My Travels

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Attention Kids!

Are you all ready for this, Parents:

The massive Youth Zone revealed last night as the seventh and final ‘neighborhood’ on Oasis of the Seas stretches across more than 28,700sq ft

The Adventure Ocean youth program will be enhanced with new spaces such as Royal Babies and Tots nursery, a first for Royal Caribbean International. This colorful area will serve as a fully staffed nursery and a venue for play groups created by Fisher-Price and Crayola for babies and tots.

Within the Youth Zone, Kids Avenue will form the main promenade for young cruisers to access the various Adventure Ocean areas. Crayola Arts and crafts activities, scavenger hunts, talent shows and other scheduled and guided activities will be offered to three age groups, each with its own space: Aquanauts, ages 3 to 5; Explorers, ages 6 to 8; and Voyagers, ages 9 to 11.

In addition, Oasis of the Seas will introduce new common play areas, including the Kids Arcade for video games; the Workshop, where families can learn scrapbooking or make jewelry; Imagination Studio, where children can explore color and imagination through Adventure Art by Crayola; a fully equipped lab for Adventure Science Lab; Play, a circular area where children can participate in sports and games; and Adventure Ocean Theater, with a stage and curtains, audience seating and production equipment.

The teens-only spaces will be located one deck above the Adventure Ocean areas and adjacent to the Sports Deck, where kids can test their skills on one of the ship’s two FlowRider surf simulators, the miniature golf course or the Sports Court.

Also for teens, Fuel disco and The Living Room will return on Oasis of the Seas, larger and more contemporary. An outdoor deck adjacent to the venues provides another meeting place.

Monday, October 06, 2008

EUROPE - DISNEY - 2010

Disney Cruise Line will sail the Disney Magic for an extended five-month summer season in 2010 to Europe.

Disney Magic will be sailing four, 10-night and four, 11-night cruises from Barcelona in April, May, August and September, and four, 12-night cruises in Northern Europe in June and July. Sailing from Dover, the Magic will call at the Nordic capitals as well as St. Petersburg, Tallin and Warnemunde.

New Mediterranean destinations include Corsica, Malta and Tunisia.

The Magic will overnight in St. Petersburg, offering passengers two full days ashore to explore this wonderful place.

Thursday, October 02, 2008

"Silver Links" - Theme Cruises

For golf explorers, it's a dream come true! Silversea's 2009 Silver Links program offers golfers the chance to combine their passion for the game with their love of adventure on 13 golf theme cruises featured aboard Silver Shadow and Silver Whisper.

The Silver Links voyages offer optional golfing excursions in multiple ports arranged and escorted by the ship's golf professional. From the breathtaking Pacific scenery of the Cape Kidnappers Golf Club in Napier, to the narrow fairways and mountain terrain of the elegant Monte Carlo Golf Club, to the rolling hills and lush landscape of the St. Lucia Golf and Country Club, guests will have a chance to perfect their game at some of the world's most challenging and revered championship courses in 30 countries and island destinations throughout the South Pacific, Mediterranean, Caribbean and Mexico.