WHY IT RATES: In addition to a new web series launching in early 2020, younger guests can look forward to three brand new activities aboard MSC Grandiosa, including MSC Dance Crew, The Drone Academy and Spy Mission.—Patrick Clarke, TravelPulse Senior Writer.
MSC Cruises—the Swiss-based world’s largest privately-owned cruise line—today released details of its brand-new kids’ entertainment debuting onboard MSC Grandiosa, the Company’s new flagship launching in November this year.
Each year, MSC Cruises welcomes over 350,000 children onboard its ships, with a comprehensive entertainment schedule offering hundreds of hours of activities each week. Kids can play in up to 7,534 sq. ft. of dedicated space with rooms for different age groups as well as exhilarating aqua parks, high-tech virtual games arcade and more. With the upcoming launch of its newest cruise ship MSC Grandiosa, the Company is now introducing three brand new activities—MSC Dance Crew, The Drone Academy and Spy Mission—as well as introducing a new web series targeted at teenagers.
Matteo Mancini, MSC Cruises’ Children’s Entertainment Manager commented: “The growing number of teens sailing with us, 13-17-year-olds, now make up 40% of our young guests. This has driven our development of exciting new teen-focused entertainment activities and a new web series dedicated to teens. We are delighted to launch MSC Dance Crew, Spy Mission and The Drone Academy onboard MSC Grandiosa later this year, and announce that filming is underway for ‘Cabin 12006’ – our new teens web series coming online early next year.”
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NEW KIDS ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES LAUNCHING ON MSC GRANDIOSA
—MSC DANCE CREW – developed in partnership with Fremantle, the production company behind the globally successful TV talent shows including Idols, The X Factor and Got Talent series, this brand-new competition experience sees teams of 12-17-year-old cruisers battling it out to win the title of dance crew of the year.
—MSC Cruises is working in collaboration with London-based immersive agency, The Department, who specializes in creating theatrical and technology-driven productions for a host of global brands and companies, to introduce:
—THE DRONE ACADEMY – taking place in MSC Grandiosa’s Sportsplex venue, this high-tech and high-energy drone relay race comes to life at night thanks to fluo effects and glowing drones. Teens are trained on drone piloting skills before competing in teams to race through the 4,197 sq. ft. arena navigating 15 obstacles in the quickest time possible.
—SPY MISSION – young audiences play a central role in a new, immersive roaming spy experience, a first for MSC Cruises. Blending the lines between reality and fiction, guests are led through a number of different scenes, taking place throughout the ship to unravel unique storylines, follow clues and solve the mystery to win a host of MSC Cruises prizes.
NEW TEENS WEB SERIES ‘CABIN 12006’ LAUNCHING EARLY 2020
Following the success of ‘Kelly & Kloe Onboard’, MSC Cruises’ kid’s web series running for three seasons and attracting over five million views, the Company is now introducing a brand-new web series targeted at teens.
The seven-episode series follows teenager Markus as he embarks on his first ever cruise — but, his vacation doesn’t quite go to plan and turns into an unexpected adventure…
MSC Bellissima’s Cabin 12006 is full of unanswered questions and many surprises, and it’s down to Markus and his friend Lucas to solve the mystery with the help of virtual personal cruise assistant ZOE. Meanwhile, two young guys dreaming of a career onboard a cruise ship come aboard for a unique internship and unintentionally get tangled in the tale thanks to an unexpected whirlwind love story.
The series has been written and shot in collaboration with Viacom, the media group behind kids’ channel Nickelodeon, to develop an original, authentic and high-quality web series for kids.
The series features talents including Luciano Spinelli, Max & Harvey, Matteo Markus Bok, Sespo, Valerio Mazzei, Rosalba and for the first time as comedians, kids from UNICEF Ambassador group KidsUnited. Between them, they have millions of followers across their social channels and are known by kids and teens of all ages worldwide.
Those who have followed the Kelly & Kloe series will be glad to hear that the two main characters also make appearances throughout ‘Cabin 12006’.
Filming is currently underway on board MSC Bellissima, with the episodes expected to launch early in 2020. For those who haven’t seen ‘Kelly & Kloe Onboard’, head over to kellyandkloe.com now to watch all three seasons.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MSC CRUISES KIDS’ OFFERING
These elements are just the latest enhancement to MSC Cruises’ award-winning* family offering that already includes:
—The LEGO Experience onboard – a whole day on every cruise itinerary that is dedicated to fun LEGO® activities, which culminates in the children receiving a Jr. LEGO Master Builder diploma.
—DOREBRO – a dedicated sports program for kids of all ages.
—A range of services for babies and toddlers: including the Baby-Club for children under 3 as well as a dedicated childcare service. Many of these services are offered in collaboration with Chicco–the leading global baby brand and yet another exclusive MSC Cruises partnership.
—Family Explorer Club – tailor-made shore excursion program to meet the needs of the whole family.
For more information about MSC Cruises’ family offering please visit msccruises.com.
SOURCE: MSC Cruises press release.
