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Princess.com
Voted Best Cruise
Line Website
in 2007
SANTA CLARITA, CA - Princess.com has
been voted the "World's Leading Cruise Website" at the 14th Annual
World Travel Awards. Voted on by more than 167,000 travel
agents and industry professionals in more than 160 countries around the
globe, the awards recognize the best in travel worldwide.
"We are delighted that the global travel industry has awarded our
website with top honors," said Jan Swartz, Princess' senior vice
president of customer service and sales. "A key goal of ours
is to provide both our passengers and travel partners with
state-of-the-art web-based tools to enhance their cruise planning and
booking process, and so we're extremely gratified that worldwide travel
professionals have recognized our efforts."
Cruise
West’s Spirit of Nantucket
Will Become Spirit of
Glacier Bay
SEATTLE, WA – Following the announcement
that the Spirit
of Nantucket will be repositioned to Alaska in 2008, the
small-ship cruise line Cruise West has renamed it to befit its new
home. Next season, the 102-guest ship will ply the waters of Glacier
Bay National Park and Preserve, and, given this itinerary, the name
will be officially changed to Spirit of
Glacier Bay. A rechristening will occur in Seattle in the
spring 2008 before the ship sails to Alaska. The ship is currently
sailing East Coast itineraries through 2007.
“The name Spirit of
Glacier Bay not only reflects the itinerary this ship will
be sailing, but also celebrates the history of Cruise West and Glacier
Bay. Cruise West was one of the pioneers to take guests by ship into
this magnificent park, “said Dick West, chairman and managing director.
“In 1990, we introduced the 52-guest Spirit
of Glacier Bay
that sailed a similar itinerary, and this ship was retired in 2001. It
just makes sense to reintroduce this name and get back to our roots.”
For the 2008 Alaska season, the Spirit
of Glacier Bay will sail three-and four-night Glacier Bay
Highlights cruises that will feature two days in Glacier Bay, cruising
roundtrip from Juneau. The 4-night cruise also makes a port call at
Haines or Skagway. This cruise was previously offered on the 78-guest Spirit of
Alaska that will sail the Alaska's Whales &
Wilderness cruise in 2008. Given the high demand for the Glacier Bay
Highlights cruises, the additional guest capacity onboard the newly
named Spirit of Glacier Bay offers more guests the opportunity to take
advantage of this natural wonder.
Alaska-Bound
NCL Cruiseship Will
Offer
(Are
You Ready for This?) Onboard
Bowling!
"NCL, Where You're Free to Whatever" is part of Norwegian Cruise Line's
new brand identity capturing the essence of the company's unique
Freestyle Cruising, which allows guests to do whatever they want,
whenever they want. Starting with the 2007 summer cruising season NCL's
newest Freestyle Cruising ship - Norwegian
Pearl - has been offering the industry's
first onboard bowling
alley! The Pearl
is one of three NCL vessels in Alaska during the 2007
spring-summer-fall cruising season.
More information about Norwegian Cruise Line and its Alaska programs
are available from www.ncl.com.
Carnival
Cruiselines Introduces "Water Wars" in 2007
MIAMI – Through an exclusive agreement with Minnesota-based “Water Wars,”
Carnival has becme the first cruise line to feature the
popular water balloon-themed attraction, currently found in amusement
parks in 22 countries throughout the world.
The “Jr. Dyno Water Wars” units consist of two custom-built “battle
stations” in which participants propel water balloons through the air
via catapults in an effort to splash their competitors.
First available on Carnival’s Imagination and Fascination, the units
have undergone fleetwide installation - including Alaska -
and have been located on ships’ open decks adjacent to main pool areas.
“Water Wars” is the latest poolside activity aboard Carnival’s ships
which also feature swimming pools, cascading water slides, and acres of
deck space for sunning and relaxing. The attraction is
expected to be particularly popular among the 525,000 children who sail
with Carnival each year.
Princess
Introduces Digital Photo
Kiosks Fleetwide
As travelers increasingly add digital
cameras to their packing lists, Princess
Cruises has made it easier than ever for its passengers to
print or save those precious vacation memories right on board with new
self-service digital photo kiosks.
The entire fleet of Princess ships –
including Alaska-bound vessels - now features
state-of-the-art machines from Pixel Magic Imaging, a leader in digital
imaging and photo kiosks. The user-friendly stations offer passengers
the opportunity to make high-quality prints of favorite photos in a
variety of sizes, or save their images to a CD at the touch of a
button. The kiosks accept all popular forms of digital media, enabling
owners of most types of digital cameras to access the service's many
features.
A Pixel Magic digital kiosk is located adjacent to the onboard photo
services desk on each ship. The machines offer a range of printing
options, including editing functions to crop or enlarge images plus add
boarders and other special effects. Prices for kiosk services begin at
45 cents for a 4x6 print.
Additional information is available by calling 1-800-PRINCESS, or by
visiting the company's website at www.princess.com.
American
Safari Cruises Offers
Alaska Kids Program
American
Safari Cruises’ "Kids in Nature Program in Alaska’s Inside Passage"
offers kid-size pricing – two kids under 12 for one adult
fare. This offer applies on specific sailings in 2007 to staterooms on
the 22-guest vessel Safari
Quest and the 12-passenger yacht Safari Escape.
Kids
in Nature, or KIN cruises, include a luxury yacht as the schoolhouse,
an Expedition Leader/Naturalist as the teacher, and the wildlife-rich
waters of Alaska’s Inside Passage as the laboratory. KIN convenes
aboard the Safari Quest during summer vacation in Alaska.
A Kids in Nature departure is scheduled for the Safari Escape in Alaska
as well.
Activities
abound for all ages: kayaking, hiking on a remote island followed by a
full-scale picnic, hopping shore-to-shore by zodiac, and viewing whales
directly off the bow.
For fares, KIN sailing dates, and more
information about the Alaska sailings, or similar KIN adventures in
Mexico's Sea of Cortez, call 1-888-862-8881 or visit www.amsafari.com/kin2.htm
.
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