MSC Cruises Extends 'Balcony Blowout' Savings on Mediterranean & Northern Europe...

MSC Cruises Extends 'Balcony Blowout' Savings on Mediterranean & Northern
Europe Sailings

Book by May 31 to Save Up to 60% - Plus Kids 17 and Younger Sail Free

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- MSC Cruises is extending the
deadline to book its popular "Balcony Blowout" rates savings on Mediterranean
and Northern Europe sailings until May 31, 2009, giving guests more time to
save up to 60 percent on their European cruise vacation.

"Balcony Blowout" rates begin at $999 per person for a balcony stateroom on a
7-night cruise to some of Europe's most exotic ports on some of the line's
elegant ships -- including two of the newest in the cruise industry.

The special rates are for new bookings made by May 31, 2009, while space is
available, on select 7-night sailings of:
-- MSC Poesia: Eastern Mediterranean roundtrip from Venice or Bari
-- MSC Orchestra: Baltic or Norwegian Fjords roundtrip from Copenhagen;
Western Mediterranean roundtrip from Barcelona or Genoa
-- MSC Splendida (which debuts in July 2009): Western Mediterranean
roundtrip from Barcelona, Genoa, Civitavecchia, or Marseille
-- MSC Fantasia (which debuted in December 2008): Western Mediterranean
roundtrip from Genoa, Barcelona, Naples or Marseille

-- MSC Musica: Eastern Mediterranean roundtrip from Venice or Bari

Cruise-only rates are per person for a balcony, based on double occupancy
(government fees and taxes for all guests are additional) and cannot be
combined with any other discount or promotion. As on all sailings, children
ages 17 and younger sail free when sharing a stateroom with two
full-fare-paying adults.

For more information about MSC Cruises, visit us online at
www.MSCCruisesUSA.com or inquire with a local travel professional.

About MSC Cruises
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

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