Cruise Region : Round the world cruises, Australia / New Zealand, Pacific cruises, Oceania |
Company : MSC Cruises |
Ship : MSC Magnifica |
Journey Start : Tue 18 Mar 2025 |
Journey End : Wed 07 May 2025 |
Count Nights : 50 nights |
Day | Port | Date | Arrival | Departure |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Melbourne / Australia | Tue 18 Mar | 20:00 | |
2 | Day at sea / Sea | Wed 19 Mar | ||
3 | Adelaide / Australia | Thu 20 Mar | 07:00 | 19:00 |
4 | Pennecho / Australia | Fri 21 Mar | 08:00 | 20:00 |
5 | Day at sea / Sea | Sat 22 Mar | ||
6 | Day at sea / Sea | Sun 23 Mar | ||
7 | Albany / Australia | Mon 24 Mar | 07:00 | 17:00 |
8 | Busselton | Tue 25 Mar | 10:00 | 22:00 |
9 | Samson / Australia | Wed 26 Mar | 08:00 | 23:59 |
10 | Samson / Australia | Thu 27 Mar | 00:01 | 18:00 |
11 | Day at sea / Sea | Fri 28 Mar | ||
12 | Day at sea / Sea | Sat 29 Mar | ||
13 | Day at sea / Sea | Sun 30 Mar | ||
14 | Day at sea / Sea | Mon 31 Mar | ||
15 | Day at sea / Sea | Tue 01 Apr | ||
16 | Day at sea / Sea | Wed 02 Apr | ||
17 | Day at sea / Sea | Thu 03 Apr | ||
18 | Little ones / Maldives | Fri 04 Apr | 07:00 | 17:00 |
19 | Day at sea / Sea | Sat 05 Apr | ||
20 | Day at sea / Sea | Sun 06 Apr | ||
21 | Victoria, MAE Island / Seychelles | Mon 07 Apr | 10:00 | 18:00 |
22 | Day at sea / Sea | Tue 08 Apr | ||
23 | Nosy Be / Madagascar | Wed 09 Apr | 09:00 | 18:00 |
24 | Day at sea / Sea | Thu 10 Apr | ||
25 | Day at sea / Sea | Fri 11 Apr | ||
26 | Day at sea / Sea | Sat 12 Apr | ||
27 | Day at sea / Sea | Sun 13 Apr | ||
28 | Port Elizabeth / South Africa | Mon 14 Apr | 08:00 | 18:00 |
29 | Day at sea / Sea | Tue 15 Apr | ||
30 | Cape Town / South Africa | Wed 16 Apr | 08:00 | 18:00 |
31 | Day at sea / Sea | Thu 17 Apr | ||
32 | Walvis Bay / Namibia | Fri 18 Apr | 09:00 | 18:00 |
33 | Day at sea / Sea | Sat 19 Apr | ||
34 | Day at sea / Sea | Sun 20 Apr | ||
35 | Day at sea / Sea | Mon 21 Apr | ||
36 | Day at sea / Sea | Tue 22 Apr | ||
37 | Day at sea / Sea | Wed 23 Apr | ||
38 | Day at sea / Sea | Thu 24 Apr | ||
39 | Day at sea / Sea | Fri 25 Apr | ||
40 | Dakar / Senegal | Sat 26 Apr | 08:00 | 19:00 |
41 | Day at sea / Sea | Sun 27 Apr | ||
42 | Day at sea / Sea | Mon 28 Apr | ||
43 | Puerto Del Rosario-Fuerteventura / Spain | Tue 29 Apr | 08:00 | 17:00 |
44 | Day at sea / Sea | Wed 30 Apr | ||
45 | Day at sea / Sea | Thu 01 May | ||
46 | Day at sea / Sea | Fri 02 May | ||
47 | Sicily Palermo / Italy | Sat 03 May | 07:00 | 18:00 |
48 | Rome (Civitavecchia) / Italy | Sun 04 May | 08:00 | 19:00 |
49 | Genoa / Italy | Mon 05 May | 08:00 | 18:00 |
50 | Marcel / France | Tue 06 May | 09:00 | 18:00 |
51 | Barcelona / Spain | Wed 07 May | 08:00 |
The cruise booking conditions may vary depending on the itinerary, season, and selected package. However, the basic conditions include:
1. **Deposit and Full Payment:**
- A deposit of 30% is required to confirm the booking.
- Full payment is usually required 60-90 days prior to departure. For late bookings, full payment may be required immediately.
2. **Cancellation and Penalties:**
- Cancellation penalties depend on the time remaining before departure. The closer to the departure date, the higher the penalties.
- More than 60 days before departure: €50 per person
- 59 to 30 days: 30% of the total price
- 29 to 22 days: 50%
- 21 to 15 days: 70%
- Less than 14 days before departure: 100%
3. **Booking Changes:**
- Passenger substitutions are subject to an additional fee of €50 per person.
4. **Insurance:**
- It is recommended to purchase travel or medical insurance to cover potential costs in case of cancellation or changes to the booking, as well as medical expenses during the cruise.
5. **Document Requirements:**
- All passengers must have valid passports and visas for visiting countries (if required by the destination) on the cruise itinerary. The responsibility for obtaining visas lies with the passengers.
Important: MSC reserves the right to change the cabin to the same category or higher. However, MSC will do everything possible to avoid changing the cabin.
Additional costs:
Additionally paid on the liner:
For any purchase of goods on the liner in bars, restaurants, shops and services in the spa center, hairdresser, etc. you will be additionally charged a service fee, which will average 15% of the purchase price.
The standard cruise fare typically does not include a drink package. You may choose and add an appropriate drink package to your cruise.
Drink package rules:
- All guests sharing a cabin, including children over 3 years old, must book a drink package. For children, a MINORS PACKAGE is available.
- Seating together in the main restaurant for dinner is only possible if all guests have booked the same drink package or none at all.
- Packages are for personal use only; cruise cards cannot be shared. Only one drink can be ordered per request. If misuse of the package occurs, the cruise company reserves the right to block the package without refunding the remaining days.
- Drink packages are valid every day throughout the cruise and cannot be purchased for individual days.
- Packages are not valid in specialty bars, cafés, and restaurants, including:
- Venchi 1878 establishments, Jean-Philippe Maury venues, MSC Virtuosa Starship Club, MSC World Europa Coffee Emporium, MSC World Europa Raj Polo Tea Room.
- Due to Saudi Arabian law, alcoholic drinks are not available while docked in Saudi Arabian ports. Alcoholic beverages will only be available once the ship leaves the port and is at sea.
- Drink packages purchased onboard will be more expensive than those bought when booking the cruise.
- Detailed lists of drink packages will be available onboard.
- Packages are valid on Sir Bani Yas and Ocean Cay islands.
Prices per person, per day:
Mediterranean; Northern Europe; UAE & Persian Gulf; Red Sea; Caribbean from Fort-de-France*
EASY PACKAGE (adults 18+)
- Cruises 1-7 days: €43
- Cruises 8+ days: €39
√ a selection of classic cocktails, house spirits and mixed drinks
√ non-alcoholic cocktails
√ dedicated selection of house wines by the glass, beer, sodas, fruit juices
√ bottled mineral water
√ classic hot drink (espresso, cappuccino, coffee latte, hot tea)
Valid: 24/7 in select onboard bars, main restaurants, and buffet (excluding specialty restaurants).
EASY PLUS PACKAGE (adults 18+)
- Cruises 1-7 days: €57
- Cruises 8+ days: €54
All drinks priced up to €9 or $10*
√ frozen and classic cocktails, variety of spirit brands, liquors and cordials
√ a selection of wine by the glass
√ a 10% discount on bottled wines purchased onboard
√ a wide variety of draft and bottled beers, non-alcoholic cocktails, soft drinks
√ mineral water
√ coffee drinks, hot chocolate and hot teas
The Easy Plus Package covers all the above served at our bars, buffet, main restaurant and specialty restaurants. What’s more, it also includes Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve and other exclusive MSC destinations.
*€9 for European, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar, Egypt, Red Sea & Saudi Arabia, and Antilles cruises; $10 for Caribbean, Northern America, South America and Asia cruises.
Valid: 24/7 in onboard bars, main restaurants, buffet, and specialty restaurants.
PREMIUM EXTRA PACKAGE (adults 18+)
- Cruises 1-7 days: €77
- Cruises 8+ days: €74
All drinks priced up to €14 or $16*
√ an extensive variety of frozen and classic cocktails, premium brand spirits, liquors and cordials
√ a varied selection of wines and champagne by the glass
√ a 25% discount on bottles of wine and champagne purchased on board
√ our entire selection of draft, craft and bottled beers, sodas, fruit juices
√ mineral water, energy drinks
√ coffee drinks, hot chocolate and teas
Valid: 24/7 in onboard bars, main restaurants, buffet, and specialty restaurants.
ALCOHOL-FREE PACKAGE (adults 18+)
- Cruises 1-7 days: €26
- Cruises 8+ days: €24
√ a wide choice of alcohol-free cocktails, sodas, energy drinks
√ mineral water, flavored water, fruit juices
√ classic coffee drinks and coffee specialties, hot chocolate, hot teas, soft-serve ice cream
Valid: 24/7 in onboard bars, main restaurants, buffet (excluding specialty restaurants).
MINORS PACKAGE (children 3-17 years)**
- Cruises 1-7 days: €18
- Cruises 8+ days: €17
√ alcohol-free cocktails, sodas, energy drinks
√ mineral water, flavored water, fruit juices
√ a selection of coffee drinks, hot chocolate, hot tea and soft-serve ice cream.
Applicable for minors (age respective of the country/operation area) who are part of a group/family purchasing an adult package.
Valid: 24/7 in select onboard bars, main restaurants, and buffet (excluding specialty restaurants).
Prices and rules are similar for other regions, with minor variations in costs for South America, Asia, and the Far East.
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The city was founded on 30 August 1835, in what was the British colony of New South Wales, by free settlers from the colony of Van Diemen’s Land. It was incorporated as a Crown settlement in 1837 and named in honour of the British Prime Minister, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne. It was declared a city by Queen Victoria in 1847, after which it became the capital of the new colony of Victoria in 1851. In the wake of the 1850s Victorian gold rush, the city entered the "Marvellous Melbourne" boom period, transforming into one of the most important cities in the British Empire and one of the largest and wealthiest in the world. After the federation of Australia in 1901, it served as interim seat of government of the new nation until Canberra became the permanent capital in 1927. Today, it is a leading financial centre in the Asia-Pacific region and ranks 20th in the Global Financial Centres Index.
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Cape Town is the oldest city in South Africa, colloquially named the Mother City. It is the legislative capital of South Africa and primate city of the Western Cape province. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.
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Sicily is located in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula, from which it is separated by the narrow Strait of Messina. Its most prominent landmark is Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe, and one of the most active in the world, currently 3,329 m (10,922 ft) high. The island has a typical Mediterranean climate.
The earliest archaeological evidence of human activity on the island dates from as early as 12,000 BC. By around 750 BC, Sicily had three Phoenician and a dozen Greek colonies and, for the next 600 years, it was the site of the Sicilian Wars and the Punic Wars. After the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, Sicily was ruled during the Early Middle Ages by the Vandals, the Ostrogoths, the Byzantine Empire, and the Emirate of Sicily. The Norman conquest of southern Italy led to the creation of the Kingdom of Sicily, which was subsequently ruled by the Hohenstaufen, the Capetian House of Anjou, Spain, and the House of Habsburg. It was finally unified under the House of Bourbon with the Kingdom of Naples as the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. It became part of Italy in 1860 following the Expedition of the Thousand, a revolt led by Giuseppe Garibaldi during the Italian unification, and a plebiscite. Sicily was given special status as an autonomous region on 15th May 1946, 18 days before the Italian constitutional referendum of 1946. Albeit, much of the autonomy still remains unapplied, especially financial autonomy, because the autonomy-activating laws have been deferred to be approved by the parithetic committee (50% Italian State, 50% Regione Siciliana), since 1946.
Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature, cuisine, and architecture. It is also home to important archaeological and ancient sites, such as the Necropolis of Pantalica, the Valley of the Temples, Erice and Selinunte.
Rome is the capital city and a special comune of Italy (named Comune di Roma Capitale). Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region. With 2,872,800 residents in 1,285 km2(496.1 sq mi), it is also the country's most populated comune. It is the fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. It is the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome, which has a population of 4,355,725 residents, thus making it the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber. The Vatican City (the smallest country in the world) is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city: for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states.
Rome's history spans 28 centuries. While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in Europe. The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines. Eventually, the city successively became the capital of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and is regarded as the birthplace of Western civilization and by some as the first ever metropolis. It was first called The Eternal City (Latin: Urbs Aeterna; Italian: La Città Eterna) by the Roman poet Tibullus in the 1st century BC, and the expression was also taken up by Ovid, Virgil, and Livy. Rome is also called the "Caput Mundi" (Capital of the World). After the fall of the Western Empire, which marked the beginning of the Middle Ages, Rome slowly fell under the political control of the Papacy, which had settled in the city since the 1st century AD, until in the 8th century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. Beginning with the Renaissance, almost all the popes since Nicholas V (1447–1455) pursued over four hundred years a coherent architectural and urban programme aimed at making the city the artistic and cultural centre of the world. In this way, Rome became first one of the major centres of the Italian Renaissance, and then the birthplace of both the Baroque style and Neoclassicism. Famous artists, painters, sculptors and architects made Rome the centre of their activity, creating masterpieces throughout the city. In 1871, Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, which, in 1946, became the Italian Republic.
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In 2009 the city was ranked Europe's third and one of the world's most successful as a city brand. In the same year the city was ranked Europe's fourth best city for business and fastest improving European city, with growth improved by 17% per year, and the city has been experiencing strong and renewed growth for the past three years. Since 2011 Barcelona has been a leading smart city in Europe. Barcelona is a transport hub, with the Port of Barcelona being one of Europe's principal seaports and busiest European passenger port, an international airport, Barcelona–El Prat Airport, which handles over 50 million passengers per year, an extensive motorway network, and a high-speed rail line with a link to France and the rest of Europe.