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Cruise Lines
 Carnival
Carnival Cruise Lines is the largest and most popular cruise
line in the world with fifteen "funships" operating
voyages to the Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska,
Hawaii, the Panama Canal, and Bermuda. Known for their
festive, casual atmosphere, Carnival ships offer a wide
variety of dining, entertainment, and activity options
including dazzling Las Vegas-style entertainment, a complimentary
children's program, health and fitness spas, and casinos.
The only cruise line to offer a vacation guarantee--Carnival
fulfills its promise of a fun filled vacation for cruises
of all ages.
 Clipper
Cruise Line
Clipper’s Mission Statement: To provide discerning travelers
with a thoughtful way to see places of natural beauty and cultural
interest. To this end, we use small, intimate ships with access
to secluded waterways that bigger ships could never consider." Clipper
has four ships, each carrying only 100-138 passengers, for
a relaxed trip that includes informal lectures and discussions
with naturalists, historians and other experts, as well as
shore excursions crafted to enable in-depth cultural experiences.
This is true adventure travel to places that are best explored
by small ship in the company of like-minded explorers.
Celebrity Cruises
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Crystal Cruises
Crystal Cruises offers one of the
very finest large luxury-ship experienced. The Crystal product
is revered by travel professionals, and the line has won the "World's
Best Large Ship Line" awards from the readers of Travel & Leisure and Conde
Nast Traveler. The six-star-rated, 940-guest Crystal
Harmony and Crystal Symphony feature expansive decks,
spacious lounges, flexible gourmet dining with two alternative
restaurants, one of the best cruise ship winelists, an Ambassador
Host program for single travelers, a state-of-the-art fitness
facility, a lavish spa, a Caesars Palace at Sea casino, and
exquisitely appointed staterooms and penthouses, more than
half of which offer private verandas. Crystal ships do not
repeat the same itinerary for a season, but instead roam the
world's seas on unique and exotic and generally longer itineraries.
Cunard Cruises
Cunard Line has a 158 year history of providing a deluxe ocean
travel experience. It is distinct in retaining its classic
British heritage. A Cunard cruise is noted for luxurious
accommodations, exquisite personal service, gourmet cuisine,
opulent surroundings, attention to detail and exciting and
exotic destinations. The fleet consists of the legendary
ocean liner, the Queen Elizabeth 2 (the QE2)
and the Caronia, a classic ship (formerly the Vistafjord.)
The Cunard Line brand, the epitome of British essence, focuses
on recalling the golden age of sea travel for those who missed
it the first time.
 Holland
America Line
Holland America has rejected the
mega-ship model for its new ships, opting instead to build
beautiful "smaller" big ships, such as her newest,
the 1440-passenger Zaandam, which entered service May
6, 2000. With this ship, Holland America fans will find the
classic artwork and antiques and the familiar layout of the
Statendam-class vessels – but what is different are bright
colors and fanciful touches. The ship has a music theme, with
an ornate, three-deck-tall pipe organ filling the central atrium,
and electric guitars and other musical instruments signed by
such famous rockers as Mick Jagger and David Bowie.
Other features of the ship include a computer
room with eight terminals and internet access. Holland is
the perfect choice for families as well as couples –
all age groups are nicely accommodated.
Holland America Line has a fleet of 11 ships, fabulous "floating
resorts" that cruise to worldwide destinations.
Norwegian Cruise Line
With the recent launch of two new
megaships, the Sun and the Star, NCL has introduced
their "Freestyle Cruising" product, seen as a departure
from the traditional cruise venue. Key to this concept is the
offering of far more dining choices. The Star has 10
restaurants, many eateries and lounges, with a great variety
of decor and cuisine to appeal to many tastes. The Star offers
107 166-square foot minisuites. The ship also has two Garden
Villas, sumptuously furnished duplexes with 3 bedrooms and
baths, a grand piano in the living room, butler service and
a jacuzzi on the private terrace.
Orient Lines
Orient Lines offers 12-26 day cruises to wonderful destinations
on all seven continents at affordable prices. The 800-passenger Marco
Polo is a lovely and well-loved ship that has gained
a loyal following cruising the world’s seas. This year
the line acquired the beautiful ship built for the (now extinct)
Royal Cruise Line—the 1,050-passenger Crown Odyssey.
With its two ships, Orient
Lines now offers in-depth itineraries to the Med, Antarctica,
New Zealand, Australia, Southeast Asia, India, Africa,
Norwegian fjords, Baltic capitals and South America. All
itineraries combine a cruise with included hotel stays
and city tours in embarkation and/or disembarkation cities.
Orient Lines offers exotic and in-depth cruise travel experiences
at very good value pricing.
Princess Cruises
With the "Grand Class"
series of 77,000 ton, 1950 passenger ships, the Sun, Dawn,
Sea and Ocean, and with the triplet of new 109,000 ton
megaships carrying 2,600 passengers, the Grand, Golden and
Star, Princess defines the cruise experience for many cruisers.
These include people of all ages, families, first time cruisers
and loyal Princess passengers who have stayed with the line
since the days of Love Boat and ships that carried only 600
or so. Actually, Princess still has the Love Boat, the venerable
640-passenger Pacific, doing Bermuda cruises from New
York most of the year. For old times sake perhaps, because
Princess has a very modern and technologically advanced cruise
product. Princess has proven to be visionary and innovative
in understanding and delivering what people want. They have
trademarked the concept of "what you want, when you want" by
which they promise choice and flexibility, affordable balconies,
multiple dining options, flexible entertainment, an abundance
of activities and new and interesting itineraries. This is
cruising in the 21st century, and it’s great.
Regent Seven Seas
Cruises
Regent Seven Seas Cruises offers unique and luxurious small-ship
cruises. Four distinct luxury ships offer single open-seating
dining with gourmet cuisine, attentive service and spacious
all-oceanview cabins. The four small to mid-size luxury cruise
ships in Regent Seven Seas Cruises' six-star fleet include:
the newest all-suite, all-balcony Seven Seas Voyager,
her sister ship the Seven Seas Mariner, the all-suite
490-passenger Seven Seas Navigator and the French
Polynesian 320-passenger Paul Gauguin.
Viv's Picks for
2007-2008:
+ Singapore to Hong Kong
From the Lion City of Singapore, across the South China Sea
to the exotic landscapes of Borneo, and to the island republic
of Taipei. Enjoy multi-day stays in Shanghai and Hong Kong
with options to the treasures of China.
+ 14 nights South Pacific islands, Lautoka to Papeete,
Tahiti on the Paul Gauguin
+Food and Wine Theme Cruise, South America Buenos Aires
to Callao (Lima) on the Seven Seas Mariner, with
a pre-tour Manaus to Buenos Aires
+Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society Program on
the Seven Seas Mariner, 14 day Panama Canal Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale.
Seabourn Cruise Line
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SeaDream Yacht Club
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Silversea Cruises
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Windstar
It’s casual, it’s classy – the most relaxed
and unconventional of the high-end small cruise ships. With
its sleek ships and computer-driven sails, Windstar pioneered
modern luxury sailing. Three ships carry 158-167 passengers
(the Wind Star, Wind Song and Wind Spirit)
and a fourth (the Wind Surf) carries 366 passengers.
The line offers unique and exotic itineraries throughout less-visited
ports of the Caribbean, Central America (Belize and Costa Rica)
the Eastern Med (Turkey and the Greek Islands), the Western
Med (Nice to Provence, Barcelona to Lisbon) and for the adventurous,
transatlantic crossings between Barbados and Lisbon.
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