MSC “Repositioning Cruises” 2023, 2024 and 2025 MSC ships with one-way itineraries (Spring and Fall ship relocation deals) belong to the following categories:
- MSC Transatlantic cruises – to and from Europe (Mediterranean and UK). These are Spring departures from USA (Florida), Caribbean (Dominican Republic) and South America (Brazil and Argentina). The reverse itineraries are operated in Fall – on MSC ships departing from Europe to South America.
- MSC Atlantic Coast cruises to and from South Africa (arriving in or leaving from Cape Town), respectively to and from Italy ports.
- MSC Suez Canal cruises – from Italy/Mediterranean to Dubai, UAE.
Note: This page also list relocation voyages scheduled for MSC’s new small-ship/ultra-luxury travel brand “Explora Journeys”.
MSC Cruises Repositioning
MSC relocation cruises deals both as prices and itineraries are a perfect choice for budget-minded travelers. Enjoy low-season discounted cruise travel prices on Transatlantic and European one-way cruises leaving from Holland, Italy, Spain, Portugal. These are the most special and cheap of all packages the “Mediterranean cruise lines” MSC have to offer. This is their global website MSCcruises.com, and we also use the MSC passenger ships itineraries at CruiseMapper.com
MSC Cruises repositioning specials are on longer than usual (up to 20-day) cruise ship vacations. But they all feature most exotic itineraries connecting one popular vacation destination with another. In this survey are also shown one-way MSC cruises between ports in the Mediterranean and Baltic Sea.
MSC Repositioning Cruise Deals Prices
Not only the MSC offers, but most of the repositioning cruise deals are offered for departures in late Spring and early Fall. These are the best times for transition cruises when ships move to change their Summer sailing regions with either South America, or Western Mediterranean and Canary Islands (both operated during Winter months).
All the MSC Crociere reposition specials listed here are with suggestive prices Per Person (based on double occupancy). Rates are in USD and show what are the lowest MSC prices on their cheapest cabins (usually Inside). Please note that all MSC cruise prices listed below are subject to change.
Repositioning Cruises 2023-2024-2025 MSC ships relocation
Follows the complete list of MSC cruise ships’ one-way relocation itineraries with ports of call (dates of arrival and departure) and prices PP.
MSC Armonia – Transatlantic
- 2023 December 4 – 15-day Transatlantic from Barcelona to Rio De Janeiro, visiting Malaga (6), Tenerife (8), Recife (14), Salvador De Bahia (15), Ilheus (16), Cabo Frio (18) – prices from GBP 1000 pp.
- 2024 March 18 – 15-day Transatlantic from Rio De Janeiro to Barcelona, visiting Maceio (22), Tenerife (28), Funchal (29), Malaga (31) – from GBP 1050 pp.
MSC Bellissima
So far, the ship has no scheduled repositioning itineraries and sails from Yokohama (Japan).
MSC Divina – Florida, Transatlantic
- 2023 May 15 – 13-day Transatlantic from Miami to Funchal, visiting San Juan (18), Philipsburg (19), Fort de France (20), Bridgetown (21) – from $650 pp; 17-day plus Casablanca (30), Barcelona (Jun 1) – from $720 pp; 19-day to Genoa (Jun 3) – $940 pp; 20-day to Marseille (4) – from $1070 pp.
- 2023 November 28 – 16-day Transatlantic from Barcelona to Miami, visiting Cadiz (30), Funchal (Dec 2), Tenerife (3), Philipsburg (10), San Juan (11) – prices from $480 pp.
- 2024 April 21 – 15-day Transatlantic from Miami to Lisbon, visiting New York City (24&25), Kings Wharf (27&28), Ponta Delgada (May 3) – from $530 pp; 17-day to Barcelona – $700 pp; 19-day to Civitavecchia (Rome) – $660 pp.
MSC Euribia – Europe
- 2024 April 14 – 13-day from Hamburg to Kiel, visiting Rotterdam (Amsterdam, 16), Brest (18), La Rochelle (19), Bilbao (20), Cherbourg (22), Southampton (23), Zeebrugge (Bruges, 24) – from $350 pp.
- 2024 September 28 – 8-day from Kiel to Hamburg, visiting Copenhagen (29), Hellesylt (Oct 1), Alesund (2), Flam (3), Stavanger (4) – from $1000 pp.
MSC Fantasia – Europe
- 2023 April 23 – 7-day from Lisbon to Kiel, visiting Le Havre (Paris, 26), Zeebrugge (Bruges, 27), Copenhagen (29) – prices from $360 pp.
- 2023 August 31 – 21-day from Kiel to Hamburg, visiting Zeebrugge (Bruges, Sep 2), Brest (4), La Rochelle (5), Bilbao (6), La Coruna (7), Guernsey (9), Falmouth (10) – from $750 pp.
- 2023 September 12 – 11-day from Hamburg to Genoa, visiting Lisbon (16), Cadiz (17), Alicante (19), Palma De Mallorca (20), Marseille (22) – prices from $570 pp.
MSC Grandiosa – Transatlantic
- 2023 November 7 – 16-day Transatlantic from Barcelona to Rio De Janeiro, visiting Malaga (9), Funchal (11), Maceio (18), Salvador De Bahia (20) – from $600 pp; 18-day to Santos (Sao Paulo) – from $650 pp.
- 2024 April 3 – 15-day Transatlantic from Rio De Janeiro to Valencia, visiting Tenerife (12), Casablanca (14), Malaga (16) – from $500 pp; 16-day to Barcelona – from $500 pp; 17-day to Marseille – from $550 pp; 18-day to Genoa – from $600 pp.
MSC Lirica – Transatlantic
- 2023 November 13 – 17-day Transatlantic from Barcelona to Rio De Janeiro, visiting Malaga (15), Cadiz (16), Funchal (18), St Cruz De La Palma (19), Tenerife (20), Salvador De Bahia (27), Ilheus (28) – from $750 pp; 18-day to Santos (Sao Paulo) – $750 pp; 19-day to Itajai – from $800 pp.
- 2024 March 11 – 14-day Transatlantic from Rio De Janeiro to Barcelona, visiting Salvador De Bahia (13), Maceio (14), Tenerife (21), Cadiz (23) – prices from $550 pp.
MSC Magnifica – Transatlantic
- 2023 November 1 – 19-day Transatlantic from Civitavecchia (Rome) to Miami, visiting Palma De Mallorca (3), Malaga (5), Funchal (7), Tenerife (8), Philipsburg (15), Tortola (16), San Juan (17&18) – from $600 pp.
- 2023 November 5 – 15-day Transatlantic from Malaga to Miami, visiting Funchal (7), Tenerife (8), Philipsburg (15), Tortola (16), San Juan (17&18) – from $540 pp.
MSC Meraviglia
So far, the ship has no repositioning cruises and sails from homeport New York City.
MSC Musica – Transatlantic
- 2023 November 15 – 18-day Transatlantic from Barcelona to Rio De Janeiro, visiting Valencia (16), Cadiz (18), Funchal (20), Gran Canaria (21), Salvador De Bahia (28) – prices from $550 pp; 19-day to Buenos Aires – from $820 pp.
- 2023 November 16 – 18-day Transatlantic from Valencia to Buenos Aires, visiting Cadiz (18), Funchal (20), Gran Canaria (21), Salvador De Bahia (28), Rio De Janeiro (30), Montevideo (Dec 3) – prices from $580 pp.
- 2024 March 31 – 18-day Transatlantic from Buenos Aires to Valencia, visiting Punta Del Este (Apr 1), Itajai (3), Rio De Janeiro (5), Recife (8), Gran Canaria (14), Alicante (17) – from $810 pp.
MSC Opera – Suez Canal
- 2023 October 29 – 20-day Suez Canal from Genoa to Abu Dhabi, visiting Siracusa (31), Katakolon (Olympia, Nov 2), Piraeus (Athens, 3), Rhodes (4), Suez Canal (5&6), Sharm El Sheikh (7), Safaga (8), Port Sokhna (9), Jeddah (11), Muscat (16) – from $880 pp; 21-day to Dubai – prices from $930 pp.
- 2024 April 23 – 19-day Suez Canal from Abu Dhabi to Genoa, visiting Muscat (25), Aqaba (May 1), Suez Canal (2&3), Haifa (4), Limassol (5), Rhodes (6), Mykonos (7), Messina (9), Naples (10), Civitavecchia (Rome, 11) – from $820 pp.
MSC Orchestra – Suez Canal
- 2023 April 20 – 25-day Suez Canal from Durban to Genoa, visiting Saint-Denis (24), Port Louis (25), Mahe (28&29), Aqaba (May 7), Suez Canal (8&9), Iraklion (11), Salerno (13), Civitavecchia (Rome, 14) – prices from $1150 pp.
- 2023 November 8 – 16-day Suez Canal from Genoa to Sharm El Sheikh, visiting Marseille (9), Civitavecchia (Rome, 11), Katakolon (Olympia, 13), Iraklion (14), Suez Canal (15&16), Aqaba (17), Sharm El Sheikh (18), Safaga (19), Jeddah (21), Aqaba (23) – from $780 pp; 17-day to Port Sokhna – from $640 pp.
- 2024 April 7 – 9-day Suez Canal from Safaga to Civitavecchia (Rome), visiting Sharm El Sheikh (9), Aqaba (10), Suez Canal (11&12) – from $300 pp; 10-day to Genoa – from $330 pp.
MSC Poesia – Europe, World Cruise segments
- 2023 May 3 – 10-day from Genoa to Warnemunde, visiting Marseille (4), Barcelona (5), La Coruna (8), Southampton (10) – from $250 pp.
- 2023 September 14 – 7-day from Warnemunde to Lisbon, visiting Goteborg (15), Ijmuiden (17), Southampton (18), La Coruna (20) – $800 pp; 11-day plus Alicante (23), Genoa (25) – from $740 pp.
- 2024 March 30 – 35-day World Cruise segment from Miami to Warnemunde – N/A.
- 2024 April 3 – 31-day World Cruise segment from New York City to Warnemunde – N/A.
- 2024 September 23 – 12-day from Warnemunde to Genoa, visiting Ijmuiden (25), La Rochelle (27), Bilbao (28), Lisbon (30), Gibraltar (Oct 1), Valencia (3) – prices from $710 pp.
MSC Preziosa – Transatlantic
- 2023 October 11 – 17-day Transatlantic from Le Havre (Paris) to Rio De Janeiro, visiting Southampton (12), Vigo (14), Lisbon (15), Funchal (17), Tenerife (18), Salvador De Bahia (25), Ilheus (26) – from $810 pp; 18-day to Santos (Sao Paulo) – from $760 pp.
- 2023 October 12 – 16-day Transatlantic from Southampton to Rio De Janeiro, visiting Vigo (14), Lisbon (15), Funchal (17), Tenerife (18), Salvador De Bahia (25), Ilheus (26) – from $1040 pp; 17-day to Santos (Sao Paulo) – from $580 pp.
- 2023 October 15 – 14-day Transatlantic from Lisbon to Santos (Sao Paulo), visiting Funchal (17), Tenerife (18), Salvador De Bahia (25), Ilheus (26), Rio De Janeiro (28) – from $500 pp.
- 2024 April 22 – 13-day Transatlantic from Rio De Janeiro to Lisbon, visiting Ilheus (24), Salvador De Bahia (25), Maceio (26), Funchal (May 3) – prices from $520 pp; 16-day to Southampton – from $550 pp; 17-day to Le Havre (Paris) – from $600 pp; 18-day to Zeebrugge (Bruges) – from $600 pp; 20-day to Copenhagen – from $600 pp.
MSC Seascape
So far, the ship has no repositioning cruises and sails from homeport Miami Florida.
MSC Seashore – Transatlantic
- 2023 October 28 – 19-day Transatlantic from Genoa to Port Canaveral, visiting Marseille (29), Barcelona (30), Tenerife (Nov 2), Arrecife (3), Philipsburg (10), Tortola (11), San Juan (12&13) – from $850 pp.
MSC Seaside – Transatlantic
- 2024 April 7 – 15-day Transatlantic from Pointe A Pitre to Marseille, visiting Bridgetown (8), St Johns (9), Philipsburg (10), Funchal (17), Malaga (19), Valencia (21) – from $750 pp; 16-day to Genoa – from $800 pp.
MSC Seaview – Transatlantic
- 2023 November 16 – 16-day Transatlantic from Barcelona to Salvador De Bahia, visiting Marseille (17), Genoa (18), Palma De Mallorca (20), Cartagena (21), Malaga (22), Casablanca (23), Arrecife (25) – from $1070 pp; 19-day to Rio De Janeiro – from $670 pp.
- 2024 March 28 – 11-day Transatlantic from Rio De Janeiro to St Cruz De La Palma, visiting Ilheus (30), Salvador De Bahia (31), Maceio (Apr 1) – from $530 pp; 14-day to Malaga – from $470 pp; 16-day to Barcelona – from $450 pp; 17-day to Cannes – from $500 pp; 18-day to Genoa – from $500 pp; 20-day to Civitavecchia (Rome) – from $600 pp.
MSC Sinfonia
So far, the ship has no repositioning cruises and sails in the Mediterranean.
MSC Splendida – Suez Canal, South Africa
- 2023 October 28 – 26-day Suez Canal from Trieste to Durban, visiting Katakolon (Olympia, 30), Iraklion (31), Rhodes (Nov 1), Suez Canal (2&3), Port Sokhna (4), Safaga (5), Aqaba (6), Salalah (11), Port Louis (17&18), Saint-Denis (19) – N/A.
- 2024 April 6 – 22-day Suez Canal from Durban to Naples, visiting Saint-Denis (10), Port Louis (11,12&13), Safaga (22), Aqaba (23), Suez Canal (24&25) – from $620 pp; 23-day to Civitavecchia (Rome) – from $600 pp; 24-day to Genoa – from $650 pp.
MSC World Europa
So far, the ship has no repositioning cruises and sails in the Mediterranean.
MSC Virtuosa – Suez Canal
- 2023 November 7 – 15-day Suez Canal from Naples to Dubai, visiting Piraeus (Athens, 9), Iraklion (10), Suez Canal (11&12), Safaga (13), Aqaba (14), Muscat (20) – prices from GBP 950 pp; 16-day to Abu Dhabi – from GBP 1150 pp.
- 2024 March 30 – 17-day Suez Canal from Dubai to Barcelona, visiting Abu Dhabi (Apr 1), Muscat (3), Safaga (9), Suez Canal (10&11), Iraklion (12), La Valletta (14) – from GBP 1100 pp; 23-day to Southampton – from GBP 1500 pp.
(Explora Journeys) MSC Explora 1
- 2023 September 2 – 7-day from Greenock/Clydeport-Glasgow (Scotland UK) to Reykjavik (Iceland) visiting in Scotland Fort William (Sept 3), Portree/Isle of Skye (4), Kirkwall/Orkney Island (5), Lerwick/Mainland Shetland (6), the Faroes (Torshavn/Streymoy Island/Sept 7), Reykjavik (Sept 9). Prices started from $3950 pp.
- 2024 March 18 – 24-day Panama Canal transition from Bridgetown (Barbados) to Los Angeles (CA USA), from $8400 pp, visits Roseau Dominica (Mar 19), Willemstad Curacao (21), Oranjestad Aruba (22), Cartagena Colombia (24), Puerto Limon Costa Rica (27), Panama Canal (transit on Mar 28) and Panama City (Mar 28).
- 2024 April 12 – 6-day relocation to Alaska from Los Angeles to Vancouver (from $2450 pp) visits San Francisco CA (Apr 13), Astoria OR (16), and Canada’s Victoria BC (17) and Vancouver BC (18).
- 2024 September 18 – 12-day USA to Canada relocation from Miami Florida to Quebec City (from $5200 pp) visits NYC (Sept 21-22/overnight), Boston MA (23), and in Canada – Sydney NS (25), and Quebec’s Havre-Saint-Pierre (27), Gaspe (28) and Quebec City (30).
Enjoy your exotic, excitingly long, and most-cheap special MSC repositioning cruises, and best luck with the prices and availability!