FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- For a limited time only, MSC Cruises is offering a special 2-staterooms-for-the-price-of-1 promotion on selected Caribbean and Panama sailings of MSC Lirica.

Prices start from just $50 per person per day (after discount, not including government fees and taxes). The offer is valid for new reservations made through Oct. 15 in available category 1-10 staterooms on MSC Lirica's 11-night Nov. 15 and Dec. 7 Deep Caribbean itineraries and the Nov. 26 and Jan. 9 Panama itineraries.

"This is a fantastic offer that makes it extremely affordable for the entire family or a group of friends to share a 'Beautiful. Passionate. Italian.' experience to some of the Caribbean's most magnificent and exotic locales," says Richard E. Sasso, president and CEO of MSC Cruises USA.

On the Deep Caribbean sailings, for example, the average rate for four passengers starts at $550 per person, double occupancy after the 2-for-1 stateroom offer, while the starting average rate on MSC Lirica's select Panama itineraries begins at $600 per person, double occupancy.

MSC Lirica's Deep Caribbean roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale include three days at sea and port calls at San Juan, St. Maarten, Grenada, Barbados, St. Lucia, Tortola and Samana (including the cruise line's private paradise at Cayo Levantado in the Dominican Republic).

The Panama itineraries include four days at sea and visits to Ocho Rios, Cartagena, San Blas, Cristobal (Panama), Puerto Limon and Roatan Island before returning to Fort Lauderdale.

On each itinerary, guests can explore the tropical destinations, their history and culture, with ample time to enjoy the elegance, Italian cuisine, ambiance, and exceptional service onboard an MSC Cruises' ship.

For more information about MSC Cruises, visit http://www.msccruises.com/ or a local travel agent.

MSC Cruises has a current fleet of eight ships: MSC Musica, the newest addition to the fleet, plus MSC Sinfonia, MSC Opera, MSC Armonia, MSC Lirica, MSC Melody, MSC Rhapsody, MSC Monterey and offers itineraries in the Mediterranean all year round, in Northern Europe, Transatlantic, the Caribbean, South America and South Africa. The MSC Cruises fleet will increase to 12 ships when MSC Orchestra joins in 2007, MSC Poesia and MSC Fantasia join in 2008 and MSC Serenata in 2009.

CONTACT: MSC Cruises (USA), Inc.: Public Relations Agency, DMOA (Diana
M. Orban Associates, Inc.), dmoa@gti.net, +1-973-605-2121, or MSC Crociere,
Corporate Press Office: Gisella Macchiaroli, pressoffice@msccrociere.it

Web site: http://www.msccruises.com/
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