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You can book a cruise
that
is like a classical
symphony.
Or
one that resembles
a stomping disco tune. If we compare cruises
with musical styles, you will find there are many genres
afloat. With her contemporary, bold exterior and colorful
interiors MSC Cruises' newest ship could well be
representing
a new repertoire on the Seven Seas.
Named
MSC Musica
by Ela Aponte in a flashy ceremony at Aker Yard's St.
Nazaire facility, the 89,600 ton vessel
was designed with
a European clientele in mind.
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With
hundreds of guests from the Netherlands, Belgium,
Luxembourg and France on the quayside, the naming
ceremony of MSC Musica proved to be a festive
affair. As soon as French actor Gérard Depardieu
eloquently recited a poem and the champagne bottle crashed
on the vessel's hull, musicians came sailing down from the
skies setting the tone of the rest of the evening.
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The next
day
MSC
Musica
left her place of birth St. Nazaire and
set course
for
Venice,
where she was named again on
June 29, this
time by MSC Cruises' fleet godmother Sophia Loren.
A few days later she started the first of many
sell-out weeklong
Eastern Mediterranean cruises
from Venice.
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Cruise Line: |
MSC
Cruises |
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Built: |
2006 |
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Building Yard: |
Aker Yards,
St. Nazaire |
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Gross Tonnage: |
89,600 |
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Length: |
293.8 m (963.6 ft) |
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Beam: |
32.2 m
(105.6 ft) |
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Passengers
(norm.): |
2,550 |
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Passengers
(max): |
3,013 |
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Crew: |
987 |
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Service speed: |
23.0 knots |
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Sister ships: |
MSC Orchestra
(2007) MSC Poesia (2008) |
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