Crystal Cruises
In 2009, Crystal Cruises will embark on the 106-day "Pacific Circle Celebration" cruise on board the 1,080 passenger Crystal Serenity, which sails roundtrip from Los Angeles on Jan. 21. The voyage will include the inaugural ports of Rangiroa, French Polynesia; Komodo, Indonesia; Napier, New Zealand; Sihanoukville, Cambodia; and Petropavlosk, Russia.
Crystal also is returning to the Amazon for the first time since 2006, with a 13-day cruise from Miami to Manaus, Brazil, deaprting on Nov. 22, 2009and with a 15-day itinerary from Manaus to Buenos Aires, departing on Dec. 5, 2009 both on board the 940-passenger Symphony.
In Europe, maiden calls include Kotor, Montenegro, Lipari, Italy; Patmos, Greece; Sinop, Turkey; Alesund, Norway; and Kiel, Germany.
Crystal Cruises 2009 Itineraries
Crystal Cruises will offer more port-intensive itineraries in 2009 than it previously has on the Serenity and Symphony, with overnight port calls on most cruises. In fact, nearly all Mediterranean cruises feature overnight calls in such cities as Barcelona, Istanbul, Monte Carlo and Venice.
In addition, Asia cruises, including itineraries in China, Japan, Southeast Asia and India, offer overnight stays in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Osaka, Kobe and Bangkok. And seven and eleven day Baltic cruises feature overnights in Copenhagen and Stockholm and double overnights in St. Petersburg.
Crystal also is offering more than a dozen "career-friendly" voyages, which begin or end on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
Crystal Cruises 2009 Value Collection
Crystal Cruises recently announced its 2009 Value Collection sailings, offering savings of up to 50 percent off regular fares. The program is typically available during the shoulder season and on repositioning cruises; but in 2009 Crystal is expanding it to more than a dozen sailings of seven to seventeen days through the Panama Canal, South America, the Mediterranean, Western Europe, New England and Canada, and the Caribbean and Amazon, as well as on Atlantic and Pacific crossings.
For more information visit www.crystalcruises.com.
