MSC Fantasia

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Promotional photo of MSC Fantasia
Career
Name: MSC Fantasia
Owner: MSC Cruises
Operator: MSC Cruises
Port of registry: 22x20px Panama[1][dead link][2]
Ordered: June 1, 2005[3]
Builder: STX Europe (St. Nazaire)[4]
Cost: $550 million[2]
Yard number: A33[3]
Launched: February 8, 2008[3]
Christened: December 18, 2008 by Sophia Loren in Naples[5][6]
Completed: December 10, 2008[citation needed]
Acquired: December 11, 2008[1]
In service: December 18, 2008[1][2]
Identification: IMO number: 9359791[7]
Call Sign 3ETR7[8]
MMSI 370648000[8]
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class and type: Fantasia-class cruise ship
Tonnage: 135,000 gross register tons (GRT)[1][2]
Length: 1,093.5 feet (333.30 m)[2]
Beam: 124.3 feet (37.89 m)[2]
Draft: 27.72 feet (8.45 m)[2]
Decks: 13 passenger decks[2], 18 total[citation needed]
Installed power: diesel-electric (40MW each)[2][9]
Propulsion: 2 propellers[2]
Speed: 21-knot (39 km/h; 24 mph) cruising speed[4] 23-knot (43 km/h; 26 mph) maximum speed[9]
Capacity: 3,900 passengers[2]
Crew: 1,313 crew[2]
Notes: 14 elevators[2], post-Panamax

MSC Fantasia is a Fantasia class cruise ship owned and operated by MSC Cruises. She entered service in December 2008. She is the largest ship operated by MSC Cruises to date, along with her sister ship MSC Splendida.[1] as well as the largest passenger ship ever constructed for a European shipowner.[9][10]

MSC Fantasia was delivered to MSC Cruises on December 11, 2008. She was officially named on December 18, 2008, in Naples by Sophia Loren,[5][6] and started on her maiden voyage on the same date.[1] Since her first cruise, this vessel has been the flagship of the company.[11]

Incidents

On March 5, 2009, high winds snapped the forward mooring lines of MSC Fantasia while she was docked in Spain. The bow drifted away from the dock side and caused a passenger gangway to collapse into the water. Four passengers had to be rescued from the sea. One passenger was taken to hospital with head injuries, while the other three were treated for hypothermia.[12][13]

Facilities

Restaurants

  • A restaurant for suite occupants only
  • A casual buffet eatery
  • 2-level main dining room
  • Tex-Mex Restaurant
  • Italian panoramic specialty restaurant

Entertainment

  • A 1,700-seat showlounge
  • Nightclub
  • Library
  • Card room
  • Internet center
  • Shopping gallery
  • Monte Carlo Casino

Spa

  • Total area of 16,000 square feet (1,500 m2)[14]
  • Beauty salon, treatment rooms, gymnasium with ocean views, thermal suite
  • Run as a concession by the Italian company Ocean View

Sports

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "MSC Cruises takes delivery of MSC Fantasia". Cruise Business Review. Cruise Media Oy Ltd. 11 December 2008. http://cruisebusiness.com/news.php?u=20081211104717. Retrieved 11 December 2008. 
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Ward, Douglas (2009). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships (18th ed.). Singapore: Berlitz. p. 439. ISBN 978-981-268-564-3. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Data from XVAS". Vessel Assessment System. http://www.xvas.it/SPECIAL/VTship.php?imo=9359791&mode=CK. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "MSC Fantasia". ShipParade. http://www.shipparade.com/az/MSC_Fantasia/MSC_Fantasia.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Garrison, Linda (2008-12-29). "MSC Fantasia Named in Naples". About.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-14. http://backupurl.com/cache/5fxd9q.html. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "MSC Cruises launches Fantasia". travelbite.co.uk. 2008-12-19. Archived from the original on 2009-07-14. http://backupurl.com/cache/p7d438.html. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
  7. ↑ United States Coast Guard (USCG). "MSC Fantasia". Port State Information Exchange. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. http://psix.uscg.mil/PSIX/PSIXDetails.aspx?VesselID=946658. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "MSC Fantasia (IMO: 9359791)". vesseltracker.com. http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Msc-Fantasia-9359791.html. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Garrison, Linda (2007-12-30). "MSC Fantasia - New Cruise Ship for 2008 and Largest Ship in MSC Cruises' Fleet". About.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-14. http://backupurl.com/cache/pg9yyz.html. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
  10. ↑ "MSC Fantasia". MSC Cruises. http://www.msccruisesusa.com/fleet/fantasia-cruise-ship.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
  11. ↑ "MSC Takes Delivery of 133,500-ton Fantasia in Naples". Cruise Reviews. 2008-12-11. Archived from the original on 2009-07-13. http://www.webcitation.org/5iFRqmmRq. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
  12. ↑ "Cruise ship gangway collapses in high winds". thinkSPAIN. 2009-03-05. Archived from the original on 2009-07-14. http://backupurl.com/cache/kmhq6c.html. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
  13. ↑ "MSC Fantasia Passenger Dramatic Rescue". sky.com. 2009-03-06. Archived from the original on 2009-07-14. http://backupurl.com/cache/khvcn2.html. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
  14. ↑ "MSC Fantasia and Aurea Spa". MSC Cruises. 2008-07-09. Archived from the original on 2009-07-14. http://www.webcitation.org/5iH0jxiwo. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 

External links

Gallery

  • MSC Fantasia 2.jpg

    MSC Fantasia docked at Funchal.

  • MSC Fantasia2.jpg

    MSC Fantasia moored at port.

  • MSC Fantasia pool.jpg

    The swimming pool aboard MSC Fantasia.

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