Luxury Travel Advisor - September 2008 - (Page 58)

PERSONAL BUTLER SERVICE awaits those booked in Queen Victoria’s Laconia Suite. luxury circles. Also with capacity for 700 passengers, Seven Seas Mariner’s “Ring of Fire World Cruise,” January 26 from Fort Lauderdale and ending in Vancouver May 27, explores the Pacific Rim, New Zealand, the South Pacific, Alaska and South America. Sports junkies will appreciate the Hong Kong to Osaka segment, April 23 to May 7, which features CBS sportscaster, Verne Lundquist. Identical to its sister ship, Voyager, the Master Suites, located on Deck 9, Nos. 900 and 901, are the top rooms. Mariner features two suites instead of four, but they are larger, offering more balcony space. This year, Silversea operated a 110-day world cruise aboard Silver Shadow, which covered 25 countries and more than 50 ports. Next year, Silversea will offer the line’s first-ever 92-day “Grand Pacific Voyage,” which the company is still touting as the equivalent to a world cruise, March 7 to June 7 from Los Angeles. Note: There are no South American or Caribbean stops. In total, there are six themed segments, each lasting between 10 and 18 days. The full cruise is loaded with extras: a $2,000 per suite onboard spending credit, complimentary hotel accommodations in Los Angeles at the Montage Beverly Hills (www.montagebeverlyhills.com) and private baggage transfer. Other add-ons are available for those booking fewer than the full 92 days. The 382-passenger Silver Shadow, launched in 2000, is slightly larger in size than Silver Cloud and Silver Wind, yet is still as intimate. All of the ship’s accommodations are suite-level and 80 percent are complemented with teak verandas. However, the Owner’s Suites on Deck 7 (Nos. 731 and 732) are the highest caliber accommodations. The suites are available in two-bedroom or one-bedroom configurations and offer an array of amenities and services: Bang & Olufsen or Nakamichi 3-CD stereos, plasma TVs, voyage-long complimentary laundry service and two marbled bathrooms with double vanities, separate shower (one with fullsized Jacuzzi and water closet with bidet) plus a powder room. Seabourn will begin operating its world cruise in 2010. Sneak peek: The January 5 to April 24, 108-day world cruise, which opened for bookings back in February, aboard the 450-passenger Seabourn Odyssey, will be Seabourn’s first world cruise and make visits to such destinations as Rarotonga, Cook Islands; Muara Port, Brunei; and Haifa, Israel. The cruise can also be purchased in five different segments, from the full cruise to a 39-day leg. Each segment also triggers special events and savings. Hint: We believe segments of the cruise will sell fast, not only because of the destinations, but, maybe more so, because it’s on a brand new ship. This, too, means brand new suites. The best are the two Grand Wintergarden Suites on Deck 7 (Nos. 743 and 745, 744 and 746, when combined). The suites offer large windows, dining for six and two bars. Luxe factor: A glass-enclosed solarium with a tub and day bed. Many new ships presently seek to involve the outdoors as much as possible in their architecture. Odyssey is no different. Expect an array of alfresco dining opportunities and open-air spa treatments at the two-deck Spa at Seabourn. 58 LUXURY TRAVEL ADVISOR | September 2008 http://www.montagebeverlyhills.com

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