MSC Offers Baseball Cruises

New York 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 New York Yankees and New York Mets players on select sailings of MSC Cruises’ MSC Poesia. 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.
New York fan favorites Frank Howard, Stan Bahnsen, Hector Lopez, Ken Griffey Sr., Jeff Torborg and Ed Kranepool are in the lineup of baseball greats scheduled to sail Caribbean itineraries roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale this winter. On Nov. 20, Howard will be joined by Hall-of-Famer Bob Feller, Toronto Blue Jays Manager Cito Gaston and Bill Russell on the 10-night “Dazzling Dutch Caribbean and the Panama” itinerary. On Jan. 16, 2010, Lopez, Jeff Torborg, Ken Griffey Sr.; and Cookie Rojas will join Bahnsen on the seven-night “Island Treasures & Ancient Temples” itinerary. On Feb. 6, Bahnsen will be joined by fellow former Yankees Rudy May; and former Mets Jim Fregosi, Ed Kranepool, and Tony Oliva on the seven-night “Island Treasures & Ancient Temples” itinerary. On March 6, 2010, Bahnsen will be joined by Amos Otis, Rennie Stennet and two additional players (to be named) on the seven-night “Eastern Caribbean Enchantment” cruise. On April 3, 2010, Bahnsen, Tony Taylor, Randy Hundley and two additional players will be on the seven-night “Eastern Caribbean Dream” cruise.
Caribbean 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.