{"id":16805,"date":"2013-03-22T01:23:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T08:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=16805"},"modified":"2013-03-22T01:23:39","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T08:23:39","slug":"friday-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=16805","title":{"rendered":"Cruise Trips of a Lifetime?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three items we thought would be of interest as you head into the weekend…<\/span><\/p>\n

* * *<\/span><\/p>\n

Royal Caribbean is giving everyone a chance to win "your vacation of a lifetime" by answering four harmless questions online and giving the cruise line your email address.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>What, exactly, is your vacation of a lifetime?<\/span><\/p>\n

To Royal Caribbean's<\/a> marketing people, it's a one-night inaugural cruise on the newly named but not-yet-built Quantum of the Seas, due in 2014, plus a one-week Caribbean cruise on either Oasis of the Seas<\/a> or Allure of the Seas<\/a>. Oh yes, and you get to meet Quantum's Godmother, Kristin Chenoweth.<\/span><\/p>\n

While it's always worth entering a credible contest like this — as they say in the lottery business, you can't if win you don't have a "ticket" — it does leave us wondering about the vacation of a lifetime pitch. In this household, the vacation of a lifetime would be something exotic like two weeks on a ship to Hawaii (Rhapsody of the Seas<\/a>) or a ship crossing the Atlantic (Navigator of the Seas<\/a>)…but those are more about the trips than the ships.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can enter until April 7.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tahiti.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now there's a trip of a lifetime. Polynesia is paradise, right?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It is for Windstar Cruises<\/a>, which will sail a one-week Deams of Tahiti<\/em> itinerary <\/span>from May to November 2014 on its newly renovated 148-passenger yacht, Wind Spirit<\/a> (left). The ship will visit five Tahitian islands and passengers will be able to do everything from savor Tahitian dishes to scuba dive to kayak.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, there will be dancers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, you can't experience this trip of a lifetime by winning a contest…and you do have to get to Tahiti<\/a> and back.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ah, we always knew the Queen's birthday was in May, even though Elizabeth II was born in April. She is not, after all, the only queen in England.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cunard<\/a> has three and one of them, the cruise ship known as QM2, will be 10 years old on May 9th. That party will take place in Southampton<\/a>, with her siblings, Queen Victoria<\/a> and Queen Elizabeth<\/a> (not that one).<\/span><\/p>\n

Once the candles have been blow out, Queen Mary 2<\/a> will celebrate by flitting off to New York<\/a> and back, taking 3,000 or so of her closest friends with her on these "Birthday Crossings."<\/span><\/p>\n

Trip of a lifetime? For some.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tCelebrity Millennium<\/a>
\n\t7 nights
\n\tMay 31, 2013
\n\tAnchorage<\/a>, Hubbard Glacier, Juneau<\/a>, Skagway<\/a>, Icy Strait Point, Ketchikan<\/a>, Vancouver<\/a>
\n\tInside: $499
\n\tCost per day: $71<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.celebritycruises.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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