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Hi again, cruise fans, Welcome to another edition of the 7 Seas Cruise News, brought to you by Pat Crane and his 7 Seas Cruises. Call Pat at 1-866-424-1090 toll-free or e-mail him with your requests for information or a quote for the next cruise you want to take. He won't disappoint you! Right now, Pat is tickled with rates available on the Norwegian Star. For as little as $1299, you can fly to Hawaii and sail aboard the Norwegian Star for 7 nights. Visit Maui, the Big Island, and Oahu. This price includes AIR, and is good on 3 sailings--in March, August and November. Remember, too, our Web site is always open for your visits at www. 7seascruises.com Everyone ready for some cruise news? Then here goes! Celebrity Cruises, which last September launched a test program on Millennium that focused on onboard enhancements, has tweaked the initial concept and is beginning to expand it to other ships in the line. The program, which originally toyed with some 100 different small-and-large items -- from frosty towels at poolside to adding dinner service to the Aqua Spa Cafe -- has, based on passenger feedback, narrowed down the list. Travelers can expect poolside sorbet service and fee-based massage, an evening "casual dining boulevard," featuring pasta, pizza and a new Sushi Cafe, and "happy hours" at ship lounges which come complete with pre-dinner hors d' ouevres. Michael's Club, formerly Celebrity's cigar bar, has been transformed into a piano club. AquaSpa is extending its hours to 11 p.m. and will hold yoga and Pilates workouts on deck at sunset. Finally, the occasional theme- oriented midnight buffet will be moved to lunchtime (though Celebrity's Le Grand Buffet one-time-per-cruise event will still occupy its regular late evening time slot). Currently, in addition to Millennium, the program was installed on Mercury and is being introduced it on Constellation. A Celebrity spokeswoman says the line anticipates all ships participating by July. Meanwhile in Hawaii...A provision in a federal spending bill that would allow Norwegian Cruise Lines' foreign-flagged ships to bypass the Jones Act is under progress. The law, which has now been passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate, as part of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, would allow NCL,and particularly its Norwegian Star, which is the only ship to sail year-round weekly round trips from Honolulu, to adhere to U.S. laws -- just as if its ships were flagged American. The bottom line is NCL could visit the Hawaiian Islands and sail from a U.S. port (Honolulu) without having to make the call at Fanning Island. This would also eliminate the need for passports which are currently required for U.S.citizens on this ship. NCL which recently acquired a $2 million incomplete hull and ship parts from a shipyard in Mississippi -- part of a failed $187 million plan (with $1 billion in federal loan guarantees) to jump-start an otherwise non-existant U.S. cruise line shipbuilding program -- had asked for American status in that region. Those partially built ships (and parts) have been sent to Europe for completion. Well, it was a good idea. Princess Cruises has finally announced a name for its new ship debuting April 2004. She'll be called the Caribbean Princess. The 116,000-ton vessel under construction at Fincantieri, Italy will sail the Caribbean on a year-round basis. Caribbean Princess will sail alternative weekly Eastern and Western routes. This ship, interestingly, is being designed for its itinerary and will have a few Caribbean- centric features that don't exist on other Princess vessels plying those waters. For instance, there will be a Caribbean-themed alternative restaurant (in addition to Princess' trademark Italian trattoria) and a proram called "Dive In Movies." This involves a super-huge cinema screen designed for outdoor showings -- so passengers can watch, poolside, or, at night, under a moonlit sky. Sounds wonderful to me! The Caribbean Princess launches next April 17 and will home port in Ft. Lauderdale. Guess that's it for news this week. Until next week, picture that outdoor movie screen under the stars on the Caribbean Princess. I'll bring the popcorn. Now let's hope they can find some wonderful romantic movie to make proper use of the surroundings! See you next week! Teri |
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