RCI and Celebrity reveal Cruise Planner
ROYAL Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises have
developed a new planning tool that allows guests to plan
their holiday more quickly and easily than before. The Cruise
Planner can be accessed via desktop or tablet and allows
guests to book all reservations, activities and entertainment
until four days prior to departure. Guests can research
all featured products and extra holiday options on their
specific itinerary, as well as activity recommendations.
They can access restaurants and beverage packages and
browse hundreds of shore excursions by day, port, activity
type and number of guests. The Cruise Planner includes
a personalised ‘order history’ and ‘shopping cart’ with a
printable calendar that is colour-coded for each member of
the travelling party.
Crystal introduces running adventures
CRYSTAL Cruises has introduced ‘Site Running Crystal
Adventures’ on Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity.
Passengers are taken on escorted 5-10km jogs past historic
sites, nature reserves and through parks during itinerary
stops throughout Europe, allowing them to maintain their
active lifestyles while visiting destinations. The cost of the
active excursions begins at US$69 (R733) per person for a
one- to four-hour jog. It includes return transfers, instructorled
warm-ups, guided sightseeing stops, reflective safety
gear and healthy refreshments such as bottled water, power
snacks, and fresh juice en route.
Single supplement changes on Fred. Olsen
FRED. Olsen Cruises now charges no, or a reduced, single
supplement on bookings made up to June 30. For those
travelling solo, Fred. Olsen offers outside twin-bedded cabins
(to share with other solo travellers), single inside and single
outside cabins, or single balcony suites aboard each of its
four ships. The fleet has 190 single cabins – Braemar has
40; Black Watch and Boudicca each have 43, and Balmoral
has 64. Balmoral’s nine-night ‘Superbikes & Scenic Hikes’
cruise departs Southampton on May 31, 2015 and has no
single supplement on selected cabins. The ship calls at St.
Peter Port, Guernsey, before stopping in Tobermory on the
Isle of Mull. The cruise continues to Kirkwall, capital of the
Orkney Islands; Douglas, on the Isle of Man, and Dublin,
Ireland, before arriving back in Southampton. Boudicca’s
16-night ‘Mysterious Morocco & Seductive Spain’ cruise
leaves Newcastle on November 1, 2015 and has no single
supplement charge. The cruise calls at Leixoes, Portugal;
Casablanca and Tangier in Morocco; Melilla, Spanish
Morocco; Algiers, Algeria; and Cadiz followed by La Coruna
in Spain before returning to Newcastle.
