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TODAY’S ISSUE OF CWCruise Weekly’s consumer issue today hassix pages of the latest cruise news. PLUS see page 7 for details on Fred OlsenCruise Line’s new Scandinavian and Baltic2012 cruise brochure, and see page 8 forStar Cruises SuperStar Virgo end of seasoncruise sale.

New cruise port to open in VicAthena will return to Adelaidein 2012/13 and make maidencalls in Portland (Victoria), Asiaand Europe. CLASSIC International Cruises has announceddetails of the next season for its classic liner,Athena, featuring new destinations, aninaugural Easter voyage and a Rock ‘n’ Rollcruise. The 550-passenger ship will be the first tovisit Australia’s newest cruise destination,Portland, in western Victoria, and the secondto ever visit Robe in South Australia. The two historic towns form part of a newfive-night round-trip itinerary from Adelaide,which also includes a call to Melbourne, inFebruary 2013.

Portland is close to the famous TwelveApostles along the Great Ocean Road and wasonce home to the nation’s first saint, MaryMackillop. In total, Athena is set to offer 17 cruises,departing Fremantle and Adelaide, betweenNovember 2012 and May 2013. Fares start at $470 per person for two nights,and children under 18 cruise for free on nineselected cruises, with only nominal taxes topay. Single supplements for solo travellers inselected cabins are as low as 25% instead ofdouble. Departures from Fremantle include CIassicInternational Cruises’ first Easter cruise toEsperance and Albany, with fares from $1,095per person; and a four-night rock’n’roll musiccruise to Albany and Bunbury, with fares from$795 per person. Other local highlights include round-tripitineraries from Adelaide to Tasmania,Kangaroo Island and Port Lincoln. Internationally, Athena will make maidencalls to Kagoshima (Japan), Keelung (Taiwan),Busan (South Korea) and Manila (Philippines)as part of a 38-night Far East voyage fromFremantle in February 2013. This cruise, which includes 12 Asian portsplus Christmas Island, is available from $5,995per person. Maiden calls are also planned for Dubai,Livorno (Florence) in Italy, Kotor inMontenegro, Durres in Albania and Muscat inOman as part of the ship’s two traditional line-voyages between Europe and Australia. Christmas and January holiday cruises will beoffered to Bali, Lombok and Broome. Grant Hunter, CIassic International Cruises’managing director for Australia, said the newAustralian program underscores the company’songoing commitment to the growingAustralian cruise market, particularly in WAand SA. “This coming summer and in 2012/13 we willagain offer our successful formula oftraditional cruising on a real ocean liner,affordable fares, attractive itineraries, finecuisine, friendly and personal service and awarm and relaxed atmosphere that you onlyget on a smaller vessel,” he said. Bookings and brochures are available viatravel agents. For more information, visit the CIC website atwww.classicintcruises.com.

Ask the Expert your questions MAKE sure you email Cruise Weekly with anyquestions that you would like to ask AnthonyHaworth who is the General Manager ofCaptain Cook Cruises. CW will pass your questions onto Haworth,and his responses will be posted on CruiseWeekly’s Facebook page as part of CW’sNovember ‘Ask the Expert’ feature. For more details, see page 2, and email yourquestions to expert@cruiseweekly.com.au.

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THANK YOU to everyone who sent inquestions for our new guest expert, AnthonyHaworth, General Manager of Captain CookCruises. Over the next month we’ll be featuring aselection of questions received and Anthony’sresponses at facebook.com/cruiseweekly. For Anthony’s answers click on theFacebook link at the end of each question.

Q1 from Anna, Galston, NSW: Anna wouldlike to know how Captain Cook Cruise isdifferent to other cruise lines.

Q2 from Peter in Ashwood, Melbourne:Peter has asked why the company sold toSea Link, and if it means Captain Cook Cruisesis no longer an Australian cruise line.

Qantas chaos sinks cruise dreamsThe global grounding of theQantas fleet caused hundredsof people to miss cruisesaround the world. QANTAS may be back in the air but manypeople are not on the ocean after failing toarrive at their departure ports. International travellers missed cruisesdeparting from Australia yesterday, andAustralians were left stranded in airports ontheir way to voyages overseas. CW was waiting for a flight in Brisbane onSaturday afternoon when the airline announcedthe immediate cancellation of all services. “We are trying to get to our first cruise but itlooks like that dream is over,” one guest said. Princess Cruises’ Sea Princess set sail fromSydney on Sunday, at 4pm as scheduled,without 59 booked passengers who wereaffected by the Qantas dispute. Carnival Australia is currently assisting some

of these passengers to join the ship inDunedin, New Zealand, on Thursday. Royal Caribbean decided to alter theschedule of Radiance of the Seas’ 18-nightvoyage from Fremantle to Sydney, delaying itsdeparture from yesterday to today to allowpassengers more time to reach the ship. Passengers who cannot reach the ship inFremantle have been offered the choice toboard in Adelaide on Saturday (5 November). As a result of the change, Radiance will nowskip its call at Esperance and will visit Albanyone day later than scheduled. P&O Australia cruises were not affected as allships are at sea. Adelaide resident “Izabelle” posted onOzCruiseClub’s forum that she was “shattered”to miss her Sea Princess holiday as all Virginand Jetstar flights had also sold out. “Unfortunately no transfer could be donewith Princess, but I have fixed up the Qantasrefund with Flight Centre and [travel]insurance will cover the cruise,” she said.

The United Arab Emirates ushers in a lyrical era THE United Arab Emirates has ushered in anew era in cruising, welcoming MSC Cruises’MSC Lirica into the region for the first time. Lirica departed Genoa on 14 October for hermaiden UAE season, cruising into her newwinter home port of Abu Dhabi on 29 October. Her UAE arrival was met with a spectacularfireworks display which coloured the skyshades of gold and silver, whilst guests andcrew were welcomed ashore into a cruiseterminal filled with traditional dancers,falconry displays and henna designs. During her inaugural winter season Lirica willhost 19 eight-night itineraries taking in Muscat,Al Fujairah, Oman and Dubai.

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A Royal rendezvous for Reef Endeavour passengers in Fiji OF all the places on thisplanet one would expect tomeet a member of the MonacoRoyal Family, Fiji wouldprobably not make the top tenlist. But that’s exactly where agroup of very lucky CaptainCook Cruises passengersbumped into the newly wedPrince Albert of Monaco andhis wife Princess Charlene. The cruisers were enjoying anidyllic day near Nabukero

(adjacent to the Blue Lagoon and Sawa I Lau caves) in Fiji, during their seven night Yasawa IslandsCruise, when they bumped into the Royal pair, who happened to be visiting the nearby RatuNamasi School. The couple were in Fiji taking a break on the Prince’s private yacht between France’s RugbyWorld Cup Semi Final and Final matches, and delighted locals and Captain Cook cruisers byposing for photos, before the Prince engaged in a game of touch rugby with the school students. The prince is pictured above (in the centre- wearing the orange and white board shorts)surrounded by Captain Cook Cruises’ passengers.

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Sea Cloud Cruises• The Sea Cloud and Sea Cloud II are being sailed in the traditional way: by hand.

• The Sea Cloud II has a beautiful bathing platform which can be lowered to allow guests to swim, for example, in the Caribbean Sea.

• There are 65 crew members taking care of 64 guests on Sea Cloud.

• All of Sea Cloud’s ships are for gourmets as each of the vessels’ chefs adapt onboard meals to the regions the ships are visiting. Crew members buy fresh food in every harbour they visit.

All inclusive Scenic Russia SCENIC Tours is offering free return flights toRussia (guests must pay flight taxes), with its15-day Imperial Jewels of Russia cruise. Travelling from St Petersburg, cruisehighlights include a visit to the Kremlin, RedSquare and State Armory, as well as the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery. The voyage is priced from $7,945pp, and tobe eligible for the free flight deal, must bebooked by 15 December 2011. See your travel agent for full details or visitwww.scenictours.com.au.

The Queen gets a facelift AS Queen Mary 2 moves towards the ripe oldage of eight, Cunard has announced plans toplace her under the knife for a major makeoverin the lead-up to her birthday celebrations inJanuary next year. The whole body makeover is enough to makeHollywood stars froth at the mouth withjealousy, and will take place over 14 daysbetween 24 November and 07 December. The makeover will include new carpets, curtains,bedcovers and linens in her staterooms, as wellas a refurbishment and redesign of her GoldenLion Pub, which whilst retaining the British pubatmosphere will also evoke an American countryclub feel- similar to the warm colours in thesame venue aboard QV and QE. Upgraded televisions will also be installed inthe Golden Lion Pub, whilst the Canyon RanchSpaClub will undergo extensive work to its teakdecking, as well as a general upgrade to all itsfacilities and the installation of new exerciseand beauty therapy equipment. The Queens Grill and Princess GrillRestaurants will also be enhanced with newlighter carpet, whilst the Commodore Club andVeuve Clicquot Champagne Bar will both berefreshed with new carpet and furnishings. Meanwhile the specialty coffee venue, SirSamuel’s, will enjoy new carpets and furniturecoverings, whilst the Play Zone/Kids’ Zone willbe upgraded with new soft play areas and newelectronic gaming technology andentertainment.

LUCKY escape for man overboard. An un-named man has been plucked fromthe arms of the Atlantic Ocean by crewmembers onboard P&O Cruises’ Ventura,after unwittingly going overboard during acruise of a lifetime around the Caribbeanislands. According to passenger reports theincident occurred at around 5.30am, withguests awoken by a lurch in the ship’smovements, followed by blaring searchlights, horns blowing and the call “Manoverboard! Man overboard!”. ‘It has all been very dramatic,” saidpassenger Julie Lourens. “Life rings were thrown out and threelifeboats went to the area, but it waspassengers that spotted him. “It was pitch black...This guy is so, solucky,” she added. Reports trickling across the internet confirmthat the man, thought to be aged between30 and 50 is in a stable condition and isbeing treated in the ship’s medical centre.

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Cruise Weekly writer awarded Cruise Weekly columnist Rod Eime was thebig winner at the Australian Society of TravelWriters annual awards, announced on theweekend. He was not only crowned 2011 Photographerof the Year but also won the prestigious BestInternational Story (over 1000 words) awardfor a News Limited article about an adventurecruise on India’s Brahmaputra River aboardAssam Bengal Navigation’s MV Charaidew. The entire CW team would like to take thisopportunity to congratulate Rod on hisachievement.

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Cruise Weekly’s cruise calendar detailsupcoming port calls of passenger cruiseships at various destinations in Australiaand New Zealand.SYDNEYDawn Princess (Barangaroo) Tue 01 NovRhapsody of the Seas (OPT) Thu 03 NovPacif ic Jewel (Barangaroo) Fri 04 NovPacif ic Pearl (OPT) Fri 04 NovPacif ic Sun (Barangaroo) Sun 06 NovRhapsody of the Seas (OPT) Sun 06 NovVolendam (OPT) Mon 07 NovPacif ic Jewel (Barangaroo) Mon 07 Nov

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Inaugural Safari in Hawaii ADVENTURE cruise line, American SafariCruises launched its inaugural season in Hawaiilast week, with the 36-guest Safari Explorerundertaking her first inter-island voyage. During her stay in the region, Safari Explorer,will host 24 voyages between Maui/Lana’i andthe Big Island until May 2012. “We’ve spent six years nurturingrelationships with local businesses and familiesin Hawaii,” said Dan Blanchard, principal andchief executive officer. “Introducing our guests to the traditionalculture and history of the Hawaiian Islands is akey component of the trip and crucial to ourphilosophy of authentic travel,” he added. The season boasts seven and ten-nightitineraries which take in Lana’i, Moloka’i,Maui, Molokini and the Big Island. “Traveling among the islands on a yachtoffers convenience and comfort with includedactivities at your fingertips,” said Tim Jacox,executive VP of sales and marketing. “This is a new way to experience Hawaii, andguests will visit places most visitors to Hawaiinever see,” he added. Fares start at $4,995 for the seven-nightcruise and $6,495 for the 10-night cruise. See your travel agent for details.

Splendour ship revitalisation SPLENDOUR of the Seas entered drydock inSpain last week to begin her five-week $35million makeover. As part of her facelift she will receive fivenew dining venues, as well as a new RoyalBabies and Tots Nursery, 124 new balconiesand shipwide WIFI.

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Port Review: Honfleur, Franceby Cruise Sales Manager, Rodger Condon

Honfleur is a lesser known French town with a mighty history. Located in Normandy, this areamade a tempting target for Viking invasions, and was the launching pad for the Norman conquestof England in 1066 CE, however, it’s along the coast where the darker contours of Normandyemerge with reminders of the greatest ever amphibious landing. From where your ship docks it’s just over 2km into town. Depending on your choice of cruise line,a shuttle bus service may be offered. Taxis are not readily available at the port, and most driversdo not speak English. Prepare and download a Honfleur walking map. Honfleur is an inviting little town, with a u-shaped harboured lined with all manner of boats, witha promenade of cafes and seafood restaurants. The town is closely linked to the founding ofQuebec City in Canada and the naming of Louisiana in the USA. There is churches, a maritimemuseum, and displays of art from Boudin, Monet, Dufy & Dubourg. Honfleur offers a pleasantdistraction with its narrow streets. Shops close for lunch between 12 & 3pm and you’ll need Euro or credit card. For most, an emotional visit to the D-Day landing beaches, the largest military operation inhistory, is their priority. On the morning of June 6, 1944, swarms of landing craft hit the beaches and tens of thousands ofsoldiers from the USA, UK, and other countries, invaded the coast of France. On sea and land,Australians commanded, piloted and fought their way forward, however, our main contributionwas in the air above. Your cruise line will offer tours to the Normandy beaches, with visits to Omaha Beach and theInvasion Museum. Also easily accessible from Honfleur is the town of Bayeux, the first French town to be liberatedin WWII and thankfully undamaged, where you can see the Bayeau Tapestry. Perhaps make yourway to Deauville, or one of the 100 most picturesque villages in France, Beuvron en Auge. You’rein Calvados country, which you’re sure to sample, along with incredible cheeses.

Roger’s Quick TipsRoger’s Quick TipsRoger’s Quick TipsRoger’s Quick TipsRoger’s Quick TipsBest Months: June - SeptemberDon’t Miss: Normandy beachesTour or Not: For most, take a tour to make themost of your daySightseeing: D-Day Normandy beachesFood: Calvados and Normandy cheesesLanguage: FrenchCurrency: EuroShopping: Calvados and cheese, and everything FrenchCash or Card: Euro and credit cards are widely accepted

By Roger Condon, cruise sales manager, Discover the World Market ing - with 15 years at sea.

Honfleur at sunset

Pandaw cabins running out HOLIDAYMAKERS considering a PandawCruises Mekong voyage over the coming monthshad better hurry up and book, as cabins arealmost fully sold out for upcoming cruises. The cruise line has revealed that only 12cabins remain for its 03 December 2011Mekong cruise, whilst only nine cabins remainfor its 31 December 2011 Mekong voyage. Availability for 2012 dates is as follows: 07January, three cabins; 14 January, four cabins;21 January, seven cabins; 28 January, onecabin; 04 February two cabins. For cruise details see your local travel agent.

Want cheap Xmas yachting? ALL yacht charters by Sunsail are beingdiscounted by an impressive 35% betweennow and 31 March 2012, including thoseduring the Christmas and New Year period. “Call me batty or just playing Santa early, butwe want people to experience theWhitsundays with some of the best sailing inthe world right on our doorstep,” said SunsailHead of Distribution for Australia & Asia/Pacific, Mark Windsor. Charter prices start at $2,115pp (based onseven people chartering a yacht for a week). For details and dates see www.sunsail.com.au.

Silversea’s 2012 Mediterranean SILVERSEA has released its latest 2012Mediterranean brochure into Australian travelagencies, featuring its entire Mediterraneancruise offering between March and Novembernext year (CW 25 Oct). Inside the brochure’s glossy pages is a totalof 57 Mediterranean itineraries, as well asspecial Onboard Spending Credit deals worthup to US$1,500 per suite. To grab a brochure see your local travel agent.

Why not cruise for Christmas CAPTAIN Cook Cruises is offering Sydney-sidersa fantastic alternative to cooking Christmaslunch at home, by hosting a Christmas Daycruise onboard the MV Sydney 2000. Departing at 12 noon and returning at2.45pm, the lunch voyage is priced from$149pp for a Show Deck Christmas Buffet. See www.captaincook.com.au.

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Cruise Review: Alaskan DreamBy: Louise Goldsbury

Zego ride in Hobart Bay 42-passenger Alaskan Dream

As sunset approaches, a black bear walks along the shore and suddenlyjumps into a stream, pouncing on a salmon. He splashes around a fewmore times, unaware or unconcerned that five tourists are only metresaway. I’m watching from the safety of my Zego runabout (like a large jet-ski)after zipping along the glassy water of Hobart Bay – new cruise line,Alaskan Dream Cruises’ exclusive playground. We have the whole site to ourselves overnight, with plenty of time togo sea-kayaking and riding ATVs around the old logging roads throughcoastal rainforest. In a destination that is famous for cramming six superliners into oneport, it’s a treat to be alone in Alaska. For the past few days, our small ship has escorted 35 passengersaround the glory of Glacier Bay and Tracy Arm, to view humpbackwhales, seals and sea otters, and to go zip-lining down North America’stallest flying fox. Last night we feasted on locally caught king crab at Orca Point Lodge –another wilderness retreat not used by any other cruise line. Only in Juneau is it impossible to avoid the crowds – but there is oneway to escape. From next year, Alaskan Dream will offer the option of a guided walkalong the Mendenhall Glacier, landing on the ice by helicopter. I snuck off for a preview, and it was the highlight of the week. To bewalking on a glacier is an amazing experience after days of gazing atthem. Wearing ice-friendly boots, we are led around the blue-white wonder,exploring its tall walls and deep crevices, and at a flowing river of water,we stop to scoop up a handful for a drink. Back onboard is another opportunity to imbibe an iceberg, when Ernie

the bartender uses a freshly crushed piece to create ‘glacier martinis’. I’mfairly sure this makes them healthy! The nightly social hour is a great way to meet your fellow passengers.My voyage saw an affable mix of American, British, Australian and NewZealanders. Owned by a Native Alaskan family, the company’s other standoutfeature is its cultural program, with expedition leaders and guestspeakers from the local Tlinglit tribes explaining the sights, history andtraditions of the region. Highly recommended.

Editor’s verdict If the thought of forging through Alaska in a big ship leaves you cold,Alaskan Dream provides the ultimate alternative. Without doubt, this wasmy favourite cruise of the year (out of 12 so far). The spectaculardestination, well-planned itinerary, exclusive access, fun activities, greatseafood, friendly crew and Tlinglit touches offer the whole package ofadventure, scenery, culture and comfort.

Book now for 2012 An eight-day ‘Inside Passage Sojourn’ on Alaskan Dream, departingfrom Sitka, is priced from US$3,229 per person twin-share includingguided shore excursions and activities (except the zip-line and glacierwalk), gourmet meals and wine with dinner. From next year, a StikineRiver jet-boat tour will be included. Three-day and six-day cruises are also available, priced from $1,495 perperson. To book, contact the Small Ship Adventure Company on1300 650 481 or see www.smallshipadventure.com.

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