{"id":26608,"date":"2015-12-28T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=26608"},"modified":"2015-12-28T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T09:00:08","slug":"monday-127","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=26608","title":{"rendered":"North Star? RipCord? Go now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">If you\u2019re booked on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcaribbean.com\/findacruise\/ships\/class\/ship\/home.do?shipClassCode=QN&amp;shipCode=AN&amp;br=R\">Anthem of the Seas<\/a>, the newest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcaribbean.com\/home.do\">Royal Caribbean<\/a> ship on the sea, make sure you take a ride on the <i>North Star<\/i>. That\u2019s the pod at the end of an arm that <a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/North-Star.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26628\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/North-Star.jpg\" alt=\"North Star\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a>takes you on a ride over the water while the ship is cruising. And after you\u2019ve done it, do it again. And again. And again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">If you are a cruise aficionado who can\u2019t wait to see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcaribbean.com\/findacruise\/ships\/class\/ship\/home.do?shipClassCode=OA&amp;shipCode=HM&amp;br=R\">Harmony of the Seas<\/a>, the next new Royal Caribbean ship that\u2019s due in 2016, go on its <i>North Star<\/i>, too. Then go again. And again. And again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">If you think you might like simulated sky diving, <i>RipCord by iFly<\/i> is available (or will be) on <a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/RipCord.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26629\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/RipCord.jpg\" alt=\"RipCord\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a>both those <i>Quantum Class<\/i> ships, so don\u2019t miss a chance to give it a shot. Then do it again. And again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Both those thrill features are free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The flagship for this class is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcaribbean.com\/findacruise\/ships\/class\/ship\/home.do?shipClassCode=com.rccl.value.catalog.ShipClassValue%401873e71&amp;shipCode=QN&amp;br=R\">Quantum of the Seas<\/a>. It is cruising in Asia, home-ported in Singapore. If you go on that <i>North Star<\/i>, it costs $20. If you go on that <i>RipCord<\/i>, it costs $26 for the one-minute ride.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Isn\u2019t it just a matter of time?<\/p>\n<p><u><em><strong>In the news&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Eight-year-old boy drowns in pool on Liberty of\u00a0the Seas<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Crystal Cruises announces plans to add two jets and double air fleet<br \/>\n\u2022 Pier 66 cruise terminal improvements project approved in Seattle<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Today at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portsandbows.com\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">portsandbows.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">: Hurtigruten expanding operations<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"DailyDeal-2\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/cruise-vacation-onboard\/NieuwAmsterdam\">Holland America Nieuw Amsterdam<br \/>\n<\/a>7 nights<br \/>\nJanuary 24, 2016<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortlauderdale.gov\/\">Fort Lauderdale<\/a> (return): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caribbeanportreviews.com\/HalfMoonCay.htm\">Half Moon Cay<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caymanislands.ky\/\">Grand Cayman<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islacozumel.com.mx\/\">Cozumel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keywest.com\/\">Key West<br \/>\n<\/a>Inside: $539<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Cost per day: $77<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\">www.hollandamerica.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re booked on Anthem of the Seas, the newest Royal Caribbean ship on the sea, make sure you take a ride on the North Star. That\u2019s the pod at the end of an arm that takes you on a ride over the water while the ship is cruising. And after you\u2019ve done it, do&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=26608\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">North Star? RipCord? Go now!<\/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":[1542,137,912,72,819,204,86,35,1915,23,24,1295,26,27,1510,1186,2172,33],"class_list":["post-26608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ships","category-stories","tag-anthem-of-the-seas","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruise-ship-entertainment","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-harmony-of-the-seas","tag-holland-america","tag-nieuw-amsterdam","tag-north-star","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-quantum-class","tag-quantum-of-the-seas","tag-ripcord-by-ifly","tag-royal-caribbean","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26608","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=26608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}