MSC Cruises

MSC Seaside

2017

153,516

323 Meters

21.3 Knots

5,119 Guests

14,013 Crew

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Your floating resort

The Seaside is MSC Cruises' first glorious ship to specifically to cater to the US market. It's the namesake of MSC's Seaside Class and rewrites the rules when it comes to design, blending the indoors and outdoors seamlessly. It offers new entertainment, plenty of speciality restaurant, more MSC Yacht Club facilities, a larger and better kids club, as well as family and penthouse style suites.

Its exclusive seafront promenade is choc a bloc full of restaurants, bars, shops and swim and sunbathing facilities. The panoramic views from the two glass-floored catwalks is breath-taking. They also have the brilliant new MSC for me app, which you can download before you board, and then use to stay connected with the ship, crew, and selected fellow passengers, according to your preferences. Enjoy the sunshine on a waterfront promenade on the MSC Seaside, the ship that follows the sun!

Restaurants

Ipanema Lounge

The opulent Ipanema Lounge is MSC's Seaside's main restaurant and serves freshly prepared Mediterranean and international cuisines for breakfast, lunch and dinner. You need to make a reservation and make sure of the dress code because while smart casual is usually fine, they do have two formal evenings a week.

Seashore

This decadent restaurant with its rich maroon and dark grey colour scheme can on deck five and shares its menu with the Ipanema restaurant. It opens for breakfast and dinner every day, with lunch being available on sea days. Dinner consists of fixed seatings at 6pm or 8:30 pm or you can make use of their flexible MyChoice Dining to eat anywhere between 6:30 and 10 pm.

Asian Market Kitchen

Chef Roy Yamaguchi has spent two and a half years developing this unique concept especially for MSC Cruises. Chef Yamaguchi chose this concept as it reflects all his international influences: he is from Japanese heritage, has spent time in Hawaii, trained in French cooking and is inspired by Thai, Vietnamese and other flavours. It debuted on the MSC Seaside but will also appear on board the Seaview. The restaurant is split into three areas within the same space, offering an Asian-fusion, teppanyaki grill and sushi/raw bar.

Butcher's Cut

The Butcher's Cut Steakhouse is ever-popular amongst meat lovers for its superior juicy steaks. The atmosphere is relaxed, so you don't have to worry about a dress code. The menu is bold though and it's a great place for friends to meet up or a quiet romantic dinner with your partner. The hero dish, steak comes in all shapes and sizes, from a standard size filet mignon up to a massive sharing 38-ounce dry-aged tomahawk.

Ocean Cay

The MSC Seaside's Ocean Cay Seafood restaurant serves scrumptious seafood dishes and have many set menus you can book for, like the Seafood fest with a delicious mouth-watering seafood menu offering all the goodness of the bounty of the sea. At Ocean Cay, prix fixe diners can choose from the prix fixe list or from the a la carte list for 50 percent of the a la carte price.

Bistro La Boheme

This speciality restaurant can be found on deck five and has the ambiance of a busy French sidewalk cafe. The food is exquisite, and it offers seats next to floor-to-ceiling windows with panoramic views.

Venchi 1878

Chocoholics will love the fact that the ship has its own chocolatier on board. The master chocolatiers create their mouth-watering chocolate right in front of your eyes. And as well as having some of the best chocolate in the world, they are also famous for their yummy ice cream and gelato.

This Ciocco gelateria and coffee bar on Deck 6 features ice cream, speciality coffee drinks, milkshakes, Italian hot chocolate as well as featuring an impressive chocolate fountain wall. The gelateria and creperie on deck seven serves delicious ice cream, waffles, crepes, and milkshakes

Bars and Lounges

Wine and Cocktails

Here, on deck sixteen, you can enjoy a classic aperitif, a glass of fine wine, or put yourself in the capable hands of their expert mixologists. It's a great place to relax before or after dinner or to catch up with friends.

Sports Bar

They have an excellent selection of International and American beer, spirits and more in this American-style sports bar. If relaxing in front of a game is more your thing than fancy designer cocktails, this is the place for you.

Miami Beach Bar

This very relax beach bar on deck sixteen serves ice cream and alcoholic drinks. If you feel like something sweet, try their a la carte priced scoops or milk shakes. Drinks include an extensive selection of brilliant cocktails and other frozen drinks as well as wine and beer.

Haven Lounge

This lounge on deck seven is the perfect place to rest, relax and have fun with friends, old or new. It serves as a secondary theatre on the Seaside and they also have some dining options available. While most nights have terrific entertainment, the days are packed with activities like art auctions, games, tai chi, and dance classes.

Activities

Metropolitan Theatre

This beautiful and spacious theatre spans decks six and seven was perfectly designed to give an incredible and intimate experience, despite its big stature. During the day it often serves as the meeting point for ship-sponsored shore excursions. And they also host enrichment lectures, talks about ports and other seminars during the day.

Miami Casino

You can try your luck at this casino on deck seven, with its clinking slot machines, classic gaming tables such as poker, blackjack and roulette, as well as electronic gaming. It accepts cash and has a small smoking section, which doesn't smell because of an advanced air filtration system.

It has its own bar that includes an outdoor section where you can enjoy your drinks in the sea breeze, the perfect space to relax after all the gaming excitement.

Ziplines

While Royal Caribbean's Oasis-class ships were the first to bring ziplines to sea, their 82ft long lines were dwarfed by Seaside's zipline experience, which is more than five times as long as Royal Caribbean's ziplines. Each of the two lines takes Seaside takes passengers for a ride spanning 394 feet! You can join the queue on deck twelve and the zip lines end on deck eighteen.

Forest AquaVenture Water Park

This water park is one of the largest and most interactive water attractions at sea. It has four slides, a wading pool with sprayers and fountains, and an adventure course. The adventure course is a big climbing structure with various slides, including one for slide boarding. Also boasting an AquaPlay area for tots, the aqua park truly has something for everyone.

Interactive XD Cinema

A cross between a cinema and a rollercoaster, this exhilarating experience features 3D graphics, moving seats to provide viewers with a thrilling 'ride' combining sight, sound, motion and special effects such as wind and rain.

F1 Simulator

The authentic F1 Racing Simulator vehicle is an actual Formula One car for single-seat, open cockpit, open-wheel racing with substantial front and rear wings. A must for every Formula One enthusiast.

Billiard Room

The MSC Seaside's billiards room is very tastefully decorated with a big screen tv and some comfy seats where guests can wait their turn or watch the players while sipping drinks.

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