Cruise West will now get up close and personal with it’s newest ventures to rugged and mysterious Patagonia in 2011, utilizing the mv Via Australis, with four departures guaranteed to appease the most avid adventurers. Cruise guests can take advantage of the new 8- or 10- night journies to visit hotspots in Chile by land and cruising through renowned channels, scenic bays and glaciated fjords from Ushuaia to Punta Arenas.
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Cunard Line once again established a first for itself in the cruise history of the most famous cruise line in the world. Cunard recently announced that the Queen Mary 2, will be based in Australia in 2012. The itinerary will be a history-making circumnavigation which will see her visit five states and the Northern Territory. This should be a big hit as cruising in Australia has become very popular among today’s luxury cruise lines.
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Princess Cruises is giving cruises the opportunity to see more of Alaska this year in an affordable way. Princess announced four new “A la Carte” Alaska cruisetour options for this summer’s season, giving independent-minded travelers more options to see our 49th state up close and personal. Cruisetour attendees will have an extra day at one of the Denali-area Princess lodges, and be able to customize their daily schedules to match their own vacation goals.
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Crystal Cruises will include two Black Sea voyages this summer as part of their rich tradition of bringing their cruise guests new and unusual ports of call. The two new itineraries feature a maiden visit to Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as calls in Greece, Italy, Bulgaria and Turkey. The 12-day cruises sail from Venice to Istanbul on July 19 and August 24 aboard the award-winning Crystal Serenity.
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Costa Cruises has grown by leaps and bounds under the direction of Maurice Zarmati, and one of the coolest new features at Costa these days will be the 4D entertainment onboard the brand new Costa Deliziosa. The newest entertainment at sea will bring cruise guests completely into the adventure with 4D experiences of varying lengths designed to envigorate the user, much like a Disney Park movie experience.
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When Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Serenity sails from Athens to Venice this Summer, one of Italy’s most popular Venetian traditions will highlight the voyage. With this new cruise itinerary for 2010, Crystal Symphony will visit Venice at the same time as the annual Redentore Festival, a spectacle of brightly colored boats, gondola races, costumes and traditional feasts culminating with a magnificent fireworks display. The 12-day Mediterranean/Adriatic voyage, departing from Athens on July 7, marks Crystal Cruises’ first ever itinerary with two shipboard overnights in Venice.
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Princess Cruises not only entertains its cruise guests on all of their spectacular voyages, but they also are playing a major role in global weather pattern tracking on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)> In 2009, Princess ships made over 20,000 weather observations, earning the company the distinction of NOAA’s “Weather Cruise Ship Company of the Year.” Coral Princess led the fleet with 5,142 observations.
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