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Traveling with infants and toddlers on Disney Cruise Line will soon be easier than ever thanks to a cruise industry-first service that delivers baby supplies directly to guest staterooms and a host of child-friendly offerings onboard the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder.
Beginning March 15, families preparing to sail on Disney Cruise Line with little ones will have access to an online service that allows them to order baby supplies in advance of their cruise and have them delivered to their stateroom. The new service is exclusive for Disney Cruise Line guests and provided by Babies Travel Lite, an online retailer offering more than 1,000 brand-name baby products including diapers, baby food, infant formula and specialty travel items.
By visiting disneycruise.com, guests will be able to access a special section of the Babies Travel Lite Web site where they can create orders for familiar brands in quantities customized to the duration of their cruise.
The new delivery service is just one of the many products and services available to families traveling with children under 3. Guests also have access to a host of onboard services to facilitate traveling with toddlers in tow:
- Diaper Genie units, cribs and playpens are available complimentary upon request from the stateroom host/hostess for use during the cruise.
- Bottle warmers, bottle sterilizers and strollers are available complimentary at Guest Services for use during the cruise.
- At Castaway Cay, Disney’s private island in the Bahamas, wagons are available to facilitate navigating the island’s sandy beaches.
- Baby supplies are available for purchase on the ships.
These amenities are the perfect complement to Disney’s infant-care center at sea, Flounder’s Reef Nursery. The nursery features an “under the sea” soft play area themed to Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” where children 12 weeks to 36 months can enjoy themselves under the watchful eyes of trained Disney caregivers. Even Mickey Mouse or another Disney pal might swing by for a surprise visit involving fun and games.
Also for infants and toddlers is Mickey’s Splash Zone, a water playground inspired by The Sorcerer’s Apprentice from Disney’s “Fantasia.” This extension to the Mickey Pool features star- and moon-shaped interactive fountains, a soft play surface and whimsical splash zones, creating an inviting environment for children not yet toilet trained and in swim diapers.
Guests sailing on seven-night cruises can enjoy some ‘together’ time with their little ones during Family Time Sessions at Flounder’s Reef Nursery. Families have the opportunity to explore the nursery and meet the team of counselors who supervise the children.
Also on seven-night cruises, guests can enjoy Toddler Time at the Oceaneer Club and at Mickey’s Splash Zone. Families can join their little ones and explore the world together as they participate in musical games and fine motor skills exercises led by Disney’s youth activities counselors.
After a meandering start this week we finally got around to talking about this weeks cruise news…
Holland America has launched a new culinary training program in the Philippines and has also partnered with Cooperative Feeding Broward to provide supplies to Fort Lauderdale area shelters.
NCL has announced their 2010/2011 Winter Deployments and the US Coast Guard is investigating a near miss between a cruise ship and a fishing boat in Los Angeles Harbor.
The keel has been laid on the third ship of Celebrity’s Solstice class the Celebrity Eclipse.
It’s been a while since we’ve talked about it so this week we took a look at the confusing passport regulations in effect and coming into effect later this year. Remember all of these rules apply to US Citizens for our friends outside the US check with your country’s Foreign Office for more information about the requirements you’ll need to meet.
For more information about the US Department of Homeland Security’s Trusted traveler programs visit here. In addition for information about Passports or the new Passport Card visit the US State Department’s website for foreign travel at travel.state.gov.
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Norwegian Cruise Line today announced that it has selected the name for its new F3 ship: Norwegian Epic. The ship will be the largest and most innovative Freestyle Cruising ship to date.
The 4,200-passenger Norwegian Epic is scheduled to sail year-round to the Caribbean from Miami, beginning in summer 2010. Following a series of inaugural events in Europe and the U.S., the ship will homeport in Miami and will sail year-round to the Caribbean offering alternating seven-day Western and Eastern Caribbean voyages through April 2011. These cruises are scheduled to go on sale to the public later this spring. NCL will open Norwegian Epic’s sailings for group block bookings exclusively for travel partners in mid-March 2009.
The ship’s Western Caribbean itinerary includes stops in Costa Maya, Mexico; Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras; and Cozumel, Mexico. Norwegian Epic’s Eastern Caribbean itinerary includes stops in Philipsburg, St. Maarten; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and Nassau, Bahamas.
Crystal Cruises is introducing an unparalleled six-night, tennis-themed, post-cruise land program – with VIP access to the Wimbledon Championships semifinals and finals. The program is available following Crystal Symphony’s June 19 cruise from London to Stockholm, which features tennis-themed Experiences of Discovery programming. In addition to Wimbledon Centre Court tickets, participating guests have access to Fairway Village, the luxury Wimbledon hospitality area near Centre Court, private car service and accommodations at London’s posh Savoy hotel.
In addition onboard tennis programming will include an excursion to the Tennis Hall of Fame in Bastad, Sweden, where guests will have the chance to pour over photos and memorabilia of some of the greatest players in the world and tour the Hall of Fame’s stadium.
Wimbledon package features include:
- VIP access to Fairway village – The Wimbledon hospitality area for complimentary champagne, four-course lunch and traditional afternoon tea;
- Centre Court seats - For women’s singles semifinal and final, and men’s singles and semifinal and final;
- Six-night stay at The Savoy – One of London’s most iconic luxury hotels, with private car service to and from Wimbledon, and
- European Business Class air – from Stockholm to London-Heathrow.
The tennis focus is one of six newly introduced Experiences of Discovery designed to enrich more than two dozen Crystal cruises.
Departing London, the Baltic voyage calls in Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Copenhagen, Denmark; Stockholm and Visby, Sweden, and includes a two-night stay in St. Petersburg. Cruise fares for the two 11-day London-Stockholm itinerary start at $4,995 per person, double. Premium economy and business class air upgrades, the Save Now, Save Later, Europe savings and Crystal Family Memories Programs also apply. Fares for the post-cruise overland package are $25,299 per person, double occupancy.
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