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Ever-innovative luxury specialist Crystal
Cruises has released its comprehensive Worldwide Cruise Atlas for all of 2015
and early 2016, detailing the line's 72 luxury cruises visiting all seven
continents aboard the award-winning Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity. The
175-page brochure, artfully designed to commemorate Crystal's 25th Anniversary,
is also filled with additional cruise planning tools, from info about onboard
programming to exquisitely-appointed accommodations. The "Destination Insider's
Guide" conveniently lists ports of call by country and is newly enhanced to
include more local tips for destinations, boldly highlighting UNESCO sites in
applicable locales.
Throughout 2015 and into the first quarter of 2016, Crystal Symphony and Crystal
Serenity visit 235 ports in 75 countries, with 22 maiden calls in 2015 alone.
2015 highlights include:
•Nine immersive voyages in Asia, each with at least two overnights to explore
Myanmar, China, Japan, Vietnam, Brunei, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Singapore, Thailand and Cambodia. Optional pre- and post-cruise Extended Land
Programs take guests further into the destinations.
•Trans-Atlantic and Asia "Captain's Cruises" May 4 (Crystal Serenity); April 11
and June 12 (Crystal Symphony), featuring veteran Crystal captains Glenn
Edvardsen, Reidulf Maalen and Helge Brudvik, respectively, for special cocktail
receptions, Q&A sessions and Crystal Adventures ashore in celebration of
Crystal's Silver Anniversary.
•July European "Silver Anniversary" Chairman's and President's Cruises,
respectively hosted by Crystal's chairman Nobuyoshi Kuzuya and president Edie
Rodriguez, with specially planned celebrations and receptions.
•New routes in Western and Northern European and the Mediterranean, including
Holy Land and North Cape/White Sea itineraries; both ships sailing the British
Isles and more 7-day cruises than ever.
•A dozen round-trip sailings from favorite destinations like New York, London's
port of Dover, Monte Carlo, Singapore, Los Angeles, Montreal, and, for the first
time, Copenhagen (for a new Baltic route).
•Crystal Symphony's first-ever Brazil-focused holiday cruise from San Juan, with
a New Year's Eve overnight in Rio de Janeiro.
•A 77-day Grand Cruise, starting with Crystal Symphony's December 19 "Brazilian
Holiday" voyage, sailing from San Juan to Miami, cruising Antarctica, exploring
Chilean fjords and the bustling cities throughout South America; offered in five
segments.
•The "Silver Celebration World Cruise," the line's 20th World Cruise and
first-ever full global circumnavigation, sailing round-trip from Miami on a
108-day journey.
•A new Trans-Atlantic route from Miami to Lisbon, overnight in Bermuda.
The Atlas also boasts itinerary details for the first quarter of 2016,
including:
•The 102-day "Grand Pacific Panorama World Cruise," sailing round-trip from San
Francisco for the first time ever, calling in the South Pacific, Asia,
Australia, Indonesia, China, Japan and Alaska.
•Two January/February cruises through Antarctica and South America, including a
new route round-trip from Buenos Aires.
•New Panamanian journeys, including two routes transiting the Panama Canal from
Chile to Miami and Miami to San Francisco, plus two Caribbean itineraries that
begin and/or end in Colon, Panama.
"The Worldwide Atlas is the most comprehensive tool for planning one's next
Crystal vacation," says Nitsa Lewis, vice president of marketing. "It provides
extensive details of each itinerary, plus all aspects of the shipboard
experience – from world class dining to highly personalized six-star service –
and shore-side tips and adventures, at travelers' fingertips in a simple,
beautifully designed and colorful format. We're inviting all luxury travelers to
begin a new story with Crystal Cruises."
Details of Experiences of Discovery® theme cruises, including hugely popular
Wine & Food Festival and Jazz and Ballroom at Sea musically focused cruises, are
also included in the comprehensive cruise guide. The line's exclusive "Boutique
Adventures" and other shore-side highlights are also featured.
Fare & Itinerary Guides are conveniently located in the Atlas' back pocket, and
shall be re-issued every 60 days as prices are subject to increase, encouraging
travelers to Book Now for the best available fares and stateroom choices.
Atlases have been shipped to agents, Crystal Society members, and Crystal
Symphony and Crystal Serenity. Others interested in receiving their own Atlas
can request one from their Crystal travel agent; view, download, or order one
from Crystal's website; or call Crystal's toll free brochure line,
1-866-446-6625.
Through April 30, 2014, compelling, all-inclusive Book Now cruise fares start at
$2,025 per person for 2015 sailings and $3,045 for 2016 first quarter voyages.
Crystal's passion for taking care of guests in an inviting environment of
extraordinary space, quality and choices has earned the company more "World's
Best" awards than any other cruise line, resort, or hotel in history. |
