Holiday 2025 Cruises

[xtremegk]

Does anyone know when MSC generally releases their holiday cruises? Interested in 2025, but they've only released through October (with the exception of Seascape). Most other lines are already open for booking.

[alserrod]

13 hours ago, xtremegk said:

Does anyone know when MSC generally releases their holiday cruises? Interested in 2025, but they've only released through October (with the exception of Seascape). Most other lines are already open for booking.

 

 

Yeah, there are some news

 

MSC Opera will operate in Autumn-Winter 2024-25 in Spain (and one call in Portugal) instead of the Read Sea.

 

This is press release

https://www.msccruises.com/int/news/canary-islands-new-itinerary-winter-2024-2025

 

This is cruise description

https://www.msccruises.com/int/our-cruises/destinations/canary-islands

 

 

I have a relative in Fuerteventura island. MSC Opera will call there on Tuesday whilst winter.

 

I do not know reason but it seems every week will have a different itinerary.

 

But

Every Friday in Funchal, Madeira (Portugal) where you can have embarkment

Every Sunday in Santa Cruz, Tenerife (Spain) where you can have embarkment

Every monday in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (Spain) where you can have embarkment

and every Tuesday in Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura (Spain) as I have seen

 

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday may vary

there are weeks where you visit Lanzarote island AND/OR Lanzarote for two days AND/OR La Palma island AND/OR La Gomera island to summarize 4 days more. All of them have one day at sea.

 

 

I will ask about what does the sea do at night....

 

Fuerteventura island to Lanzarote island is only 11 km away. 32 minutes by ferry. From cruise port to cruise port.... a bit more but.... what on hell it departs one island by 20:00 and it doesn't arrive till 8:00 to the next port???

 

If someone wanna have the experience of failing when "all on board", try here... It is strongly easy to move to the other island

[xtremegk]

1 hour ago, alserrod said:

 

 

Yeah, there are some news

 

MSC Opera will operate in Autumn-Winter 2024-25 in Spain (and one call in Portugal) instead of the Read Sea.

 

This is press release

https://www.msccruises.com/int/news/canary-islands-new-itinerary-winter-2024-2025

 

This is cruise description

https://www.msccruises.com/int/our-cruises/destinations/canary-islands

 

 

I have a relative in Fuerteventura island. MSC Opera will call there on Tuesday whilst winter.

 

I do not know reason but it seems every week will have a different itinerary.

 

But

Every Friday in Funchal, Madeira (Portugal) where you can have embarkment

Every Sunday in Santa Cruz, Tenerife (Spain) where you can have embarkment

Every monday in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (Spain) where you can have embarkment

and every Tuesday in Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura (Spain) as I have seen

 

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday may vary

there are weeks where you visit Lanzarote island AND/OR Lanzarote for two days AND/OR La Palma island AND/OR La Gomera island to summarize 4 days more. All of them have one day at sea.

 

 

I will ask about what does the sea do at night....

 

Fuerteventura island to Lanzarote island is only 11 km away. 32 minutes by ferry. From cruise port to cruise port.... a bit more but.... what on hell it departs one island by 20:00 and it doesn't arrive till 8:00 to the next port???

 

If someone wanna have the experience of failing when "all on board", try here... It is strongly easy to move to the other island

 

Appreciate that update...but it in no way answers the question I posed. This redeployment goes through March 2025 and does not include 2025 holiday cruises.

 

As for the short jumps, much of that is down to port opening/closing times (the authorities have to staff when the ship is there). Not too different with some islands in the Caribbean (St. Thomas and Puerto Rico are very close to one another, for instance).

[alserrod]

About opening/closing ports and so near ports.... where do ships sail at night?

Or they just stop in the middle of the Ocean?

 

Until now, I thought Genova >> La Spezia, which are just 100 km away, was the shortest distance.

 

But Puerto del Rosario >> Arrecife are just 65 km

 

 

[xtremegk]

On 3/7/2024 at 8:30 AM, alserrod said:

About opening/closing ports and so near ports.... where do ships sail at night?

Or they just stop in the middle of the Ocean?

 

Until now, I thought Genova >> La Spezia, which are just 100 km away, was the shortest distance.

 

But Puerto del Rosario >> Arrecife are just 65 km

 

 

 

Generally, they just sail very slowly, occasionally in circles between the ports.