MSC Cruises at Rotterdam Cruise Terminal
MSC calls at Rotterdam most weeks from October to April with MSC Preziosa, a mid-week call of about ten hours. Many MSC guests sail from Italy, Germany, France and Spain, so the private excursion in your own language is the one most of them ask us about.
MSC Preziosa and MSC Virtuosa: that is the MSC fleet on the port’s list for 2026 and 2027, 35 calls in all. Most of them fall on Wednesdays and Tuesdays and run from 07:00 to 17:00, about 10 h alongside. The shortest MSC call on the list is 9 h and the longest 12 h. Every call is at the Cruise Terminal on the Wilhelminakade, alongside the pier, with no tender boats.
Tours that start and end at the terminal
Your guide meets you at the terminal exit and brings you back to it.
Small Group Delft & Royal Delft
About six hours: Delft, the New Church and the Royal Delft factory and museum, with free time included.
Free cancellation up to 24h before
Small Group Delft & Kinderdijk
Delft city center and Royal Delft, combined with the UNESCO World Heritage windmills of Kinderdijk.
Free cancellation up to 24h before
Private & Custom Shore Excursion
You decide what you'll visit. Delft and Kinderdijk, Gouda and Utrecht, or Amsterdam. Full-day guide and minibus just for your group.
Address, facilities and the way into the city are in the Rotterdam Cruise Terminal guide.
Every MSC call, with the hours you have
Times are the port’s and can change; your cruise line’s daily programme is the final word. The link opens our calculator with that call already filled in.
| Date | Ship | ArrivesArrives / Departs | Departs | In port | Your day ashorePlan |
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| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Virtuosa | 07:00–19:00 | 19:00 | 12 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| 2027 | |||||
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–16:00 | 16:00 | 9 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–16:00 | 16:00 | 9 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 08:00–19:00 | 19:00 | 11 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–17:00 | 17:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 08:00–19:00 | 19:00 | 11 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–16:00 | 16:00 | 9 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–16:00 | 16:00 | 9 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 10:00–20:00 | 20:00 | 10 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–16:00 | 16:00 | 9 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–16:00 | 16:00 | 9 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–16:00 | 16:00 | 9 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–16:00 | 16:00 | 9 h | What fitsPlan | |
| MSC Preziosa | 07:00–16:00 | 16:00 | 9 h | What fitsPlan | |
No upcoming calls on the port’s list at the moment. Check the full schedule or ask us about your date.
All lines and all dates are on the Rotterdam cruise ship schedule. Calls from cruiseportrotterdam.nl, read on 16 October 2026. We are an independent tour company and have no connection with MSC Cruises.
What fits a MSC call
Ten hours alongside is comfortable for the eight-hour Delft and Kinderdijk excursion with the usual margin, and generous for the six-hour Delft and Royal Delft excursion. A private day can add Gouda or The Hague.
To see the margin for your own date, put your ship’s times into our back to the ship calculator. Staying in the Netherlands before or after the cruise? All our guided city tours are in the private tours overview.
Instead of the ship’s coach excursion
Sixteen guests, not fifty
Our small-group excursions take at most 16 guests with one guide, and a minimum of 4 to run. A private excursion is your party only, with a guide and a minibus for the day.
Timed to your ship
We follow your ship’s real arrival and departure, plan the day backwards from all aboard and keep a safety margin. Our two written guarantees cover the rest.
Guided in English, private in your language
The small-group excursions are guided in English. The private excursion can be guided in Dutch, German, French, Spanish or Italian as well.
Free cancellation until 24 hours before
Book now for a call next year and change your mind up to a day before. If the ship skips Rotterdam, you get a refund or a new date.
Two guarantees, in writing
A shore excursion is not an ordinary day out. Your ship leaves without you if the day goes wrong, so we carry that risk rather than asking you to.
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Back on board on time, or we get you to the next port
If a delay on our side means you miss your ship, we refund your excursion in full and we arrange your transport to the ship’s next port of call. Every route is planned backwards from your all aboard time with a safety margin nothing is scheduled into.
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Ship does not dock? Your money back, or another date
Weather, a port skipped, a changed itinerary: if your ship does not call at Rotterdam, you choose between a full refund, including any pickup supplement, and moving your booking to another date at no cost, subject to availability. Show us the notice from your cruise line or the ship’s tracked position and that is all we need.
Both guarantees are part of our general terms and conditions, article 15.
Not sure a tour fits your hours ashore?
Put in the times your ship is alongside and see which tours fit, transfers, traffic and safety margin already taken off.
Frequently asked questions
Where does MSC Cruises dock in Rotterdam?
At the Cruise Terminal on the Wilhelminakade, Kop van Zuid, alongside the pier. You walk off over a covered gangway into the terminal building; there are no tender boats in Rotterdam. Our guide waits at the terminal exit with a sign.
How long is a MSC ship in Rotterdam?
On the port’s list most MSC calls run from 07:00 to 17:00, about 10 h. The exact hours for your date are in the table above. All aboard is set by MSC Cruises and is usually 30 to 60 minutes before departure.
Will we be back on board in time?
Yes. We plan the day backwards from all aboard and keep a safety margin. If a delay on our side ever made you miss the ship, we refund the excursion and arrange transport to the next port, up to EUR 100 per person, under article 15 of our terms.
Is the tour in my language?
The small-group excursions are guided in English. The private excursion can be guided in Dutch, German, French, Spanish or Italian, say so when you book.
Can I book before MSC Cruises publishes the final times?
Yes. Book the date you have. We follow the ship’s actual times on the day, and if the ship does not dock in Rotterdam you choose between a full refund and a free move to another date.
My MSC cruise is not in the list. Can we still book?
Yes. The port adds calls as the lines confirm them. Tell us your date and ship and we will say what fits.
