{"id":2106,"date":"2010-07-10T01:25:40","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T08:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=2106"},"modified":"2010-07-10T01:25:40","modified_gmt":"2010-07-10T08:25:40","slug":"cruisings-nautical-notebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=2106","title":{"rendered":"Notes on the Boats"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE RIGHT PRICE\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.$1,049
\n<\/strong>September 10: Seattle to Juneau, Alaska return, 7 nights, Holland America Zandam<\/a>
\nBonus:<\/strong> 3rd\/4th passengers in same room free on select categories
\nContact: VacationsToGo<\/a><\/p>\n

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The entire Celebrity<\/a> fleet will have a personal concierge \u2014 at your service \u2014 by the beginning of September. \"\"<\/a>This is a person to help plan special celebrations on board, or something special or private on shore, or just some personalized attention for that milestone being celebrated.<\/p>\n

Consultation costs nothing. You pay once you enlist the services of this “personal assistant.”<\/p>\n

There is one ship exception \u2014 the Xpedition<\/a>. Its trips to the Galapagos Islands<\/a> service just 92 passengers.<\/p>\n

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Sailing to Hawaii, more convenient and more cost-effective? That’s what Carnival Cruise Lines<\/a> is saying, and that’s the reason behind its test run, two round-trip cruises from California to the 50th state in 2011 and 2012.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Carnival Spirit<\/a> (capacity 2,124) will make both the 15-day sailings, December 2 next year from Los Angeles<\/a> and April 13, 2012 from\u00a0 San Diego<\/a>. At its South Pacific destination, the ship will make day-long stops at Honolulu (Oahu), Kahului (Maui), Nawiliwili (Kauai) and Hilo and Kailua-Kona (The Big Island).<\/p>\n

More convenient than flying there and renting a car and navigating Hawaii’s congested roadways\u2026sure. But cost-effective? With prices starting at $1,199 \u2014 and $1,729 for a balcony \u2014 it is. Right now, a regular economy ticket for December, L.A. to Honolulu, costs more than the balcony stateroom for 15 days!<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Always looking for a way to buy into world greening, Royal Caribbean<\/a> has come up with a new one. When Oasis of the Seas<\/a> makes its first trip to Cozumel<\/a>, Mexico,\u00a0 “voluntourism'” is on the agenda.<\/p>\n

In a shore tour that will eventually also be on Freedom of the Seas<\/a> and Liberty of the Seas<\/a>, passengers will be able to give something back to the community by planting trees and shrubs at the local Red Cross.<\/p>\n

And you can reward yourself at Jimmy’s place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE RIGHT PRICE\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.$1,049 September 10: Seattle to Juneau, Alaska return, 7 nights, Holland America Zandam Bonus: 3rd\/4th passengers in same room free on select categories Contact: VacationsToGo * * * The entire Celebrity fleet will have a personal concierge \u2014 at your service \u2014 by the beginning of September. This is a person to help… Continue reading Notes on the Boats<\/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":[16,32,19,15],"tags":[154,138,72,86,35,33],"class_list":["post-2106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ships","category-stories","tag-carnival","tag-celebrity-cruises","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-royal-caribbean","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2106","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=2106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}