{"id":47042,"date":"2026-04-10T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47042"},"modified":"2026-04-10T21:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:50:00","slug":"msc-cruise-cancels-gulf-trips-shifts-sailings-to-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47042","title":{"rendered":"MSC cruise cancels Gulf trips, shifts sailings to Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Talk about a change in tide.<\/p>\n

MSC Cruises is scrapping its Arabian Gulf winter season, pulling the plug on sailings aboard its mega-ship MSC World Europa \u2014 and sending it thousands of miles in the opposite direction.<\/a><\/p>\n

The vessel, which can carry nearly 7,000 passengers, was originally set to cruise out of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha from November 2026 through April 2027. <\/p>\n

Instead, it\u2019s trading desert skylines for Caribbean coastlines, with new 7- and 14-night itineraries now set for the French Antilles \u2014 including departures from Martinique, Guadeloupe and Barbados.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis adjustment offers guests a perfect winter-sun experience in one of the world\u2019s most desirable warm-weather destinations, while offering all the innovative features and next-generation guest experiences for which MSC World Europa is known,\u201d the company said in the announcement.<\/a><\/p>\n

The now-ditched<\/a> Gulf season would\u2019ve marked the ship\u2019s debut in the region. <\/p>\n