, MSC Orchestra, and MSC Magnifica. She is the first ship in the MSC Cruises fleet to be officially named outside Italy, at the Port of Dover, Kent on April 5, 2008 by Sophia Loren.
MSC Poesia was the flagship of the company until she was displaced by MSC Fantasia, which entered service in December 2008. In 2008 and 2009, "MSC Poesia" sailed on a series of 7-night cruises... Read more
MSC Poesia is a cruise ship owned and operated by MSC Cruises. She was built in 2008 by the Aker Yards shipyard in St. Nazaire, France. She is a sister ship to MSC Musica, MSC Orchestra, and MSC Magnifica. She is the first ship in the MSC Cruises fleet to be officially named outside Italy, at the Port of Dover, Kent on April 5, 2008 by Sophia Loren.
MSC Poesia was the flagship of the company until she was displaced by MSC Fantasia, which entered service in December 2008. In 2008 and 2009, "MSC Poesia" sailed on a series of 7-night cruises from Venice to Italy, Greece and Turkey. Since 2010 the ship sails in Northern Europe during the summer season.
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Let's continue our tour of the MSC Poesia (Photo Essay About the Sea Cruise: Life And Rest On MSC Poesia. P.1)! This was the captain's evening. The captain read a greeting in six languages. Most passengers were either seniors, middle-aged people or couples with children. There were very... |
Let's review our sea cruise on the
MSC Poesia
.
She was christened on April 5, 2008, in the port of Dover, and Sophia Loren was chosen as its Godmother. The liner has a five-star rating, which corresponds to the status of a five-star hotel.
The ship's draft is 89,600 tons... |
In the morning, we took a water taxi from our hotel to the port; it wasn't far. Getting there by boat was expensive, but we had a lot of baggage.
We called in the harbor and sailed past our ship, simultaneously examining it from all sides.
Here’s a general view of one of the harbors of... |
When headed to
Venice. As this ship prepared to dock, we saw the following landscape:
We were planning to see as much of Venice as we could during our visit. To get the island, where our hotel was located, we could go by foot, taxi, water bus, or by swimming. We decided to... |
While many people would choose to sleep in as late as possible, we got up early. After all, we didn't want to miss the passage of marine ships from the sea to the port, through
Venice
.
We left the hotel and went to the Giudecca Canal waterfront.
The ships’ port call started at... |