MSC Virtuosa deck plans

MSC Virtuosa (2021-built) is the second MERAVIGLIA PLUS-class vessel in the MSC Cruises fleet, with sisterships MSC Grandiosa (2019) and MSC Euribia (2023).

The MSC Virtuosa deck plan shows 2421 staterooms for 4810 passengers (max capacity 6334), served by 1704 crew. The ship has 18 decks (15 passenger-accessible, 11 with cabins), 14 restaurants and food bars (including 5 MDRs and 5 specialty venues), 21 lounges and bars, 4 swimming pools (1 sliding-roof-covered and 1 MSC Yacht Club pool), 9 Jacuzzis (outdoor whirlpool hot tubs), and 32 elevators (19 passenger lifts, including 1 for the MSC Yacht Club and 2 panoramic glass-walled lifts in the Atrium).

MSC Virtuosa’s decks are named after the world’s most famous composers.

The vessel has a total service area of 460,000 m2 (4.95 million ft2) and 35,000 m2 (376,736 ft2) of public areas, with a public space ratio of 7.7 m2 (83 ft2) per passenger. The ship features 4 swimming pools (including 1 sliding-roof-covered and 1 MSC Yacht Club pool), 9 Jacuzzis, and 32 elevators (19 passenger lifts, including 1 MSC Yacht Club and 2 panoramic Atrium lifts).

The following official MSC Cruises YouTube video reviews the best features and onboard amenities of the Meraviglia-class ships.

• Dining options include “Butcher’s Cut” (American steakhouse), a pastry bar/creperie by celebrity chef Jean Philippe Maury, the “Kaito Sushi” restaurant, the “Kaito Teppanyaki” restaurant, and a buffet open 20 hours a day.
• The four swimming pools include the 25-m / 80-ft Atmosphere Pool, the 10-m / 33-ft indoor Bamboo Pool, and the aft Horizon Pool, which offers one of the largest open-deck areas at sea.
• Weekly, a total of 12 “Cirque du Soleil” acrobatic shows are presented in the dedicated “Carousel Lounge”. Located aft on Deck 7 (Promenade), the venue accommodates 120 guests for dinner plus 290 additional seats for drinks.
• The Balinese Spa complex is an 1100 m2 (11,840 ft2) wellness area.

Each Meraviglia and Meraviglia Plus-class ship is equipped with 114 interactive screens, 244 info screens, 31 virtual screens, 81 video wall monitors, 3050 iBeacons, 700 WAPs (wireless access points), and 1200 CCTV cameras.

Rob – MSC Starship Club's humanoid robot bartender

MSC Virtuosa introduced the fleet’s first MSC Starship Club (Starliner One Bar, a spaceship-themed venue) featuring the cruise industry’s first humanoid robot bartender, named Rob. MSC Starship Club combines bar service with immersive entertainment and is designed with a futuristic cold-white ceiling, a digital art wall, 3D holographic projections, and a 12-seat digital touchscreen table for personalized “galactic tours”.

Rob mixes and serves cocktails while entertaining guests with natural body, head, and arm movements (shaking, stirring, garnishing, and pouring drinks). The humanoid bartender speaks eight languages (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German, Chinese, Japanese) and interacts with guests using voice, gestures, and LED-based facial expressions.

Between preparing beverages, Rob engages with passengers, changes facial expressions, dances, and tells jokes, riddles, cosmic facts, and trivia. Orders are placed in vertical digital cockpits. Drinks are served in futuristic MSC-branded souvenir glasses. The robot bartender can prepare 16 “cosmic cocktails” (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), plus personalized drinks made to order using more than 40 ingredients.