MSC Cruises Scraper

Search MSC Cruises sailings and extract full cruise details — ship, ports, dates, duration, cabin pricing, promotions and the complete day-by-day itinerary shown on each cruise's detail page — as clean, structured JSON.

The scraper mirrors the filters on the MSC Cruises search page (destination, departure port, ship, departure dates, duration, cabin type and guest count) and returns one record per sailing.

🚀 How to use

1. Click Try for free / Start.
2. Pick your filters — destination, departure port, ship, dates, duration, cabin type (or leave them empty to scrape all upcoming cruises).
3. Run the Actor and download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or via API.

✨ Features

• 🔎 Full search filtering — destination, departure port, ship, departure date range, number of nights, cabin type and number of guests.
• 🚢 Rich per-sailing data — ship, embarkation/disembarkation ports, ports of call, number of nights, season, availability, ribbons/promotions and flight options.
• 💶 Pricing — best price per adult and per cabin, strike-through (was) prices, port charges and discounts for the requested guest configuration.
• 🗓️ Details page scraping — for each cruise it visits the details page and extracts the full day-by-day itinerary (port, arrival/departure times, descriptions) and the complete cabin price matrix (every cabin category, experience and rate, with strike-through prices).
• 🔗 Detail page URL — a ready-to-open link to each cruise on msccruises.eu.
• 🌍 Any MSC storefront — defaults to the Eastern Europe storefront but every market (base URL, locale, currency) is configurable.

🧭 Input

All fields are optional. Run with no input to scrape upcoming cruises for the default storefront.

Field	Type	Description
departureDateFrom	string (YYYY-MM-DD)	Earliest departure date. Defaults to today.
departureDateTo	string (YYYY-MM-DD)	Latest departure date. Defaults to ~2 years out.
destinations	array	Destination area codes, e.g. MED, NOR, CAR.
departurePorts	array	Embarkation port codes, e.g. PIR, BCN, GOA.
ships	array	Ship codes, e.g. SX (MSC Sinfonia), EU (MSC World Europa).
cabinTypes	array	INS (Interior), OUT (Ocean View), BAL (Balcony), SUI (Suite), YTC (Yacht Club).
minNights / maxNights	integer	Cruise duration range, in nights.
adults	integer	Adults the prices are calculated for (default 2).
juniors / minors	integer	Younger guests / children in the cabin (default 0).
availableOnly	boolean	Only return bookable sailings (default true).
scrapeDetails	boolean	Visit each cruise's details page for the day-by-day itinerary and full cabin price matrix (default true).
maxResults	integer	Maximum number of records to store (default 100).
advancedFilter	string	Raw Algolia filter clause appended with AND. Power users.
baseUrl, marketPath, locale, currencyCode, languageCode, countryCode	string	Storefront / market overrides. Defaults target https://www.msccruises.eu Eastern Europe.
proxyConfiguration	object	Optional proxy for outbound requests.

Example input

{
  "departurePorts": ["PIR"],
  "departureDateFrom": "2026-10-01",
  "departureDateTo": "2026-11-30",
  "adults": 2,
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "maxResults": 50
}

📦 Output

Each dataset item is one sailing. Abridged example:

{
  "cruiseID": "SX20261020PIRPIR",
  "itinCd": "UYOR",
  "itineraryName": "Mediterranean",
  "shipCd": { "key": "SX", "value": "MSC Sinfonia" },
  "embkPort": { "key": "PIR", "value": "Piraeus" },
  "disembkPort": { "key": "PIR", "value": "Piraeus" },
  "departureStartDate": "2026-10-20",
  "numberOfNights": 6,
  "macroCategory": { "key": "INS", "value": "Interior" },
  "portOfCalls": ["SEADAY", "CFU", "KAK", "BRI", "ARM"],
  "bestSavingPricePerAdult": 210,
  "bestSavingPricePerCabin": 420,
  "prices": {
    "cabinPrice": 862,
    "adultPrice": 431,
    "portCharges": 150,
    "strikethroughPrice": { "cabinPrice": 1282, "adultPrice": 641 }
  },
  "detailUrl": "https://www.msccruises.eu/easterneurope/search/itinerary?cruiseId=SX20261020PIRPIR&itineraryCode=UYOR&...",
  "cruiseDetails": {
    "itinerary": {
      "code": "UYOR",
      "cruiseDuration": 6,
      "days": [
        {
          "date": "2026-10-20",
          "dayOfWeek": "TUESDAY",
          "departureTime": "17:00:00",
          "port": { "code": "PIR", "name": "Piraeus", "description": "..." }
        }
      ]
    },
    "cabinPrices": [
      {
        "category": { "key": "IB", "value": "Interior" },
        "macroCategory": { "key": "INS", "value": "Interior" },
        "priceCode": "SXC00209AR6036FL",
        "priceType": "FLASH",
        "prices": {
          "adultPrice": 431,
          "cabinPrice": 862,
          "portCharges": 150,
          "strikethroughPrice": { "adultPrice": 641, "cabinPrice": 1282 }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

When scrapeDetails is enabled, cruiseDetails.cabinPrices contains every cabin category / experience / rate combination available for the sailing (e.g. ~40 options), exactly as listed on the cruise's details page.

For convenience, the most useful detail facts are also flattened to the top level of each record (so they appear directly in the dataset table view, not only in the nested cruiseDetails):

Field	Description
itineraryDayCount	Number of days in the day-by-day itinerary.
itineraryPorts / itineraryPortsText	Ordered list of port names / a A → B → C string.
cabinOptionsCount	Number of cabin/rate options found on the details page.
priceFromInterior, priceFromOceanView, priceFromBalcony, priceFromSuite, priceFromYachtClub	Lowest per-adult price for each cabin category.
lowestCabinPriceAdult	Lowest per-adult price across all cabins.

The dataset has two views: Overview (flat table with the summary columns above) and Cruise details (includes the full nested cruiseDetails).

💡 Use cases

• Monitor MSC cruise prices and promotions for specific routes or ships.
• Build a cruise comparison or alerting tool.
• Analyse itineraries, ports of call and sailing durations across a season.
• Feed structured cruise data into travel agency or affiliate sites.

⚙️ Notes

• The search API caps deep pagination at 1,000 results per query, so the scraper automatically pages through results month by month and de-duplicates to retrieve large ranges. Narrow the date range or filters for very broad searches.
• Destination, port and ship codes are listed in the input form's dropdowns.

💳 Pricing

This Actor is monetized on a pay-per-result + usage basis: you pay a small fee per cruise result, plus the Apify platform usage your run consumes. Runs are lightweight — direct API calls with no headless browser — so usage stays low. New users can try it on the Apify free tier (capped sample). See the Pricing tab on the Actor's page for the current rate.

❓ FAQ

Is scraping MSC Cruises data legal? The Actor collects only publicly available information shown on the MSC Cruises website. As with any scraping, use the data responsibly and in line with applicable laws and the site's terms.

Which markets are supported? It defaults to the Eastern Europe storefront (msccruises.eu, EUR), and the market, locale and currency are fully configurable to target other MSC storefronts.

Can I get the day-by-day itinerary and all cabin prices? Yes — keep scrapeDetails enabled (the default). Each cruise then includes the full day-by-day itinerary and the complete cabin price matrix.

How do I scrape only a few results to test? Set maxResults to a small number (e.g. 5) and add a narrow date range or a single departure port.

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