MSC Splendida
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| Name: | MSC Splendida |
| Operator: | MSC Cruises |
| Port of registry: |
 Panama
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| Ordered: | June 1, 2005 |
| Builder: | STX Europe (St. Nazaire) |
| Cost: | $550 million |
| Christened: | July 12, 2009 by Sophia Loren in Barcelona |
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| In service: | March 2009 |
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| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Fantasia-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 137,936 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 1,093.5 ft (333.30 m) |
| Beam: | 124.6 ft (37.98 m) |
| Height: | 219.2 ft (66.81 m) |
| Draft: | 27.2 ft (8.29 m) |
| Decks: | 18 total, 13 passenger decks |
| Installed power: | Diesel (40,000kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 propellors |
| Speed: | 21-knot (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Capacity: | 3,900 passengers |
| Crew: | 1,313 crew |
| Notes: | 15 elevators, post-Panamax |
MSC Splendida is a Fantasia-class cruise ship owned and operated by MSC Cruises.
MSC Splendida entered service in March 2009, as a sister ship to MSC Fantasia. She was to be named MSC Serenata, but the name was changed in May 2007 to MSC Splendida "to reflect the ship's beauty and elegance".
MSC Splendida's itineraries cover Mediterranean ports including Marseille; Heraklion; Katakolon; Piraeus; Civitavecchia; Genoa; Messina; Naples; Palermo; Valletta; Barcelona; Málaga; Gibraltar; Palma De Mallorca; Valencia; La Goulette; Izmir; Marmaris; and Atlantic Ocean ports, including Casablanca, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, and Funchal.
MSC Splendida was delivered to MSC Cruises on July 4, 2009. She embarked on her maiden voyage on July 4, 2009, to the Mediterranean and returned July 11, to be officially named on July 12, 2009, in Barcelona by Sophia Loren.
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