Disney Features Kids Sail Free in Mediterranean for 2010

 

 
Disney Cruise Line is offering a kids-sail-free promotion for a limited time on select 10- and 11-night Mediterranean Cruises in spring 2010.

 

Guests 17 and under sail free on the Disney Magic when accompanied by two full-fare-paying guests in the same stateroom.

 

The offer is valid for sailings April 24 through May 26 and covers a variety of stateroom categories, from deluxe family staterooms with verandahs to standard inside staterooms.

 

These cruises include three new ports of call not offered when Disney last sailed the region in 2007.

 

 In addition to ports in Italy, France and Spain, the Disney Magic will visit Tunis in Northern Africa, the island nation of Malta, and Corsica, an island off the southern coast of France.

 

 A limited number of staterooms are reserved for this offer.

 

While the cruise fare is free for guests 17 and under, clients booking will be responsible for government taxes and fees for all stateroom occupants, including those 17 and under.

Holland America to Add High-End Staterooms to Prinsend

 

Holland America Line

 As part of the continuing Signature of Excellence enhancement program, Holland America Line will add 22 staterooms to Prinsendam in early 2010.

 

The dry-dock will occur in Freeport, Bahamas, Jan. 4 to 13. “Prinsendam continues to be a ship with one of our most loyal followings,” said Richard D. Meadows, executive vice president-marketing, sales and guest programs.

 

“The new staterooms will mostly be verandah cabins. This will also allow us to create some other very special additions.” With the addition of staterooms aft, the pool deck will expand with more space and more deck chairs, and a new sea-view bar will be created.

 

 Sixteen of the new staterooms will be deluxe verandahs and two will be slightly smaller verandahs. Four will be standard inside staterooms.

 

Appointments will feature elegant bathrooms and recently redesigned closet space. Amenities feature Mariner Dream Beds, 250-count linens, Elemis spa bathroom amenities, large vanity mirror, stainless-steel fruit basket, flat-panel television and DVD player, quality shower head, and more.

 

 Guest capacity of the Elegant Explorer will increase from 793 to 837. New staterooms will be fully finished while under way and ready to book for the 54-day “Quest of the Argonauts” voyage, sailing March 24 roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale to the Mediterranean and Black seas.

 

The ship will call at ports in more than 10 countries, including Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Russia, Georgia, Greece and Turkey. The cruise includes overnight stays in Barcelona, Spain; Lisbon, Portugal; and Istanbul, Turkey; Prinsendam will visit Bermuda and New York City before returning to Fort Lauderdale.

 

 Other standard maintenance and technical service will take place along with upgrading laundry and galley equipment