MSC Cruises Rewards Europe Cruisers with Caribbean Credit

MSC Cruises is offering guests who book a European 2009 sailing by May 31 a shipboard credit of up to $200 per stateroom that can be used on select Caribbean 2009-10 itineraries of MSC Poesia.

U.S. and Canadian guests booking a European 2009 cruise will receive a $100 shipboard credit per person (or a maximum of $200 per stateroom). The shipboard credit can be used on the majority of MSC Poesia 2009-10 Caribbean sailings.

MSC Poesia will arrive in Fort Lauderdale Nov. 10 after a 17-night trans-Atlantic journey from Venice. The shipboard credit can be used on the following Caribbean itineraries: five-night sailings departing Nov. 10, Nov. 15 and Jan. 3; 10-night itineraries beginning Nov. 20; seven-night itineraries Jan. 16 through April 10; and a three-night Bahamas cruise departing April 24.

MSC Poesia features 1,275 staterooms, of which 80 percent are outside and 65 percent have a balcony. The ship has two pools, four hot tubs, a 13,000-square-foot spa, and four restaurants including a sushi bar. As with all MSC Cruises, kids 17 and younger sail free when sharing a stateroom with two full-fare-paying adults.