It used to be that a cruise line having a world cruise was a big deal. Then several cruise lines upped the ante by operating dual world cruises - two ships sailing at the same time, sometimes in opposite directions around the world. P&O Cruises is calling those and raising the stakes in 2009 with three simultaneous world cruises.
Not only that, but the geeks at P&O have slipped in their pocket protectors and come up with an absolutely outstanding piece of technology to promote the programs - and excite armchair travelers (and closet geeks) everywhere. P&O's cleverness needs to be saluted, since it utilizes free tools already at hand for just about anybody on the internet. This feature is going to become as normal to find on cruise line websites as web cameras.
The three ships P&O has chosen for the 2009 world cruises are Arcadia (making her world cruise debut), Oriana and Aurora.
Details appear in today's edition of Cruise News Daily.
