Alaska Native Travel Guides will sail aboard 114 Holland America cruises this summer that include Glacier Bay in the itinerary. This will be in addition to the Tlingit cultural interpreters who board the ship at Glacier Bay and Hubbard Glacier to explain the origins of the Huna people, and the National Park Rangers who provide narration and presentations while in Glacier Bay and Hubbard Glacier.
Complete details were in the May 30 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
The Solstice Is Coming Early This Year
Celebrity Cruises announced that Celebrity Solstice will enter service three weeks earlier than originally planned. The three new sailings will be on November 23 & 30 and December 7 and will all be the regular 7-night eastern Caribbean itinerary that it will operate all winter round trip from Ft. Lauderdale.
Like Princess did earlier this spring when they announced Ruby Princess would enter service earlier, Celebrity is recognizing that there are people who booked the original inaugural date because they really wanted to be on the first sailing of a new ship. Celebrity, therefore, is following a similar plan to what Princess did. They have offered everyone booked on the original inaugural date of December 14 the opporutnity to rebook on the new inaugural date of November 23 (which happens to be a Thanksgiving sailing) in the same stateroom at the same price before sale opens to the general public. The other two sailings opened immediately.
Like Princess did earlier this spring when they announced Ruby Princess would enter service earlier, Celebrity is recognizing that there are people who booked the original inaugural date because they really wanted to be on the first sailing of a new ship. Celebrity, therefore, is following a similar plan to what Princess did. They have offered everyone booked on the original inaugural date of December 14 the opporutnity to rebook on the new inaugural date of November 23 (which happens to be a Thanksgiving sailing) in the same stateroom at the same price before sale opens to the general public. The other two sailings opened immediately.
Better Than New
Holland America's Zuiderdam returned from drydock with some major updating, bringing the five-year-old Vista-class ship into line with the features offered on its newest Eurodam-class vessel. The updates include 34 new staterooms, an enlarged Pinnacle Grill and new Pinnacle Bar, expanded seating in the Lido Cafe, and upgrading the library to an Explorations Cafe.
The work was completed during a three-week drydock at Fincantieri yard in Palermo.
Complete details were in the May 29, 2008 edition of Cruise News Daily.
The work was completed during a three-week drydock at Fincantieri yard in Palermo.
Complete details were in the May 29, 2008 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Have You Learned Your Lesson?
NCL surprised five people with a free trip to Las Vegas that they hadn't been expecting. The people are registered on their special website that details new information about the line's F3-class ships as they release it. Visitors to the website have the option of registering or entering as a "guest." The people who were chosen at random will receive a trip for two to Las Vegas in June to be present when NCL executives reveal the next innovative features that will be offered aboard the giant ships which will be delivered beginning in early 2010.
The line promises there will be future surprise drawings from those registered on the F3 website. The site is located at http://www.f3.ncl.com/
The complete story appeared in the May 29, 2008 edition of Cruise News Daily.
The line promises there will be future surprise drawings from those registered on the F3 website. The site is located at http://www.f3.ncl.com/
The complete story appeared in the May 29, 2008 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Quest for Asia
Azamara Cruises announced today that Azamara Quest will return to Asia for the 2009-10 winter season. The program will include a series of 14- to 18-night cruises, all of which will have from two to six overnight port calls. The season will run from December through April, and the ship will be positioned via two 24-night cruises between Athens and Singapore. The sailings within Asia will embark at Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore.
Details were in the full story which was published in the May 28, 2008, edition of Cruise News Daily.
Details were in the full story which was published in the May 28, 2008, edition of Cruise News Daily.
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