MSC Cruises Hits a Home Run With 'Baseball Greats' Sailings

Five Baseball Themes Scheduled for MSC Poesia's 2009-10 Caribbean Season

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans of America's pasttime can
gain unique insights into the world of Major League Baseball on MSC Cruises'
"Baseball Greats" theme cruises.

Some of the greats of the game will be onboard, sharing their skills and their
memories, during the powerful lineup of five baseball greats theme cruises
scheduled for MSC Poesia as the ship sails her inaugural season in North
American waters during the 2009-10 Caribbean season.

The "Baseball Greats" theme cruises consistently have been among the line's
most popular sailings during the last few Caribbean winter seasons.

In addition to visits to some of the Caribbean's most beautiful locations,
each "Baseball Greats" sailing includes free interactive guest/player
activities, including a player-hosted trivia game in which guests can test
their baseball knowledge, question-and-answer sessions with the players, a
guest pitching contest and a lively story-telling session in which the players
share some candid revelations about some of the "characters" of the game.
Players will also host pitching, hitting, fielding and base running clinics.

Perhaps the most popular activity is the free autograph session at the end of
the cruise.

MSC Poesia offers "Baseball Greats" theme cruises on the following roundtrip
itineraries from Fort Lauderdale:

-- Nov. 20, 2009: 10-night Southern Caribbean featuring Panama, calling
at
Willemstad, Curacao; Oranjestad, Aruba; Cartagena, Colombia;
Cristobal,
Panama; and Playa del Carmen, Mexico
-- Jan. 16, 2010: 7-night Western Caribbean, calling at Key West,
Florida;
Playa del Carmen, Mexico; Georgetown, Grand Cayman; Montego Bay,
Jamaica; and Nassau, Bahamas
-- Feb. 6, 2010: 7-night Western Caribbean
-- March 6, 2010: 7-night Eastern Caribbean, calling at San Juan, Puerto
Rico; Philippsburg, St. Maarten; Road Town, Tortola; and Nassau,
Bahamas

-- April 3, 2010: 7-night Eastern Caribbean

Special guests on these itineraries will be announced at a later date.

Cruise-only rates begin at $549 per person, double occupancy (government
fees/taxes additional). As on all MSC Cruises' sailings, kids ages 17 and
younger sail free when sharing a stateroom with two full-fare-paying adults.

MSC Poesia's 2009-10 Caribbean season will also feature Big Band and Polka
theme cruises. To review information about MSC Cruises and its theme cruises,
visit www.MSCCRuisesUSA.com or a local travel professional.

MSC Cruises currently has the most modern fleet in the world with nine ships:
MSC Fantasia (the largest ship ever built for a European ship owner), MSC
Poesia, MSC Orchestra, MSC Musica, MSC Sinfonia, MSC Armonia MSC Opera, MSC
Lirica, MSC Melody, cruising in the Mediterranean year round and seasonally in
Northern Europe, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, North and South America,
the Indian Ocean and South Africa. MSC Splendida and MSC Magnifica will be
launched, respectively, in 2009 and 2010. MSC Cruises is the only company to
receive the "6 Golden Pearls" award from the Bureau Veritas in recognition of
its high level of quality management and environmental protection.

SOURCE MSC Cruises

DMOA, +1-973-605-2121, for MSC Cruises