MSC Sinfonia
MSC Cruises · Lirica class · 2002
MSC Sinfonia measures 65,542 gross tons, with room for 1,950 guests. MSC Sinfonia sails 10-night cruises from Valencia and moves to Málaga in Apr 2027.
- BuiltYear built
- 2002
- TonnageGross tonnage
- 65,542
- Decks
- 13
- Cabins
- 980
- Guests
- 1,950
- 2,658 at full occupancy
- Crew
- 721
MSC Sinfonia cruise schedule
185 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local
- Wed 11 Nov7:00 am8:00 pm
- Thu 12 Nov7:00 am7:00 pm
- At seaFri 13 Nov
- Sat 14 Nov7:00 am9:00 pm
- Sun 15 Nov9:00 am5:30 pm
- Mon 16 Nov8:00 am5:00 pm
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Showing 6 of 185 cruises
Where MSC Sinfonia sails
Homeport and departures by month · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027
ValenciaBarcelonaMarseilleGenoaCivitavecchiaMálagaAlicanteLisbonNumber = cruises starting that month
Ports MSC Sinfonia visits
28 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted
How MSC Sinfonia sails
Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027 · from published itineraries
Sailing mix
Upcoming sailings by length
184sailings
- Up to 5 nights42%
- 7 nights8144%
- 6, 8 or 9 nights63%
- 10–14 nights8948%
- 15+ nights42%
Turnaround ports
Port intensity
Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return
- Time in port
- 9 h
- median · 5 – 18.5 h
- Port days
- 78%
- of days between embarkation and return
- Overnight calls
- 4
- staying past midnight
- Late departures
- 79
- after 8:00 pm · latest 11:00 pm
Cruise patterns
- 5 ports · 1 sea day7 nights17 cruises
- 7 ports · 2 sea days10 nights17 cruises
- 5 ports · 1 sea day7 nights16 cruises
- 5 ports · 1 sea day7 nights16 cruises
- 7 ports · 2 sea days10 nights16 cruises
Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown
Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 8:00 pm, local time.
MSC Sinfonia specifications
From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units
Ship
- Cruise line
- MSC Cruises
- Class
- Lirica class
- Year built
- 2002
- Status
- In service
- IMO
- 9210153
- MMSI
- 356716000
Size
- Gross tonnage
- 65,542 GT
- Length
- 274.9 m
- Beam
- 28.8 m
- Decks
- 13
- Cruising speed
- 21.7 knots
Capacity
- Guests, double occupancy
- 1,950
- Guests, full occupancy
- 2,658
- Cabins
- 980
- Crew
- 721
- Guests per crew member
- 2.7
- Space per guest
- 33.6 GT
How it compares
225th largest of 350 ships in service, shared with MSC Armonia
Gross tonnage
- MSC Sinfonia65,542
- MSC Cruises average143,659
- All ships in service91,156
Guests, double occupancy
- MSC Sinfonia1,950
- MSC Cruises average3,740
- All ships in service2,189
Lirica class sister ships
Same design and size as MSC Sinfonia
MSC Armonia
2001 · 65,542 GT · 1,950 guests
MSC Lirica
2003 · 65,591 GT · 1,984 guests
MSC Opera
2004 · 65,591 GT · 2,142 guests
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About MSC Sinfonia
MSC Sinfonia is a Lirica-class MSC Cruises ship of 65,542 gross tons, built in 2002 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire as Festival Cruises' European Stars. MSC Cruises bought her at auction in Barcelona in 2004. In 2015 Fincantieri's Palermo yard inserted a 24-metre midsection and added a spray park, and she now has 980 cabins for up to 2,658 guests.