Crystal Offers Savings and Perks on 2009 World Cruise Segments

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Crystal Serenity Crystal Cruises is offering a host of new savings incentives and added value to guests booking the first two back-to-back segments of its 14^th annual 2009 World Cruise. The 26-day voyage from Los Angeles to Auckland, New Zealand now offers free air transportation back to the U.S., a combination-fare discount, a full payment discount, and no fuel surcharge. The new savings are valued between $2,000 and $3,300 per couple.

Further, guests taking two segments of the World Cruise enjoy a $200 per person onboard spending credit and two complimentary shore tours, as well as the added entertainment, classes and activities inherent in a Crystal World Cruise.

Special savings add up:

Free air transportation: Available from Auckland, New Zealand back to 20 U.S. gateways (or $600 air credit per person);

5% Combo Savings: Usually offered to guests taking two or more non-World Cruise voyages, has been extended to the first two segments of the 2008 World Cruise – save up $2,900 per couple;

3.5% Full Payment Discount: Guests paying for the back to back segments in full by October 27, 2008, can save up to $1,924 per couple;

No Fuel Surcharge: Receive a rollback of the $12 per person per day fuel surcharge – save $312 per person.

Grand total savings up to $6,600 per couple.

Added World Cruise value:

· $200 CruiseBank shipboard credit – for guests taking two World Cruise segments.

· Complimentary Crystal Adventures shore excursions in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and Noumea, New Caledonia.

· More onboard Creative Learning Institute enrichments classes, including progressive Berlitz language and Yamaha music programs.

· More lecturers from celebrity and special-interest guest speakers and experts.

· Nearly a dozen brand new Crystal Adventures – from swimming with dolphins in Cabo San Lucas to exploring New Zealand by Kayak and helicopter.

From Los Angeles to Auckland, Crystal Serenity will call in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands; and French Polynesia’s Rangiroa, Moorea, Papeete and Bora Bora; Rarotonga, Cook Islands; Suva, Fiji; Noumea, New Caledonia; and Waitangi (Bay of Islands), New Zealand. Cruise fares start at $12,910 (after 5% savings) per person, double occupancy, less all of the special offers listed above.

Crystal Serenity’s full World Cruise – “Pacific Circle Celebration” – spans the globe, visiting 46 ports of call in 17 countries throughout the South Pacific, Asia, Africa and Europe. The seven distinctive segments range from 12 to 22 days.