{"id":18297,"date":"2013-07-26T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=18297"},"modified":"2013-07-26T01:00:18","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T08:00:18","slug":"friday-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=18297","title":{"rendered":"Cruise Lines Catering to 'Youth'"},"content":{"rendered":"

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California may have as many "old folks" per capita as any other state, but the perception is that surf, sand, sun and movie stars makes it a destination for the young as well as the young at heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

Celebrity seems to think so, too.<\/p>\n

In a clever attempt to attract young cruisers, Celebrity<\/a> is taking its act ashore. Not the ships, of course, just a taste of what happens when you go on one of their ships. That's "taste" as in Qsine, Tuscan Grille, Bistro on Five, The Porch <\/i>and Grand Epernay<\/i> — the cruise line's for-fee, upscale restaurants at sea. It also includes a taste of AquaSpa in the shape of a complimentary neck and shoulder massage.<\/p>\n

The road show that Celebrity hopes will result in a sea show (or at least a booking or two) is in Long Beach through the weekend…at the World Series of Beach Volleyball<\/a> tournament. After that, corporate and public events in Los Angeles<\/a>, Palm Springs and Orange County<\/a> all next month.<\/p>\n

Celebrity doesn't say so, but it's clearly designed to attract young cruisers, most of whom have been to a cruise ship only long enough to drop off their parents.<\/p>\n

And if it attracts a few "old folks" along the way — as in Palm Springs<\/a> — so much the better…<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The same might be said of Norwegian<\/a>, the cruise line that has long attracted young-ish cruisers with its "freestyle" philosophy, but the strategy is a little different.<\/p>\n

Again, the cruise line doesn't mention the demographic (why alienate anybody?) except to say that "Freestyle Cruising is a natural fit" for people who ride the Rocky <\/a>\"\"<\/a>Mountaineer<\/a>. That's the train service that operates primarily in the Pacific Northwest, from Calgary<\/a> to Seattle<\/a> and a myriad of places people on Alaska<\/a> cruises have been known to visit.<\/p>\n

There are five different Rail and Cruise<\/i> vacation packages for next year, connected to Alaska sailings on the Jewel<\/a>, the Pearl<\/a> and the Sun<\/a>. The cruise line has determined that nearly half its Alaska cruisers also ride the rails before or after being on the ship.<\/p>\n

The perception is that Rocky Mountaineer appeals to young adventurers and whether that's true or not, if it attracts a few "old folks" along the way…<\/p>\n

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Holland America Eurodam<\/a>
\n\t7 nights<\/span>
\n\tDecember 1, 2013<\/span>
\n\tFort Lauderdale<\/a> (return): <\/span>Grand Turk<\/a>, <\/span>San Juan<\/a>, <\/span>St. Thomas<\/a>, <\/span>Half Moon Cay<\/a>
\n\tInside: $499<\/span>
\n\tCost per day: $71<\/span>
\n\tCost per day: $71<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.hollandamerica.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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California may have as many "old folks" per capita as any other state, but the perception is that surf, sand, sun and movie stars makes it a destination for the young as well as the young at heart. Celebrity seems to think so, too. In a clever attempt to attract young cruisers, Celebrity is taking… Continue reading Cruise Lines Catering to 'Youth'<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,25,31,19,15],"tags":[45,157,1308,137,138,912,72,1309,35,23,1165,126,307,425,367,1310],"class_list":["post-18297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-people","category-ports","category-ships","category-stories","tag-alaska","tag-alaska-cruises","tag-california","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-celebrity-cruises","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-line-strategy","tag-cruises","tag-holland-america","tag-holland-america-eurodam","tag-norwegian","tag-norwegian-jewel","tag-norwegian-pearl","tag-norwegian-sun","tag-rocky-mountaineer","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}