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There are virtually no unknowns in the world of cruising, as is so often the case with other vacation experiences. On all ships, repeat customers are onboard, so satisfying is the breakaway, sail-away experience. Cruisers of the '90s are savvy and selective. What's ahead in cruising's waters? Destinations: These days no place on earth, if it has a shoreline, is too far away for a cruise ship. In tandem with airlines, cruise lines are bringing distant shores closer. Among the areas opening up: Southeast Asia, Burma (officially Myanmar) and India, along with African ports of call. But new destinations sometimes have less to do with distance than with the skill of navigating a passageway. That's true of many of the rivers and inlets on five continents. Amenities: As rapidly as high technology invents new electronic aids, cruise ships are putting them into your cabins. It's not uncommon now to sit in your stateroom and watch your ship maneuver through a narrows, thanks to cable transmission. On convenient inroom screens you can scroll through your sports, cultural and entertainment options for the day, and then call up advisories on shore excursions. Some cabins, now offering instant ship-to-shore phoning, personal computers, fax machines, dial-up movie libraries, Nintendo and other video games, as well as up-to-the- minute stock-market quotes and other financial information, are setting the standard for the cabins of the future. Trends: As cruising sails into the 21st century, it's getting bigger and better, literally.
In the value-oriented '9Os, you'll think twice before committing to any type of vacation, unless it guarantees quality. That's what makes a cruise vacation so appealing. What you get exceeds your expectations. And what you experience will stay with you for a lifetime.
Cruise Vacations, Inc.®
Last up date 7/31/02 |
