Cuba Cruise Inaugural Date Change to Accommodate Huge Demand.Business Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000 Sam Blyth, President of The Cuba Cruise Corporation is pleased to announce that the company has chartered both the M.S. Funchal and the M.V.Arion to provide larger and upgraded cruise ships This is a list of cruise ships, both those in service and those that have since ceased to operate. Both cruise ships and cruiseferries are included in this list. (Ocean liners are not included on this list, see List of ocean liners. for its forthcoming series of cruises to Cuba. Both vessels are owned by the Arcalia Shipping Company of Portugal. The ships are of a first class superior quality and the crew will be European. Both are currently sailing in the Mediterranean. The M.S. Funchal weighs 9500 tons and is 503 feet in length and 62 feet in width and will provide service between November 18th and December 10th, 2000. All cabins are tastefully taste·ful adj. 1. Having, showing, or being in keeping with good taste. 2. Pleasing in flavor; tasty. taste furnished and have private facilities. On board facilities include a swimming pool, casino, lecture theatres, hairdressing hairdressing, arranging of the hair for decorative, ceremonial, or symbolic reasons. Primitive men plastered their hair with clay and tied trophies and badges into it to represent their feats and qualities. salon, 4 bars and nightly entertainment. The M.V.Arion will enter service on December 24th and will operate Indefinitely on the route. She was totally refurbished and rebuilt earlier this year. It weighs 6000 tons and is 383 feet in length and 54 feet in width. All cabins are decorated in soft pastel pastel (păstĕl`), artists' medium of chalk and pigment, tempered with weak gum water and usually molded in the form of sticks; also a work done in this medium. Pastel was in use in Italy in the 15th cent. and is doubtless much older. tones and have television, radio, hairdryer and en suite shower and toilet. On board facilities include a salt water swimming pool, lecture theatres, casino, library, piano bar piano bar n. A cocktail lounge featuring entertainment by a pianist. and nightly entertainment. Due to the demand for this unique cruise program and the immense interest being shown, we have decided to extend the inaugural cruise by one day to allow more time in Havana. In order to do this, we have changed the sailing date to two days later than planned. The ship will sail from Nassau on Saturday, 18 November and will return on Wednesday, 22 November. The second departure will now be amalgamated a·mal·ga·mate v. a·mal·ga·mat·ed, a·mal·ga·mat·ing, a·mal·ga·mates v.tr. 1. To combine into a unified or integrated whole; unite. See Synonyms at mix. 2. with the inaugural, which means that those passengers on the second sailing will have the benefit of all the excitement of the inaugural voyage. The schedule for the inaugural is as follows: Saturday, 18 November - Depart Nassau 3.00pm Sunday, 19 November - Arrive Havana 7.00pm Dinner on board ship followed by walking tour of Old Havana Old Havana (Spanish: La Habana Vieja) contains the core of the original city of Havana. The positions of the original Havana city walls are the current boundaries of Old Havana. Monday, 20 November- Choice of full day to Matanzas and Varadero or full day to Bay of Pigs The Bay of Pigs (Spanish: Bahía de Cochinos, also known as Playa Girón) is an inlet of the Gulf of Cazones on the south coast of Cuba. or spend the day walking in Havana on your own. Tuesday, 21 November - Morning city tour of Havana. Depart Havana 12.00pm Wednesday, 22 November - Arrive Nassau 12.00pm. This change in dates will give those traveling on our inaugural departure a much enhanced cruise. The costs will not change. |
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