“They’ll probably wait to see how MSC gets on, but Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line and the grand voyage lines like Cunard, Princess, Azamara and so on are likely to feature Saudi ports calls and possibly even departures in the near future.”
-Shaun Ebelthite, the editor of Cruise Arabia Online, commenting MSC Cruises plan for the MSC Bellisima to homeport in Jeddah while it’s MSC Magnifica will offer seven-day, Red Sea cruises through March. A third ship, the MSC Virtuosa, will make weekly calls at Saudi Arabia’s Arabian Gulf port of Dammam from December through March during Middle East cruises to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar. [Travel Weekly]
