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Greetings, Cruise Fans, Welcome to your slightly delayed current edition of the 7 Seas Cruise News. Occasionally, Pat lets me have a day off when my "day job" is just too much. It has been like that lately, so patient soul that he is, he said, "The news will keep for a couple of days. Just rest instead." You can't do better than a kind man like that! So, here I am, well-rested and full of interesting cruise news! Before I begin, let me remind you to call Pat at 1-866-424-1090 for any cruise you might be thinking about. He'll get you the very best price. I promise! For inspiration, drop by www. 7seascruises.com and have a look around. Every time I go there, I always come away with a cruise or two I want to try! And now, some news??¦ Be the first to know that Carnival Cruise Lines will host a ONE DAY SALE on Thursday July 15th... a private preview day on Wednesday, July 14th for top agents like Pat. This promotion will offer a 2 category upgrade on almost every ship and sail date between September 5, 2004-December 17, 2004; and January 1-December 17, 2005. At the same time (07/ 14-07/15) there will also be a Christmas in July promotion on select 2004 Christmas/New Year's sailings between December 18 - December 31, 2004. If there's a Carnival cruise in your future, this might be a great time to price it and book it! Call Pat for details. On Independence Day, NCL America announced the addition of a third U.S. Flagged ship to Hawai`i to be delivered in the summer of 2006. The Pride of Hawai`i is the second ship in the original Project America program and the third ship of the brand's U. S.-Flagged fleet, joining Pride of Aloha and Pride of America. Consumers will now have the choice to sail inter island Freestyle cruises on three different NCL America ships, all sharing one important element - a U.S. crew hailing mainly from Hawai`i. Pride of Hawai`i will be the twin sister of the recently announced Bahamas-flagged Norwegian Jewel. She will be a 92,000-ton vessel and the seventh new Freestyle Cruising ship to be added to the NCL fleet in a five-year period. Like Norwegian Jewel, Pride of Hawai`i will feature 10 restaurants, dynamic public rooms, two Garden Villas and 10 courtyard villas with a private courtyard and sundeck. Her 10-restaurant lineup will include Cagney's Steak House, Blue Lagoon and NCL's signature restaurant, Le Bistro as well as an Asian complex featuring a sushi bar, a teppanyaki table and a Pacific Fusion restaurant. The ship will feature NCL's new concept - a "Bar Central" -- featuring a martini bar, a champagne and wine bar, and a beer and whisky pub all connected but with three distinct personalities. The interior design scheme will highlight many of the key aspects of Hawai`i's history and culture. Pride of Hawai`i will have 1188 staterooms and accommodate just under 2,400 guests (double occupancy). She will also feature NCL's latest standards in cabins, with rich cherry wood finishing, refrigerators, tea and coffee makers in every room, and a much larger bathroom unit than other competing ships, containing separate WC, shower, and washstand compartments separated by sliding doors in the outside, balcony and suite cabins. The ship will also be family friendly with a large number of cabins (including suites and junior-suites) that can interconnect to create a two, three, four or five bedroom area suitable for small or large families and an expansive kids and teen center. Other amenities include a spa and state-of-the-art fitness center, an Internet caf?© and a 1,000-seat theater. In a convergence of name and theme, Carnival Cruise Lines' newest ship, Carnival Valor, will feature an interior design that explores the subject of heroes and heroism. When the 110,000-ton "Fun Ship" debuts in Miami this December, it will sport public rooms that celebrate heroes real and imagined, as well as heroic eras and feats from the past. Elevator entrances evoke Colonial America with brass doors with wood inlay, stained-glass lamps and half- pillars on the wall in polished stainless steel. Some of the pillars are adorned with gold-leaf eagles and over the elevator doors is an arch of marble-like bronze molding. The dome over the lobby features bas-relief panels depicting 10 famous U.S. destinations - including Miami Beach, Chicago, San Francisco, the Grand Canyon, the Sonoran Desert, and New Orleans - illuminated from underneath by red, white and blue lights. On the main wall of the atrium is a mural of these locations painted by Alaskan artist Devita Writer. Along the Valor Promenade, there are also numerous arches decorated with famous American heroes. The Americana theme is evident in the Eagles Show Lounge. Inspired by the United States' national bird, the room features woodwork along walls with images of eagles made of wood marquetry inlaid with four varieties of wood. Vitrines throughout room contain realistic models of life-size eagles in their natural habitat. The ceiling features aluminum cassettes painted to look like wood, with light fixtures of polished stainless steel that have a design of cutouts of an eagle in flight with color-changing lights behind. One of the more unusual takes on the Americana theme is the One Small Step Dance Club, which celebrates Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon. Around the room are moon craters combining LED lights in them that create a multicolored volcano effect. The hero commemorated in the Lindy Hop Piano Bar is Charles Lindberg, the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean on a solo airplane flight. Lindberg's flight took him from New York to Paris, so the room features the Empire State Building done in polished stainless steel on one side and the Eiffel Tower done in brass on the other, along with murals of the two cities. The walls are dark with starlights, while the ceiling is a map of the North Atlantic Ocean with lights showing the actual flight path of Lindberg's plane, Spirit of St. Louis. Models of the famous plane hang over the bar. Scarlett's, Carnival Valor's reservations-only steakhouse-style supper club, is named for Scarlett O'Hara from the legendary novel and film "Gone with the Wind." The d?©cor of this stunning room is contemporary, with wood paneling, white columns and pink shutters in the windows. Opposite the dance floor, the walls resemble a colonnade with arches. And between each column is a mural of the classic scene from Gone with the Wind showing Scarlett O' Hara dancing with Rhett Butler. Paintings of various southern plantations decorate walls around the room. Heroes from other countries throughout the world are represented, as well. The 1,400-seat Ivanhoe Show Lounge recalls the classic tale by Sir Walter Scott, with the walls featuring a figure of a knight in full armor backed by a Medieval-style tapestry, and a faux wood-beamed ceiling with ornate inscriptions. Flanking the stage are large castle towers with stained-glass windows and shields bearing coats of arms. The walls beside the towers look like large tapestries, while trim work is done in stainless steel to heighten the knight in shining armor motif. The Shogun Club casino evokes a distinctive Japanese flavor. Japanese murals and suits of samurai armor give the room the look of a medieval palace in Kyoto. Wood columns throughout the room have large wood-like brackets affixed to the ceiling. Slot machine bases are decorated with emblems that look like Japanese coats of arms. The Paris Hot Jazz Club pays homage to chanteuse Josephine Baker, the famous singer during the 1920s and '30s. An expatriate American living in France, Baker, who was black, found fame and fortune in Europe and fought tirelessly against racial bias in the United States. The jazz club has a distinctive French cabaret atmosphere, with walls done in glass tiles that resemble pearls. A statue of Baker dancing in her famous banana costume rests on a base that resembles a giant pearl. Bar stools and table bases look like stacks of pearls, and the floor is done in white granite with inlaid bananas in a contrasting yellow stone. For guests whose interest in ancient Greece has been rekindled by the hit movie "Troy," the Iliad Library will transport them back to Homer's Ilium. The predominance of wood in the room is complemented by murals themed from Greek vases that tell this heroic story, while characters from the Iliad and models of Greek ships are used as artwork throughout the room. Other public areas include Jeanne's Wine Bar which recalls Joan of Arc and the Togo Sushi Bar, named after the famous Japanese admiral. The ship is scheduled to begin year-round seven-day service from Miami Dec. 19, operating alternating week-long voyages to the eastern and western Caribbean. Editor's Note: The design and d?©cor of the Valor is in the exuberant hands of Joe Farcus. Although I should refrain from saying anything until I have see the ship with my own two eyes, I have this feeling that I will think the Valor, like other Joe Farcus designs, is way too " themed" for me. A little of this hocus-pocus goes a long way with me. I just think the Togo Sushi Bar and the Joan of Arc Wine Bar are taking this theming thing a bit far. Ok, Joe Farcus fans, let' s hear what you think! Looking for a nice price on a nice long holiday cruise? Check out these Royal Caribbean offers??¦ Then give Pat a call to see if your dream cruise is still available. Empress of the Seas, sailing from San Juan, December 20, 2004 11-night Southern Caribbean Inside = $1269 p/p Outside = $1399 p/p Splendor of the Seas, sailing from Tampa, December 24, 2004 9-night Western Caribbean Inside = $1299 p/p Outside = $1599 p/p Enchantment of the Seas, sailing from Fort Lauderdale, December 20, 2004 7-night Western Caribbean Inside = $814 p/p Outside = $1099 p/p Balcony = $1549 p/p Vision of the Seas, sailing from Los Angeles, December 19, 2004 7-night Mexican Riviera Inside = $999 p/p Outside = $1449 p/p Balcony = $1579 p/p Navigator of the Seas, sailing from Miami, December 24, 2004 9-night Western Caribbean Inside = $1969 p/p Outside = $2299 p/p Balcony = $2949 p/p Voyager of the Seas, sailing from Miami, December 24, 2004 10-night Eastern Caribbean Inside = $2049 p/p Outside = $2349 p/p Balcony = $3049 p/p Jewel of the Seas, sailing from Fort Lauderdale, December 18, 2004 8-night Eastern Caribbean Inside = $1249 p/p Outside = $1499 p/p Balcony = $1679 p/p Adventure of the Seas, sailing from San Juan, December 19, 2004 7-night Southern Caribbean Inside = $999 p/p Outside = $1199 p/p Balcony = $1499 p/p Explorer of the Seas, sailing from Miami, December 19, 2004 7-night Western Caribbean Inside = $999 p/ p Outside = $1299 p/p Balcony = $1449 p/p Mariner of the Seas, sailing from Port Canaveral, December 19, 2004 7-night Western Caribbean Inside = $999 p/p Outside = $1299 p/p Balcony = $1449 p/p Radiance of the Seas, sailing from Miami, December 19, 2004 7-night Eastern Caribbean Inside = $899 p/ p Outside = $1199 p/p Balcony = $1379 p/p Rhapsody of the Seas, sailing from Galveston, December 19, 2004 7-night Western Caribbean Inside = $899 p/p Outside = $1199 p/p Balcony = $1649 p/p, Category D1 For the first time, Carnival Cruise Lines will offer a series of Mediterranean voyages featuring extended visits to some of Europe's most charming and historic ports of call beginning in summer 2005. The program will be offered on the new 110,000-ton Carnival Liberty, which will be the newest and largest ship operating in Europe. It will encompass eight 12-day cruises operating round-trip from Rome (Civitavecchia) July 20 - Oct. 12, 2005. Featured ports include Naples, Italy; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Venice, Italy (two-day call); Messina, Sicily; Barcelona, Spain; Cannes, France; and Livorno, Italy. Following the 12-day Mediterranean cruises, Carnival Liberty will operate a 16-day transatlantic voyage departing Rome (Civitavecchia) Oct. 24, and arriving in Fort Lauderdale Nov. 9, 2005. Ports of call include Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, and Malaga, Spain; Funchal (Madeira), Portugal; and St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. Numerous shore excursion opportunities, as well as pre- and post-cruise hotel packages, will be available in conjunction with all of these departures. Currently under construction in Monfalcone, Italy, the 2,974-passenger Carnival Liberty will offer a host of dining, activity and entertainment venues. Its 13 passenger decks will house 22 lounges, bars and nightspots, along with a 14,500-square-foot health and fitness facility, a full gambling casino, duty-free shopping mall, and four swimming pools - one with Carnival's famous 214-foot-long water slide. A comprehensive golf program offering professional instruction and opportunities to play top golf courses will also be available. Its many family-friendly amenities, available within the top-rated "Camp Carnival" program, will include a 4,200-square-foot "Children' s World" play area, and an "Action Alley" teen recreation center with a high-tech video arcade, dance club, and a "mocktail" lounge offering non- alcoholic specialty drinks. Of the ship's 1,487 staterooms, 60 percent will offer an ocean view with 60 percent of those featuring private balconies. That's about it from here in the south of Florida. Wherever you are, have a great week! And until next week, when we'll talk about choosing a cruise ship cabin, I wish you smooth sailing! Teri |
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