MSC Virtuosa
MSC Cruises · Meraviglia Plus class · 2021
MSC Virtuosa measures 181,541 gross tons, with room for 4,810 guests. MSC Virtuosa sails 7-night cruises from Southampton and moves to Marseille in Nov 2026.
- BuiltYear built
- 2021
- TonnageGross tonnage
- 181,541
- Decks
- 19
- Cabins
- 2,421
- Guests
- 4,810
- 6,334 at full occupancy
- Crew
- 1,704
MSC Virtuosa cruise schedule
179 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local
- Sat 24 Oct 20:00
- At seaSun 25 Oct
- Mon 26 Oct07:0018:00
- Tue 27 Oct08:0017:00
- Wed 28 Oct09:0018:00
- At seaThu 29 Oct
- Fri 30 Oct08:0022:00
- Sat 31 Oct 07:00
Numbers match the port order
Showing 6 of 179 cruises
Where MSC Virtuosa sails
Homeport and departures by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027
SouthamptonMálagaMarseilleBarcelonaFunchalSalvadorSantosMaceioRio de JaneiroPalermoNaplesLivornoNumber = cruises starting that month
Ports MSC Virtuosa visits
29 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted
How MSC Virtuosa sails
Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027 · from published itineraries
Sailing mix
Upcoming sailings by length
179sailings
- Up to 5 nights84%
- 7 nights16391%
- 6, 8 or 9 nights0–
- 10–14 nights32%
- 15+ nights53%
Turnaround ports
Port intensity
Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return
- Time in port
- 10 h
- median · 5 – 14 h
- Port days
- 69%
- of days between embarkation and return
- Overnight calls
- 2
- staying past midnight
- Late departures
- 1
- after 20:00 · latest 22:00
Cruise patterns
- 5 ports · 1 sea day7 nights24 cruises
- 5 ports · 1 sea day7 nights23 cruises
- 5 ports · 1 sea day7 nights23 cruises
- 5 ports · 1 sea day7 nights23 cruises
- 5 ports · 1 sea day7 nights23 cruises
Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown
Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 20:00, local time.
MSC Virtuosa specifications
From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units
Ship
- Cruise line
- MSC Cruises
- Class
- Meraviglia Plus class
- Year built
- 2021
- Status
- In service
- IMO
- 9803625
- MMSI
- 215610000
Size
- Gross tonnage
- 181,541 GT
- Length
- 331.43 m
- Beam
- 43 m
- Decks
- 19
- Cruising speed
- 22.8 knots
Capacity
- Guests, double occupancy
- 4,810
- Guests, full occupancy
- 6,334
- Cabins
- 2,421
- Crew
- 1,704
- Guests per crew member
- 2.8
- Space per guest
- 37.7 GT
How it compares
27th largest of 350 ships in service, shared with MSC Grandiosa
Gross tonnage
- MSC Virtuosa181,541
- MSC Cruises average143,659
- All ships in service91,156
Guests, double occupancy
- MSC Virtuosa4,810
- MSC Cruises average3,740
- All ships in service2,189
Meraviglia Plus class sister ships
Same design and size as MSC Virtuosa
MSC Grandiosa
2019 · 181,541 GT · 4,842 guests
MSC Euribia
2023 · 184,011 GT · 4,828 guests
Also from MSC Cruises: MSC World America, MSC World Asia, MSC World Atlantic, MSC World Europa, MSC Bellissima, MSC Meraviglia
About MSC Virtuosa
MSC Virtuosa is the second Meraviglia Plus-class ship of MSC Cruises, a 181,541-gross-ton ship delivered by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in February 2021. It has 2,421 cabins for up to 6,334 guests, built around the LED-domed Galleria Virtuosa promenade, with the MSC Starship Club robot bar and an MSC Yacht Club ship-within-a-ship.