RCCL’s Mariner of the Seas to Sail Around Cape Horn

RCI’s Mariner of the Seas to Sail Around Cape Horn
Published on modernagent: August 28, 2007

Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas will be the line’s first Voyager-class ship to chart a course around Cape Horn. Starting in January 2009, the ship will embark on a 46-night cruise around Cape Horn, calling at various destinations in South America. Clients can book the entire cruise or any of three segments. Mariner will begin the southerly ocean-crossover on Jan. 4, 2009, from Port Canaveral on a 15-night voyage to Rio De Janeiro and will call at St. Maarten, St. Kitts, Barbados, and Salvador De Bahia, Brazil, as well as Coco Cay, Royal Caribbean’s private island destination in the Bahamas. The sailing will conclude with an overnight stay in Rio. The ship will continue with a 15-night sailing on Jan. 19 to round the southern tip of South America departing Rio to Valparaiso (Santiago), Chile, and including calls at Montevideo, Uruguay and Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world. It will also cruise along the Chilean fjordlands with overnight stays in Buenos Aires and Valparaiso. Mariner will conclude its journey with a 16-night sailing from Valparaiso (Santiago) on Feb. 3, with calls at Arica, Chile; Lima (Callao), Peru; Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica; and Acapulco and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. It will debut in its new homeport of Los Angeles on Feb. 19, 2009. Guests booking the 46-night voyage by Dec. 15, 2007 receive a 50 percent reduced deposit and a $500 onboard credit.

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Crystal Sets new Cruise Savings Promotions

Crystal Sets New Cruise Savings Promotions
Published on: August 9, 2007

Crystal Cruises announced new savings promotions for 2007 and 2008. Guests can save up to 48 percent on six late August and fall 11- and 12-day Mediterranean voyages aboard Crystal Serenity. Cruises depart from Venice, Monte Carlo, Athens, Istanbul and Rome. Fares start at $3,890. This November, guests can save $500 per person in most stateroom categories — including verandahs — on Thanksgiving voyages through the Panama Canal and Caribbean aboard Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity.

Along with Crystal’s family-friendly activities and supervised junior activities program, kids 11 and under will sail free when sharing a stateroom with two full-fare adults. Plus, Crystal Serenity has just increased its third berth capacity by 15 percent. With the new promotion and special savings fares, travelers can save up to 60 percent off brochure fares. Fares start at $2,195. The 2007 and 2008 Value Collection offers savings of up to 52 percent. Three applicable cruises remain in 2007 through the Panama Canal, Mediterranean and Caribbean. Crystal’s 2008 Value Collection features 11 sailings of 10 to 17 days through the Panama Canal, South America, the Mediterranean, Western Europe, Caribbean and a transpacific voyage from Los Angeles to Hong Kong.

For 2008 Western Europe cruises, new bookings made before Sept. 14, 2007 offer savings of up to 20 percent on all Deluxe Stateroom accommodations (including verandah staterooms) and 10 percent on all Penthouse accommodations aboard Crystal Symphony’s 13-day voyage departing May 25 from Athens to London. Fares start at $3,995. Travelers seeking a longer cruise experience in Europe can save 20 percent on all categories of staterooms and suites for new bookings made before Sept. 14, 2007, when combining Crystal Symphony’s May 25 Athens-to-London cruise with the cruise prior or cruise following. The combination cruises create a 27-day exploration of Egypt, the Mediterranean and Western Europe, or a 24-day journey from Greece to the Baltic Sea, at savings ranging from $1,000 to $2,530 per person. Those who combine three voyages for a 38-day cruise receive total savings of $3,840 per person. All guests who book a future cruise on board receive between 4 and 4.5 percent off their next cruise. All guests will receive a discount of 3.5 percent when they pay in full six months in advance. Not only do returning Crystal cruisers automatically save between 3 and 4 percent on their next cruise, but they can enjoy additional savings that range from shipboard credits, gifts and parties to stateroom upgrades and an 11-day free cruise in a Crystal Penthouse.

Additionally, Crystal Society members who sail on Crystal Serenity’s Mediterranean voyages departing July 19, July 31 or Aug. 24, 2008, will receive a $150-per-member shipboard credit if booked by Oct. 15, 2007. Starting fares for single travelers are 125 percent of the applicable double occupancy fare.

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RCCL’s South America Program 2008-2009

Royal Caribbean Sets 2008-09 South America Program
Published on: August 8, 2007

Royal Caribbean International will expand its South America cruise offerings to four ships when Splendour of the Seas sails out of Brazil for the winter 2008-09 season. Splendour will join Enchantment of the Seas, Radiance of the Seas and Vision of the Seas. “Our commitment of four ships in Central and South America reflects a growing worldwide demand for our signature style of cruising,” said Adam Goldstein, president of Royal Caribbean International. “With the addition of these new itineraries in 2008, Royal Caribbean will visit more than 250 destinations in more than 75 countries on six continents, further solidifying our position as the world’s largest global cruise brand.”

From December 2008 through March 2009, Splendour of the Seas will offer 19 roundtrips from Sao Paulo (Santos), Brazil, ranging from three to eight nights. The eight-night voyages include a two-day call to Copacabana Beach or Salvador De Bahia, Brazil, or Buenos Aires, Argentina. Other ports of call include Rio de Janeiro, Porto Belo, Buzios, Ilhabela, Cabo Frio, and Parati, in Brazil, and Punta Del Este, Uruguay. A 14-night transatlantic voyage aboard Splendour departs Lisbon, Portugal, on March 30, 2009. Ports of call include Rio de Janeiro, Salvador De Bahia and Recife, Brazil; Casablanca and Agadir, Morocco; and Seville, Spain. Splendour’s cruises from Brazil begin at $799 per person, double occupancy, and are open for booking.

Also, the Radiance of the Seas will operate 12 sailings from November 2008 through April 2009, ranging from 13 to 16 nights. Ports of call include Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Valparaiso, Chile. Radiance will cruise to the Chilean Fjords, journey through the Panama Canal, and sail around the horn to call at Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. Enchantment of the Seas will operate seven-night roundtrip voyages from Colon, Panama, to Colombia, Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. Vision of the Seas offers seven-night cruises from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on alternating itineraries to the Windward or Leeward Islands of the Southern Caribbean. Pre- or post- cruise-tours include four- or five-night hotel stays and land tours to Buenos Aires and Iguazu Falls, and Easter Island and Chile.

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