Part of the fleet
Explora Journeys
MSC Group's luxury brand — all-suite European-flavoured ships with ocean-front terraces on every accommodation and no fixed dining times.
- Introduced
- 2023
- Gross tonnage
- 63,900 GT
- Capacity
- 922 guests
The Explora class was designed from a blank sheet at Fincantieri Monfalcone, with a brief to maximise outdoor space per guest and eliminate inside accommodation entirely.
Every one of the 461 suites, penthouses and residences has a private ocean-front terrace, and the entry grade is a genuine 35-square-metre suite.
Nine dining venues, four pools including an indoor pool under a retractable roof, and a 1,000-square-metre spa give a facility list closer to a premium ship than a luxury one, spread across a guest count barely half the size.
Two further LNG-powered ships are on order, taking the class to six vessels by the end of the decade.
Sister ships
Ships in the Explora Class
2 sister ships share this class — near-identical layouts, cabins, and onboard venues across the Explora Journeys fleet.
Launched 2023
EXPLORA I
MSC Group's first luxury ship — 461 all-ocean-front suites, nine dining venues, four pools and no fixed schedules of any kind.
Launched 2024
EXPLORA II
The second Explora ship — the same all-suite platform with a reworked spa, refined dining and a Caribbean and Mediterranean deployment.
Cruise line