Baseball Fans Can Stretch The Baseball Season With MSC Cruises' Themed Sailings

Former Phillies, Pirates & Other Baseball 'Greats' Featured on Select
2009-2010 Caribbean Cruise Itineraries

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Baseball fans looking to stretch
the baseball season into the winter months can enjoy the warmth of the
Caribbean with some of their favorite former Major League Baseball players --
including Philadelphia Phillies' Jim Fregosi and Tony Taylor and Rennie
Stennet from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

In addition to visiting some of the Caribbean's most beautiful locations, each
"Baseball Greats" cruise 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 candid
revelations about some of the "characters" of the game. Baseball players will
also host pitching, hitting, fielding and base running clinics.

Phillies fan favorites Jim Fregosi and Tony Taylor are in the lineup of
baseball greats scheduled to sail Caribbean itineraries roundtrip from Fort
Lauderdale this winter:

-- The Feb. 6, 7-night "Island Treasures & Ancient Temples"
cruise will feature Fregosi, Stan Bahnsen, Rudy May, Ed Kranepool and
Tony Oliva

-- The April 3, 7-night "Eastern Caribbean Dream" cruise will
feature Taylor, Bahnsen, Randy Hundley and two additional players
still
to be announced

Pirates fan favorite Stennet is in the lineup of baseball greats scheduled to
cruise a 7-night "Eastern Caribbean Enchantment" itinerary sailing roundtrip
from Fort Lauderdale on March 6, 2010. He will be joined by Bahnsen, Amos Otis
and two additional players still to be announced.

MSC Cruises also has a 10-night "Baseball Greats" cruises and several
additional 7-night cruises scheduled with a varied lineup of former Major
League Baseball players.

Caribbean cruise-only rates begin at $569 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.

To review more information about MSC Cruises and its theme cruises, visit
msccruisesusa.com/specialcruises/theme-cruises or a local travel professional.

SOURCE MSC Cruises

MSC CRUISES (USA), Inc. Public Relations Agency, DMOA, dmoa@gti.net;
+1-973-605-2121, visit: www.MSCCruisesUSA.com; or Julianne Carelli, Manager,
Public Relations of MSC CRUISES (USA), Inc., +1-954-958-3262,
jcarelli@msccruisesusa.com