and Canadian demographics, MSC Cruises has added new hardware purpose-built for Americans to the lineup of ships it has been constructing at a breakneck pace. Since then, instead of retrofitting existing vessels for the U.S. It was built a year earlier for a European audience, but the line decided to make it fit the American market by adding a movie screen on the pool deck, cutting back on smoking areas, stocking more brands of beer and soda, and revamping some entertainment and menu items. In 2013, the line 'Americanized' its MSC Divina ship.

The company still remains an enigma to many travelers. (Photo by Ashley Kosciolek/The Points Guy)Īlthough it has been around since the late 1980s, the cruise arm of the behemoth Mediterranean Shipping Company has only been wooing the North American market for just shy of a decade.

MSC Seashore docked at private island Ocean Cay in the Bahamas.