MSC Preziosa — Deck Plans, Live Tracker, Dining & Videos

MSC Preziosa is the fourth and final ship of MSC Cruises' Fantasia Class, delivered on 14 March 2013 at Saint-Nazaire by STX France and christened nine days later on 23 March 2013 in Genoa by Sophia Loren. She measures 139,072 gross tons and 333.30 metres in length, carries 3,502 guests at double occupancy (4,345 maximum) across 1,751 cabins with a crew of approximately 1,388, and flies the Panamanian flag from Colón. Her 18-deck layout includes the L'Arabesque and The Golden Lobster main dining rooms, the 1,645-seat Platinum Theatre, the stern-top Galaxy Restaurant / Lounge / Disco, the 120-metre Vertigo waterslide, and a forward MSC Yacht Club enclave that has been aboard since delivery. In summer 2026 she runs Northern Europe round-trips from Hamburg; in winter 2026-27 she remains in Western Europe from the same home port.

Quick Answer: MSC Preziosa (139,072 GT, 3,502 double / 4,345 max, ~1,388 crew, delivered 2013) is the fourth and final Fantasia Class ship — sisters MSC Fantasia, MSC Splendida, and MSC Divina. She carries two main dining rooms (L'Arabesque and The Golden Lobster), two separate buffets (Inca and Maya on Deck 14), Butcher's Cut steakhouse, the stern-top Galaxy Restaurant (which also serves sushi and converts to the Galaxy Disco), the 1,645-seat Platinum Theatre, Millennium Star Casino, the signature Vertigo 120-metre waterslide, and a forward MSC Yacht Club enclave with the Moroccan-themed La Palmeraie restaurant and the Top Sail Lounge. Hamburg / Northern Europe summer 2026; Western Europe winter 2026-27.

Who She's For: Northern European cruisers who want a 1,751-cabin Italian-design ship out of Hamburg, Germany, with real Fantasia-class scale. Families who will use the Vertigo 120-metre waterslide and the Doremi Castle Aquapark. Suite travellers who want a fully-built-in MSC Yacht Club with 69 forward suites and private sundeck. Not for cruisers looking for Cirque du Soleil at Sea (not on Preziosa) or Eataly (also not on Preziosa, despite what older articles may suggest).

MSC Preziosa is the fourth ship of the Fantasia Class — MSC Fantasia (2008, first-in-class), MSC Splendida (2009), and MSC Divina (2012) complete the class. Preziosa and Divina form the "modified" sub-group of Fantasia class: both sail at 139,072 GT (vs the ~137,936 GT of Fantasia/Splendida) and carry 1,751 cabins — 114 more than the original pair — plus two extra elevators. Each Fantasia-class sister uses different venue names: Preziosa's L'Arabesque and The Golden Lobster MDRs are distinct from her sisters' dining rooms, her Platinum Theatre is unique (vs Fantasia's Teatro L'Avanguardia, Splendida's Strand Theatre, and Divina's Pantheon Theatre), and her Yacht Club restaurant is the Moroccan-themed La Palmeraie — not the L'Olivo found on MSC Fantasia and Splendida. Her hull has an unusual contract history: originally ordered in 2010 by Libya's GNMTC for Hannibal Gaddafi and planned to be named Phoenicia, the contract was cancelled by STX France during the 2011 Libyan Civil War; MSC Cruises acquired the hull in March 2012 for approximately €550 million and completed construction as the fourth Fantasia-class ship. She was delivered under the STX France name (period-accurate — the yard reverted to Chantiers de l'Atlantique only in 2018).