{"id":23004,"date":"2015-01-15T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=23004"},"modified":"2015-01-15T01:00:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T09:00:07","slug":"thursday-117","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=23004","title":{"rendered":"A Mark Spitz Experience For Windstar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mark<\/a>Before Michael Phelps, there was Mark Spitz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Seven swimming gold medals at an Olympics<\/a> the world almost wished had never happened…Munich, 1972. At the Games where 11 men of his faith perished at the hands of terrorists, Spitz set world records in all his events, an achievement which surely would have dominated Munich<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spitz parlayed his fame into becoming a motivational speaker. An actor on TV and in the movies. An ongoing spokesman for any number of products. A real-estate tycoon of sorts.<\/p>\n

And now, an exclusive host with an exclusive cruise line.<\/p>\n

Spitz is the first celebrity host Windstar Cruises<\/a> has signed up for its “Private Event” program. In two weeks, shortly before his 65th birthday, he’ll be in the Caribbean on a Windstar ship, entertaining and educating the Wind Surf’s 310 guests. It’s the launch of an itinerary called Yachtsman’s Caribbean.<\/p>\n

The 7-day cruise begins, and ends, at Philipsburg<\/a>, St. Maarten. It takes in ports none of the world’s big ships can get close to, such as Prickly Pear Beach in the British Virgin Islands<\/a> and the site of his signature event. He’ll conduct swimming classes for guests who want to improve their (you name it) stroke. He’ll do a lecture on the Wind Surf<\/a>. He’ll\"Wind<\/a>dine <\/span>with some guests. And he’ll just be there, being Mark Spitz, for passengers who want to rub shoulders with a great Olympian.<\/p>\n

Michael Phelps, not long retired and still dabbling with the idea of a comeback, might take note.<\/p>\n

Forty years down the road…<\/p>\n

Today at portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: <\/strong><\/em><\/span>Greatest of all luxury ships?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Celebrity Summit<\/a>
\n\t7 nights
\n\tFebruary 28, 2015
\n\tSan Juan<\/a> (return): St. Croix<\/a>, St. Kitts<\/a>, Roseau<\/a>, Grenada<\/a>, St. Thomas<\/a>
\n\tInside: $449
\n\tCost per day: $64<\/strong>
\n\twww.celebritycruises.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before Michael Phelps, there was Mark Spitz. Seven swimming gold medals at an Olympics the world almost wished had never happened…Munich, 1972. At the Games where 11 men of his faith perished at the hands of terrorists, Spitz set world records in all his events, an achievement which surely would have dominated Munich. Spitz parlayed… Continue reading A Mark Spitz Experience For Windstar<\/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":[16,32,25,31,15],"tags":[1857,137,1594,138,818,912,72,35,1858,26,1718,27,321,762,1016],"class_list":["post-23004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-people","category-ports","category-stories","tag-british-virgin-islands","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-caribbean-ports","tag-celebrity-cruises","tag-celebrity-summit","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruises","tag-mark-spitz","tag-phil-reimer","tag-philipsburg","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-theme-cruises","tag-wind-surf","tag-windstar-cruises","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23004","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=23004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}