MSC Divina

MSC Divina is a cruise ship operated by MSC Cruises and the third ship of the Fantasia class. Delivered in May 2012 from the Saint-Nazaire yard in France, she measures about 139,400 gross tons and 333 metres, with 1,751 staterooms across 18 decks.

The ship is named in honour of Sophia Loren, long known in Italy as La Divina and godmother to most of the MSC fleet. She took part in the design of the ship's decorative scheme, and a suite aboard carries her name and personal touches, an unusual degree of involvement for a ship's godmother.

Divina carries the Fantasia-class signatures: a three-deck atrium with Swarovski crystal staircases, a main theatre, an extensive spread of restaurants and lounges including the Black and White Lounge, a large spa and thermal suite, and the MSC Yacht Club, the private ship-within-a-ship suite area forward on the upper decks. A pool area covered by a retractable glass roof allows swimming in cooler weather.

She was christened in Marseille in May 2012.

For much of the following decade Divina was one of MSC's principal ships in North America, operating year-round Caribbean itineraries from Miami before returning to European deployment, and she continues to sail Mediterranean and seasonal itineraries.