MSC Cruises
What does this mean?
Grade C (use with care: check the source of each value before relying on it). 100% of 11 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites; 9 value(s) were read from a search snippet or an archive copy.
Get help with (2)
- Refund requestIf MSC cancels a cruise or delays it three or more days and you choose not to sail, you can claim a refund; MSC recommends sending the claim with delivery confirmation and says valid claims are paid within 180 days. A cancellation you make yourself is not nonperformance. All values here come from search-result snippets.
- Disability assistance problemSubmit the Accessibility and Medical Requests form at booking, and no later than 30 days before departure; MSC says that after this it may be unable to provide the assistance. Values come from search-result snippets.
Contacts (3)
Phone
- MSC Cruises USA customer service and reservations
From search-result snippets of msccruisesusa.com (the contact page and the U.S. booking terms); msccruisesusa.com returned HTTP 401 to our fetches, so the page itself was not loaded. Snippets give different hours (one: Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–7 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.–6 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.–4 p.m.), so hours are not recorded. A booking-terms snippet says cancellations must be requested by telephone at this number by the passenger or the travel agent.
Use for: Refund request, Cancellation problem, Reservation not honored, Disability assistance problem
Source: msccruisesusa.com, verified 2026-10-13
Online forms
- Accessibility and Medical Requests form
Known only from search-result snippets; msccruisesusa.com returned HTTP 401 to our fetches. The accessibility page snippet says to submit the form at the time of booking, or at the latest 30 days before departure.
Use for: Disability assistance problem
Source: msccruisesusa.com, verified 2026-10-13
Online tools and accounts
- Contact Us page (contact center, lost and found form, Special Needs form link)
Known only from search-result snippets; the page returned HTTP 401 to our fetches. Snippets say it links a lost and found form and the Special Needs form.
Use for: Poor service or broken promise, Item left behind, Disability assistance problem
Source: msccruisesusa.com, verified 2026-10-13
Escalation path
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Written complaint
No U.S. written complaint form or address could be verified. Send written claims by a method with delivery confirmation and keep proof.
Federal regulator
RegulatorFederal Maritime Commission, Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services +1-202-523-5807For a refund MSC owes after it cancelled or delayed a cruise (nonperformance).
Card or bank dispute
Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)
Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)
Card dispute for a refund MSC owes but has not paid.
State agencies for this sector: your state’s attorney general. Find yours in the list of state agencies, or as JSON in states/<code>.json (for example states/ny.json).
Known blockers
- msccruisesusa.com returned HTTP 401 to automated fetches on 2026-10-13, including the contact page, booking terms, Conditions of Carriage and nonperformance page. An agent may need the person to open these pages in a browser.
- The booking terms say a cancellation must be requested by telephone, which needs the passenger or travel agent on the call.
- No U.S. written complaint form, email or mailing address for claims could be verified.
Scam warnings
Official domains
msccruisesusa.commsccruises.com
Real links and emails from MSC Cruises end in one of these.
Known scams
The FTC warned on January 10, 2020 about illegal robocalls that offered two free cruise tickets for a phone survey, then passed people to telemarketers who sold upgrades and charged $59 in port taxes and fees per person. The alert does not name MSC.
Source: consumer.ftc.gov, verified 2026-10-13
For the whole industry, read Cruise lines — how complaints work.
More facts
- Deadline
A search-result snippet of MSC's U.S. booking terms says notices of claim for death, illness, emotional stress or personal injury, with full particulars in writing, must be received by MSC within six (6) months (185 calendar days) after the event. The time limit for filing suit was not visible in the snippets.
Source: msccruisesusa.com, verified 2026-10-13
Verification notes
Every value in this file comes from search-result snippets of msccruisesusa.com pages, because the site returned HTTP 401 to direct fetches on 2026-10-13. Verify on the live pages before relying on them. Gaps: the cancellation charge percentages (MSC's documents show several versions), refund processing times, the suit deadline, the claims address, and published hours. Snippets showed two U.S. office addresses (Miami and Fort Lauderdale), so neither is recorded.
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