{"id":1499,"date":"2014-04-27T12:17:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T12:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2014-07-14T09:01:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T09:01:21","slug":"watch-the-2014-fifa-world-cup-with-msc-cruises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/watch-the-2014-fifa-world-cup-with-msc-cruises\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the 2014 FIFA World Cup with MSC Cruises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Football fans heading off on holiday with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msccruises.co.uk\/\">MSC Cruises<\/a> this summer needn\u2019t worry about missing any of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/worldcup\/\">FIFA World Cup<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/country\/brazil\/\">Brazil<\/a> \u2013 every single game will be shown live across the entire fleet.<\/p>\n<p>Special screenings of all 64 matches of the month-long tournament (June 12 \u2013 July 13 2014) will be available on each of MSC Cruises\u2019 12 ships, with a host of fun footie-themed events taking place to make the most of the action.<\/p>\n<p>Matches will be shown on big screens in the Sports Bar of MSC\u2019s Fantasia class ships and<\/p>\n<p>MSC Magnifica, and in selected bars on other ships. To build excitement fans of all nations will be able to take part in fun competitions against their rivals, World Cup trivia quizzes and raffles and enjoy drinks promotions designed around the teams playing each day. Activities will include a World Cup table football competition, pool games and arts and craft sessions to style your own soccer shirt.<\/p>\n<p>For extra spice, guests from England can find out just what the World Cup means to their Italian rivals. On June 14 \u2013 the date of England\u2019s first Group D match with Italy \u2013 MSC Cruises has <strong>five <\/strong>ships operating Mediterranean cruises sailing in Italian waters (MSC Armonia, MSC Sinfonia, MSC Musica, MSC Fantasia and MSC Preziosa).<\/p>\n<p>For example, why not cheer on Roy\u2019s boys during a seven-night cruise on board MSC Lirica departing from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/marseille\/\">Marseille<\/a> on June 8 2014? The sailing takes in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/palma_de_mallorca\/\">Palma de Mallorca<\/a>, Spain; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/valletta\/\">Valletta<\/a>, Malta; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/trapani_it\/\">Trapani<\/a>, Italy; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/civitavecchia_it\/\">Civitavecchia<\/a>, Italy and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/la_spezia\/\">La Spezia<\/a>, Italy, priced from just \u00a3649 per person, cruise only.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, MSC Preziosa departs Venice on June 14 for a seven-night sailing calling at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/bari\/\">Bari<\/a>, Italy; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/katakolon\/\">Katakolon<\/a>, Greece; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/izmir\/\">Izmir<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/istanbul\/\">Istanbul<\/a>, Turkey; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/dubrovnik\/\">Dubrovnik<\/a>, Croatia, with prices starting at \u00a3789 cruise-only.<\/p>\n<p>For more information see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msccruises.co.uk\">www.msccruises.co.uk<\/a> or call 0844 561 1955.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football fans heading off on holiday with MSC Cruises this summer needn\u2019t worry about missing any of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil \u2013 every single game will be shown live across the entire fleet. Special screenings of all 64 matches of the month-long tournament (June 12 \u2013 July 13 2014) will be available on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_views_count":1510,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[162,205,152],"class_list":["post-1499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","tag-resort-dubrovnik","tag-resort-mallorca","tag-resort-marseille"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1499"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1767,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions\/1767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}