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    Tuesday 20 November 2012

    TODAYS ISSUE OF CW Todays issue ofCWfeatures four pages of

    all the latest cruise news and photos.

    PLUS see page five for a full page from

    Cruise Select detailing special cruise deals.

    Orion launches new websiteLUXURY adventure cruise line, Orion

    Expedition Cruises, has launched a brand new

    website, which is designed to provide a better

    overall user experience.

    The enhanced site features a simplified easy-

    o-use navigation bar which provides logical

    access to extensive layers of information for

    voyages; as well as a plan your expedition'

    search tool which enables viewers to refine

    heir search by choice of expedition, region,

    departure date, voyage duration, specific

    nterest, experiences and ship.

    The site also contains interactive maps of theAsia Pacific region complete with the 94

    destinations that Orion vessels explore, as well

    as video footage of several destinations, and

    detailed day by day descriptions for each itinerary.

    Site visitors can also look forward to live

    pricing, and a My Voyage section which contains

    background and information for guests who

    have booked but have not yet travelled,

    ncluding a facility to pre-register for optional

    excursions and beauty and spa treatments.

    See www.orionexpeditions.com.

    Silversea opens Galapagos SILVERSEA has opened bookings for its 2013/

    14 Galapagos season onboard the 100-guest,

    all-suite Silver Galapagos.

    Hosting a year-round schedule of seven-day

    sailings, Silver Galapagos will commence

    operations in September 2013.

    Cruises on offer include a Western Itinerary

    which departs Saturdays from Baltra Island, and

    takes in the western, southern and eastern islands,

    including Santiago, Bartolom, Isabela, Fernandina,

    Floreana, San Cristbal, and Santa Cruz.

    The second voyage is a North Central

    Itinerary which also departs Saturdays

    roundtrip from Baltra Island, and takes in the

    northeast, central and southeast islands of

    Santa Cruz, Genovesa, Seymour Norte, San

    Cristbal, Espaola, and Plazas Sur.

    Fares start at AU$6,050pp twin share, see

    your travel agent for details, or visit

    www.silversea.com/expeditions .

    Evergreen gives a sneak peek at 2014Caving to the sheer popularity

    of its European river cruise/tour

    programs, Evergreen Tours has

    unveiled its 2014 Preview

    brochure, months ahead of the

    usual release date.

    THE preview comes in direct response to

    cruiser demand for the Australian companys

    2013 European river cruise and tour season,

    and sports a grand total of eight of the firms

    most popular cruise/tours.

    Because demand for our 2013 program has

    been so strong, and we are filling up on a

    number of our departures, we had a lot of

    clients asking if they could see what was on

    offer in 2014, Angus Crichton, General

    Manager Evergreen Tours told Cruise Weekly.

    This brochure is the answer to that demand,

    and gives clients

    the opportunity

    to pre-register

    and secure their

    preferred 2014

    cruises, he

    added.

    The brochure

    includes a range

    of itineraries

    including Paris toPrague; Prague

    to London; a 24-

    day Eastern

    Europe Tour and Cruise; plus cruises plus tours

    visiting Britain and Ireland, the Dalmatian

    Coast, Budapest to Rome and a 26-day Grand

    alpine cruise/tour.

    The Preview release also includes a few

    added carrots for cruisers, offering guests who

    pre-register and pay a refundable $250 deposit

    their 2014 holiday at 2013 prices, and guests

    who book and pay their deposit before 31

    January 2013 will receive a free cabin upgrade.Discussing the rationale behind the

    companys offer, Crichton told CWthat Our

    philosophy is to give the best offers out first.

    We reward our early bookers, and we dont

    do last minute distressed fares, he added.

    One of the great things about the preview is

    also the ability, if cruisers choose, to swap

    their cruise for a different one, should the full

    2014 release (due out in mid 2013) reveal an

    itinerary they would like to cruise instead of

    the one that they have pre-registered for.

    If cruisers do swap, they will still receive the

    earlybird pricing and cabin upgrade.See your local travel agent for more

    information, with the brochure able to be

    downloaded at http://bit.ly/EGerc2014.

    Cruises avoid Israel and Gaza COSTA Pacifica has become the third cruise

    vessel to alter its course to avoid the escalating

    conflict in Israel and the Gaza strip, ditching calls in

    Ashdod and Haifa (21 and 22 Nov respectively)

    for calls in Santorini and Rhodes in Greece.

    Earlier this week Oceania Cruises also

    signaled plans to scrap Nauticas two overnightstops in Ashdod and Haifa (19-22 November)

    for calls in Athens, Mykonos, and Rhodes in

    Greece and Limassol, Cyprus; whilst last week

    Norwegian Jade cancelled its call in Ashdod

    and stayed longer in Haifa instead.Visit celebritycruises.com.au

    Cruising from

    Australia

    will never bethe same again.

    Celebrity Solstice

    arrives in

    two weeks.

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    Cruise Weeklys cruise calendar detailsupcoming port calls of passenger cruiseships at various destinations in Australia.

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    A decade of Aussie Princesses THIS week, Princess Cruises is celebrating its

    tenth anniversary of Australian cruising, having

    first arrived in Sydney Harbour with the

    680-guest Pacific Princess on 18 November 2002.

    Pacific Princess returned each summer for

    the following four years, and her success was

    followed by another milestone for Princess

    Cruises', with the cruise line deploying its first

    full-time ship in Australian waters, Sun

    Princess, in October 2007.

    Sun Princess was joined one year late by asecond full-time ship, her sister Dawn Princess,

    and now a full decade since the cruise lines

    first foray, it bases three ships based in

    Australian waters: Dawn Princess, Sun Princess

    and Sea Princess.

    In addition, Diamond Princess is also deployed

    here for a season of NZ cruises over summer,

    whilst both Pacific Princess and Ocean Princess

    will visit during the 2012-13 summer months.

    Kids cruise, eat and play freeCAPTAIN Cook Cruises has Christmas covered

    his year, offering families the perfect getaway

    where children aged between five and 17 can

    eat, play and cruise for free on voyages until 31March 2013.

    Complimentary child minding is also

    provided for children 5-10 years between the

    hours of 9.00am-12noon, 2.00pm -5.00pm,

    6.30pm-10.30pm, including supervision in

    passenger cabins, and in the Reef Room where

    children can watch movies and play, as well as

    onshore for beach activities and in the

    swimming pool.

    The cruise/eat/play is applicable to children

    when they are accompanied by a paying adult,

    on all three-, four- and seven-night Fiji cruises

    onboard MV Reef Endeavour, for bookingsmade until 31 December 2012.

    Early Booking Savers fares start from $699.20

    per person twin share for the three-night

    cruise.

    See your travel agent for details.

    Win a fantastic $300 travel pack CRUISE Weekly

    and Australia Post

    are this week giving

    away a travel pack

    worth around $300.

    The pack contains

    a $100 Australia

    Post Load & Go

    Travel Card, an $80

    voucher which can

    be redeemed for in-store Australia Post travel

    insurance, a $49.95 TravelSIM, a worldwidetravel adapter, a snooze travel pillow and a

    storage bag.

    Australia Post recently launched the new

    multi-currency card and travel insurance

    products, and also offers currency exchange at

    over 3200 outlets nationally.

    To win, be the first CWreader to correctly

    answer this question: What type of card is the

    Australia Post Load & Go Travel Card?

    Answers asap to [email protected] .

    Azamara Questhas emerged

    from an eight-day drydock a

    new woman, complete with a

    refresh of all her public areas

    and a new Azamara Blue hull.THE first of Azamara Club Cruises twin

    boutique ships to go under the knife, Quest

    enjoyed shipwide renovations including new

    carpets, upholstery, and a new colour palatte

    across her public spaces, which according tothe company, reflects its inviting atmosphere.

    During her eight-day stay Questalso received

    new mattresses and upgraded veranda

    furniture for suites and staterooms; had her

    pool resurfaced, and received new sun

    loungers and pool towels for her outer decks.

    Quests Casino Bar also was expanded and

    enhanced with new furniture, while her spa

    and fitness center was refreshed with a new

    steam room, showers, and Life Fitness cardio

    equipment.

    In terms of food, guests can now look

    forward to a new caviar and champagne bar

    within Aqualina (one of the Quests two

    specialty dining venues), as well as a new

    Chefs Table concept featuring three wine

    degustation menus: Italian, French and

    Californian; and freshly brewed coffee at

    Mosaic Caf.

    Following her drydock release, Quest

    embarked on a 13-night Madeira and Canary

    Islands voyage, which departed 16 November.

    Azamara reveals its refreshedQuest

    Pacific Princess enters Sydney in 2002

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    Antarctic Peninsula saleLAST minute sale hunters will be pleased to

    earn the Hurtigruten is reducing its 2013

    Antarctic Peninsula voyages by up to 35%.

    Available on select sailings of Hurtigrutens

    10-day Classic Expedition itinerary departing

    between 02 January and 13 February 2013,

    and the 20 January 2013 13-day Weddell Sea

    Expedition, the deals are on a full-board basis

    and include return charter flights between

    Buenos Aires and Ushuaia.

    Reduced prices for the cruises start from$4,943pp (a saving of $2,230pp) for the Classic

    Expedition, and $6,428pp for the Weddell

    tinerary (a saving of $3,064pp).

    See your travel agent for details, or call

    1800 623 267.

    VISIT London and leave with the jewels.

    For over ten centuries the Tower of

    London has appeared as an impenetrable

    fortress to would-be thieves, however as the

    saying goes, appearances can be deceptive.

    Recently, one cunning visitor to the ever

    popular tourist attraction managed to nab

    a set of Tower keys from one of the

    landmarks sentry boxes.

    The repository of many historical artifacts,

    as well as the site of infamous executions

    (such as that of Ann Boleyn by Henry V),

    and the resting place of none-other than

    the Crown Jewels, the Tower is famously

    guarded by Beefeaters, who discovered the

    burglar after he had climbed the outer and

    inner gates, and secured the keys.

    Unfortunately for the Beefeaters, due to

    regulations, they were unable to leave their

    posts and had to radio for help to catch the

    would-be criminal mastermind as he fled

    the scene.

    Back-up however was not particularly

    prompt, and the intruder managed to

    abscond with the keys.

    On the off chance that the thief decides

    to come back at a later date and make use

    of the keys, Tower officials have confirmed

    that they have changed the locks whilst

    the police investigate the incident.

    Interestingly the event took place on

    Bonfire Night (November 05) which is staged

    every year to mark the capture of Guy Fawkes

    (who plotted to kill King James I in 1605).Carnival cancels Europe sailingsCARNIVAL Cruise Lines has cancelled five Carnival

    Legend2013 European sailings, replacing them

    with a group of unique departures.

    The cancelled EU departures include 25 Sep,

    07 and 31 Oct, and 12 and 27 Nov 2013.

    The cruise line has not said why the voyages

    have been ditched, but has instead announced

    the vessel will sail a 15-night Trans-Atlantic cruise

    departing New York on 25 Sep; as well as a 10-

    night Caribbean cruise from NY to Tampa on

    10 Oct; a five-night Caribbean roundtrip cruisefrom Tampa (21 Oct); and an eight-night roundtrip

    Caribbean cruise from Tampa on 26 Oct.

    Guests booked on the cancelled voyages will

    receive a full refund, or if they swap cruises will

    receive a $200 stateroom credit for their trouble.

    HAL gets its very own tulip HOLLAND America Line has partnered with

    the world-famous Keukenhof Spring gardens in

    the Netherlands to develop an exclusive HAL

    tulip.

    Designed to celebrate the companys 140th

    anniversary next year, the tulip will be white

    and will bloom in the Northern spring next year.

    The official bulb hand over between thegarden and HAL took place this month, with

    HALs Captain Edward van Zaane and Martin

    Schrder, Loyal Mariner and member of the

    Holland America Line Dutch advisory board,

    receiving the first batch.

    Just one click away fromkeeping up to date with allthe breaking news as itcomes to hand...

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    Sun, sail and swim on Sydney Harbour with the CaptainYOUTH have no excuse to be bored thissummer, with the launch of a new Sydney

    Harbour voyage from Captain Cook Cruises.

    Created to cater specifically to a younger market

    of locals and backpackers alike, the three-and-a-

    half hour voyage departs

    rom Darling Harbour every

    Monday, Wednesday and

    Friday at 1.30pm onboard

    he sailing catamaranAussie

    Venture.

    CWwas recently lucky

    enough to while away a lazyFriday afternoon onboard

    Aussie Venture, sipping a

    beverage and taking in the sights of Sydney slipping

    by as she sailed east to Chowder Bay.

    Overall, Venture is a basic vessel and if you are

    looking for a five-star voyage, this would not be the

    day cruise CWwould advise for you, however if you

    are looking to have a fun time and are happy with a

    basic but well appointed vessel and warm, friendly staff, then this cruise is definitely well worth a

    ry.

    In terms of amenities and layout, Ventures bow sports a number of deck chairs to kick-back on,

    as well as a music system and plenty of room to spread out on.

    Inside there is a window lined party room- replete with a juke box (which, in addition to music,also has an option for karaoke), a bar and toilets.

    During CWs time onboard,Aussie Venture was joined by a pod of friendly dolphins also drawn

    o the vessel, much like her guests, by a desire for fun and frolicking.

    The water mammals seemed oblivious to the ooohhhsss, ahhhs and machine gun clicking of

    cameras as they dived in the currents created by Venture, and stayed with the vessel almost all

    he way to Chowder Bay.

    Once at the Bay however the dolphins were all but forgotten as guests barreled off the

    catamaran to enjoy a picnic lunch and explore the secluded cove and beach for just over an hour

    before reboarding and leisurely cruising back to Darling Harbour.

    The voyage is priced at $69 including a picnic lunch (bar purchases are additional), however at

    present the company is running a special $55 introductory offer.

    For info or to book, see your local travel agent, or visit www.captaincook.com.au.

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    Cuba for Romance and Music

    The incurably romantic Caribbean island of Cuba is one of the last

    true Communist redoubts of the 21st Century and has captured the

    imaginations of artists, poets and musicians for as long as we can

    remember.

    Cuba is almost always in the news. The legendary revolutionary,

    Fidel Castro Ruz, who turned 86 this year, is clearly on a short

    countdown until his ultimate term expires. Even with his poor healthand advancing years, the old revolutionary still wields surprising power.

    The resilience of the Cuban revolutionary Government has created a

    nation that almost stands still in cold war time. With his imminent

    passing, and especially since the withdrawal of Soviet aid, Cuba will

    inevitably be drawn into the broader world economic community.

    Cuba's attraction as a tourist destination is due in part because of

    the world's curiosity with this stubborn regime. But Cuba, in its own

    right, is a vibrant and exciting destination blessed with idyllic beaches

    and fascinating early Spanish history dating back to Columbus. More

    recent figures like Ernest Hemingway, Desi Arnaz, Celia Cruz and Gloria

    Estefan reinforce the romance and passion of the island. Cuba's rich

    musical heritage has reached world popularity with musicians such as

    the Buena Vista Social Club and the Afro-Cuban Allstars.Glenn A Baker, popular music historian and social commentator

    says, "There is a constant, inescapable sensuality to the entire Cuban

    experience. For all the crumbling decay, the tarnished and faded

    glamour, and the shortages and sacrifices of a country whose

    economy virtually collapsed when the Soviets cut off the drip-feed

    more than a decade ago, there is nothing dormant or moribund about

    the place.

    Take Latin vibrancy and pride, wind it up a few notches with classic

    Cuban machismo, stir well with history, intrigue and uncertainty,

    garnish with a siege mentality, serve warm with Spanish style and you

    have the very core of the Caribbean, its only truly essential

    destination.

    The best place to relive the Cuban music made famous by the

    original Buena Vista Social Club, is Saln 1930 'Compay Segundo' at

    the Hotel Nacional.

    Fancy a toast to old Ernest? Saunter down to La Bodegita del Medio

    in Empedrado Street, in the old Havana district for a mojito made to

    Hemingway's own recipe. How do you know this? It's written on the

    wall in his handwriting.

    While it's still tough for Americans to visit, all that will change

    eventually, even though Cuban ports lack the infrastructure to

    accommodate cruise vessels of the size Americans like to cruise on.

    Instead, small and medium ships from lines such as Fred.Olsen, Hapag

    Lloyd, Variety and Voyages of Discovery are among the lines that visit

    Cuba from non-US ports. Australians have no such problem visiting

    Cuba except when accessing funds, so taking cash is the way to go.

    American Express? Forget it.

    Most cruise ships will visit Havana, but Variety's eight-day "Sights and

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    and Bahia de Corrientes, ports that occupy most of the western half

    of the island. The romance of this forbidden fruit is further enhanced

    with the use of their 49-pax, 3-masted schooner, "Panorama".

    See: www.discovertheworldcruising.com.au >> Cuba.

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