If you're wondering whether to book a cruise vacation, get ready for oceans of fun. Cruise ships are offering new itineraries and onboard conveniences, amenities alaska adventure cruise and events that should easily entice you to sail away.
Move those Happy Feet! Six Holland America Line theme cruises in 2013 and early 2014 will feature "Dancing with the Stars" events that include dance lessons and an effervescent production starring celebrities and dance pros. Some lucky onboard guests will get to dance center stage in a dance-off performance.
The six "Dancing with the Stars" theme cruises have either Eastern and Western Caribbean, Alaska, or Canada and New England itineraries and they set sail in February, June and July 2013 and in January, 2014 on either ms Eurodam, ms Veendam, ms Oosterdam or ms Nieuw Amsterdam.
Beginning in late September 2013, Silversea Cruises' all-suite, 100-guest alaska adventure cruise Silver Galapagos ventures alaska adventure cruise on 7-day expedition alaska adventure cruise voyages to the Galapagos. Here's alaska adventure cruise your opportunity to revel in the good life - onboard sumptuous gourmet cuisine, ocean-view accommodations, butler service and complimentary wines and spirits.
And what can you eagerly anticipate shoreside? Life-enriching discoveries during complimentary guided expeditions offering encounters with red-footed boobies, giant tortoises, sea lions and penguins. Here's your chance to hike through mangrove forests, explore natural lava tunnels, and swim and snorkel in clear waters.
The Silver Galapagos' Western sailings visit the western, southern and eastern islands including Santiago, Bartolome, alaska adventure cruise Isabella, Floreana and San Cristobal. For the North Central itinerary, the expedition vessel sails to such islands as Santa Cruz, Genovesa, Seymour Norte, Espanola and Plazas Sur.
At MSC Divina's Aurea Spa, the scent of essential oils, soft candlelight and 21 kinds of massage ranging from Shiatsu to Thai, guarantee that stress will melt away. Many treatments offered by the Balinese masseuses are exclusive creations, including MSC's signature Candle Massage, the Himalayan Dream "pure body" massage and a shell massage, l'Aurea del Mare.
The spa will feature the first of its kind on a cruise ship - a healing Himalayan salt crystal bed for deep relaxation and detox. This salt therapy helps reduce water retention and is an anti-cellulite treatment. If this all sounds exotic, that's no accident. The treatments are designed to indulge, heal and relax MSC guests.
There is now a vertical alaska adventure cruise garden in an al fresco area of the Trident Grill on Crystal Cruises' elegant Crystal Symphony. This living wall of plants measures 37.7 feet long and 7.9 feet high and receives regular maintenance by the ship's onboard florists. Not only is the living wall a focal point, it acts as a bio filter, enhancing air quality by absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen.
"These gift cards are convenient and easy to use and can be applied either toward the purchase of a cruise or a wide variety of cruise-related experiences, such as a relaxing spa treatment, a shore excursion or a meal in one of our specialty restaurants," said Gus Antorcha, Carnival's senior alaska adventure cruise vice president of guest commerce, in a December 5, 2012 press release, "Give the 'Gift of Fun' with Carnival's New Gift Card Program."
It's your destiny to enjoy sunshine. That's alaska adventure cruise because the Carnival Destiny is getting a new look and a new name - Carnival alaska adventure cruise Sunshine. In April 2013, the ship emerges from dry dock with a $155 million makeover and itineraries that include 12-day Mediterranean sailings through October 2013 followed by a 16-day trans-Atlantic crossing from Barcelona to New Orleans.
For example, I had to pay 4.50 for a regular size bottle of water as I was disembarking for an excursion. On another occasion, I brought a bottle of wine on board to celebrate a birthday and it was confiscated (returned at the end of the cruise). The cruise line only allows liquor/wine that is purchased on board -- at a premium price.
Out of a dozen or so restaurants on board, only a handful are included in your cruise. All the other specialty restaurants have a cover charge. Even after having paid a cover charge, alaska adventure cruise there are items on the menu in some of the restaurants that are excluded unless you again pay extra.
Some cruise lines also automatically add a 15% gratuity on your bill for each person in your group. This happened to a family of four -- the two children were aged 4 and 5. Fortunately, they looked at their bill and requested these charges to be removed.
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