Sailing with baseball greats

This item appears on page 77 of the October 2013 issue.

On select 2013-2014 “Caribbean Baseball Cruises” with MSC Cruises (Fort Lauderdale, FL; 877/665-4655), passengers will interact with former baseball stars like Cincinnati Reds All-Star Ken Griffey, Sr. (Jan. 12, 2014), and American League home-run king Gorman Thomas (May 10) in a variety of events, including question-and-answer sessions, free autograph sessions, player-hosted trivia games and pitching, hitting and defense strategy clinics.

Cruises sail round trip from Miami and feature varying itineraries, like the 7-night cruise departing May 10, 2014 (from $779, inside cabin, to $1,329, suite), with stops at Falmouth, Jamaica; Georgetown, Cayman Islands; Cozumel, Mexico, and Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. Milwaukee Brewers’ Gorman Thomas, White Sox’s Gary Peters, Randy Hunley of the Chicago Cubs and host and emcee Stan Bahnsen will be aboard. Fares are per person, double occupancy; add government fees and taxes.