MSC Cruises now offers High Stakes, on the High Seas! Texas Hold ‘Em

MSC Cruise Line

Lady Luck Sails With MSC Cruises. Play Texas Hold ‘Em, the worlds most popular poker game, aboard the worlds fastest growing cruises

MSC Cruises is now offereing Texas Hold ‘Em Groups onboard the MSC Poesia, MSC Orchestra, MSC Musica, MSC Lirica, MSC Sinfonia, MSC Armonia, and MSC Melody. MSC Cruises offer sophisticated, fun, and secure playing environment, an Italian Vacation Experience on their newest ships.

 MSC Cruises games of Texas Hold ’Em Poker can accommodate up to 300 players with escorts and staff, Up to 30 poker tables with folding tray and drop box, Each table seats up to 10 players, Tokens available in specified quantity and denomination before the cruise, and MSC Cruises offers The Clock Club Edition tournament management software is available by request.

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Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines – Nickelodeon Kids Cruise Calls in Caymans

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Royal Caribbean International’s 160,000-ton Freedom of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas called at Grand Cayman together for the first time Aug. 13.

The sister ships disembarked approximately 9,000 passengers at Georgetown, more than a third of them children sailing on a Nickelodeon Network theme cruise on Freedom of the Seas. It was the first time the twin ships had visited a port of call together.

 The Cayman Islands Department of Tourism organized live music and cultural displays and an appearance of “Diego,” the cartoon companion of the Nickelodeon character “Dora the Explorer.”

Representatives of the Cayman Islands Tourism Association and the Association for the Advancement of Cruise tourism welcomed guests with a treasure hunt for children, rum cake and fruit punch, brochures, maps and tourist information.

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Crystal Luxury Cruises Debuts 125 New World Cruise Excursions

 

 

Crystal Cruises is introducing an unprecedented number of Crystal Adventures shore excursions for its 2009 World Cruise. Sailing roundtrip from Los Angeles Jan. 21, the 106-day expedition boasts more than 300 tours, including 125 new. The tours take guests by horseback along New Zealand’s coast, by foot through the Takitumu Rainforest, by helicopter over the filming locations of Lord of the Rings, even through the Alaskan forests and glaciers by go-kart, to ensure the most exhilarating experiences possible. Along with the tours, expanded onboard enrichment programming includes more celebrity guest lecturers and performers, more keyboard classes through Yamaha and language classes through Berlitz and more experiences and events unique to World Cruise itineraries.

Among the roster of new Crystal Adventures are helicopter tours over Dunedin, New Zealand; Petropavlovsk, Russia; and Ketchikan, Alaska. In Noumea, New Caldonia, guests can swing through the Koghi Mountain rainforests on webbed ropes, pulleys and zip lines. In Bali, Indonesia, options include an elephant ride, while a tour in Perth, Australia, allows guests to get close to koalas, kangaroos, wombats, camels and emus at Caversham Wildlife Park and Zoo. Crystal’s full “Pacific Circle Celebration” World Cruise visits 45 ports in 22 countries throughout the South Pacific, Asia, Africa and Europe, and is available in eight segments from 11 to 17 days. Fares for the full World Cruise begin at $54,135 per person, double occupancy. Crystal Adventures shore excursions are priced from $39 to $6,999 per person.

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Carnival Cruise Line to Deploy Carnival M/S Fantasy in Mobile, Alabama in Fall 2009

 

 

Carnival Cruise Lines, which operates Mobile’s only year-round cruise program, will increase capacity at the port by 42 percent when the 2,056-passenger Carnival Fantasy replaces the 1,452-passenger Holiday on year-round four- and five-day cruises beginning in November 2009.

With the Carnival Fantasy’s departures from Mobile, the company expects to carry approximately 170,000 passengers annually from that port. This fall, the Fantasy will undergo the next phase of the line’s “Evolutions of Fun” enhancement program.

During an extended dry-dock period the open decks will get the Carnival WaterWorks aqua park, Serenity adults-only retreat, and a new resort-style pool area. “Mobile has been a terrific homeport for us since we began service there in 2004, and we’re absolutely thrilled to be able to expand capacity from this port with the deployment of the Carnival Fantasy,” said Terry Thornton, Carnival’s senior vice president of marketing planning.

“The support of the local community, particularly city and port officials and our travel agent partners, has been nothing short of exceptional and we are very pleased to continue operating Mobile’s first and only year-round cruise program,” he added.

Carnival Fantasy will launch year-round service from Mobile on Nov. 16, 2009. Four-day cruises will depart Thursdays and visit Cozumel. Five-day cruises departing Mondays visit both Cozumel and Calica. Five-day cruises departing Saturdays call at Cozumel and Progreso. On Nov. 10, 2009, the ship will offer a one-time six-day cruise visiting Progreso, Cozumel and Costa Maya.

The Holiday will remain in Mobile through the Nov. 2, 2009, departure and will then be transferred to Iberocruceros, a Spain-based sister cruise brand under the Carnival Corp. & plc umbrella. Reservations are currently being accepted for the Carnival Fantasy’s new program from Mobile.

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Pearl Seas Ship in Outfitting Stages – New Premium Cruises Line

 
Wednesday, August 06, 2008    Pearl Seas Cruises’ first ship, which was launched in March, is in its outfitting stage. “It is progressing with over 150 people working on the ship daily at Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax, Nova Scotia” said Vice President Tim Beebe.   The joiner work and the electrical installation are being completed at this time.    The cruise line plans to announce the ship’s name on Thursday August 14th. Pearl Seas Cruises expects the first ship to be delivered in the first quarter of 2009. The new ship will carry 210 passengers and have international cruises in the Canadian Maritimes, St Lawrence Seaway, Great Lakes, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New England, and in the Caribbean.  The ships’ spacious suites (each measuring 302-580 square feet) will all have private balconies with large opening picture windows. All staterooms will also feature flat-screen satellite TV’s, DVD players, have individual climate control and Internet access.

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President of Cruise Zanza Blue Announces Plans to Launch Weekly Zanza Blue “Cruise Themed” Podcasts

Published by Ania Drechsler

J. Shawn Kaufmann President of Zanza Blue Travel Services announced the plans to launch weekly cruise orientated podcasts beginning early September. Twenty four podcasts have already been filmed and are currently being edited through Celestino Productions.

Mr. Kaufmann explained that after researching all available travel podcasts the results were poor. Many would be first time cruisers really don’t have a clear avenue to answer some common cruise related questions in a distinct, short and informative podcast. In addition, with the development of mega travel search engines and the increasing growth of the cruise industry finding personable advice is difficult.

The Zanza Blue Cruise Podcasts are hosted by Mr. Kaufmann and entertainer Johnny Favourite. The eccentric Mr. Favourite definitely brings personality to the podcasts. Johnny Favourite created the “Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra” in the late 90’s. His accomplishments include several awards with a Juno being the pinnacle. Johnny Favourite is currently in Toronto Canada recording a new album.

Mr. Kaufmann stated “We wanted to create short informative podcasts that were entertaining enough to view while still delivering cruise information, without the podcasts coming off as a corporate style commercial. That’s why I wanted to host these podcasts, its not often you see a CEO getting hands on. I wanted to show who we are. I was also fortunate to recruit Johnny Favourite on this project. Considering he spent a good amount of time working on cruise ships he has the experience and with his wacky personality I figured we would deliver podcasts that people want to watch”.

The podcasts were filmed with a simple visual theme focusing more on the hosts and the information. A preliminary promotional podcast has already been released and can be viewed on the Zanza Blue website.  Production podcasts featuring specific themes will be released through the Zanza Blue website, Utube, Podcast.com and ITunes in early September.

The Zanza Blue Team is currently implementing RSS options to accompany the release of the Cruise podcasts along with cruise line specific pages on the Zanza Blue website. Mr. Kaufmann stated “I feel that many of the modern day websites are getting more difficult to navigate. We are keeping the pages very basic with a good amount of information on one page. Even though it may be a long scroll page everything a future cruiser might want to know about a specific cruise line is right there, plus they can click though 18 different cruise lines all on one website instead of surfing from site to site”.

Zanza Blue is a full service Travel Agency. When it comes to booking a cruise they feature ex-cruise ship crew members as Zanza Travel Concierges. Zanza Blue focuses on traditional concierge service 24/7. When it comes to getting a helping hand on cruise booking information it doesn’t get any better then Zanza Blue. 

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The full list of cruise podcasts titles scheduled to be released on a weekly basis is available below. Zanza Blue will be interested to hear public feed back and suggestions regarding the theme of future podcasts.

The PROs and CONs of Cruises
Different Strokes for Different Folks: The Levels of Cruise Lines and Cruise Ships
Cruise Ship Crime
Buy a Cruise on eBay
Cruise with Elvis
Cruise with Zanza Blue: The difference is huge!
Mega-travel search engines: Should you book your cruise on them?
Zanza Crew Members: Who and How
Book your cruise directly with the cruise line
Corporate Events on a Cruise Ship
The Cold Side of Cruise Ship Cruises
To Golf or not to Golf on a Cruise Ship
The Cruise Line Crew and You
Cruise Ship Amenities: Are they worth it?
TravelGuard Hype
Cruise Ship Shore Tours: The Next Level
Exotic Cruises: Are they for you?
Mega or not to Mega (Cruise Ships, that is)
Time to plan a vacation… Is Cruising for you?
Kiddie cruises on Major Cruise Lines: Cruise With Kids
Have Zanza, Will Travel
What’s so special about Cruise Ships
Nios Aimons Yoyager (Welcome to Travel): The Global Side of Zanza Blue

Published 08/19/08