MSC Magnifica 2029 World Cruise Opens for Booking at 119 Nights
If you want this sailing on the MSC Magnifica, pick your embarkation port first: Civitavecchia (Rome) on Jan. 4, or Genoa, Marseille or Barcelona in early January 2029. If you belong to MSC Voyagers Club at Classic level or above, you get 5 percent off the booking price. Members also earn triple points, but only on bookings made until Nov. 19. Check what the fare covers: the 15 excursions, the Dine & Drink package and a 30 percent laundry discount are included.
My read is that MSC is using the sales opening to pull in its most loyal customers early, and the Nov. 19 triple-points deadline is the lever. The 5 percent Classic-and-above discount points the same way, and it rewards people already in the Voyagers Club. The inclusions are the real selling point to me: 15 excursions, the Dine & Drink package and a 30 percent laundry discount take away much of the usual add-on spending on a 119-night trip. Nine overnight calls, including Rio de Janeiro, Ushuaia, Sydney and Singapore, also mean more time ashore than on a typical world itinerary. The Australian circumnavigation with new calls at Kangaroo Island, Broome and Darwin is the headline route, and Milford Sound returning is a nice bonus. Four embarkation ports, with Civitavecchia on Jan. 4, make the start easy for Europeans. In your shoes, I would price the all-in fare against what you would otherwise pay for drinks and tours, and decide before Nov. 19 if you are a member.