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OT: looking forward to doing some of these "special" vacation excursions...Seabourn runs the best cruise ships in the world IMHO.

Seabourn's New Excursions Are an Antidote for 'Been There, Done That' Vacations
Custom-Tailored Tours Offer 'Trophy Experiences' to Those Who Seek the Unique
6/15/2004 10:57:00 AM

MIAMI, Jun 15, 2004 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Ultra luxury cruise pioneer Seabourn Cruise Line has announced more than 75 newly created, optional shore excursions that provide exceptional "trophy experiences" available only to guests sailing aboard the company's three intimate, all-suite ships: Seabourn Pride, Spirit and Legend.

"Seabourn has always offered its guests unique experiences in our cruise destinations," according to Richard D. Meadows, senior vice president of sales and marketing. "Seabourn's ground-breaking Signature Series excursions have been admired and routinely appropriated by others in the industry for years," Meadows continued, "and now we are raising the bar again."

The new excursions were custom designed by Seabourn, working with local experts in many of the line's 250 ports of call worldwide, and will be offered exclusively to Seabourn guests. Tours in some ports will debut in the autumn of 2004 and all will be operational in 2005. Featured elements of the tours encompass exclusive entries to sites of interest, privileged meetings with famous personalities and a wide variety of special-interest pursuits including flightseeing, racecar and off-road driving, yacht racing, rowing, gourmet cooking classes, photography, art history and river rafting.

Unforgettable, one-of-a-kind adventures and experiences include:

-- A unique German navigation simulator that makes you a virtual Master
and Commander of a full-sized ship, in a mind-boggling, 360-degree
panoramic sea.
-- A behind-the-scenes introduction to Hong Kong's Cantonese Opera
including a backstage visit to watch the artists apply their intricate
and spectacular makeup.
-- A private meal with Mrs. Gihan Sadat, renowned social activist and
widow of the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, in her Nile-side home
in Cairo.

Seabourn's New Excursions

-- Travel by limousine to a Danish countryside inn, where chef Jan
Petersen will prepare and serve the elaborate menu he created for the
film "Babette's Feast."
-- A scenic tour of vineyards and classical chateaux of the Margaux
section of Medoc in a horse-drawn carriage, climaxing with a luncheon
in Chateau Giscours.
-- The exhilaration of sailing aboard the new, high-performance V.O. 60
Volvo ocean-racing yacht in the Baltic Sea near Warnemunde.
-- Touring the mountain villages of France's Pais Basque in a classic
Citroen CV2, the beloved (and berated) "Deux Chevaux."
-- Game viewing in Ngorongoro Crater and touring the Olduvai Gorge,
discovery site of mankind's earliest ancestors, escorted by a member of
the Leakey family.
-- Putting a fully race-equipped Ferrari through its paces on a
professional circuit auto-racing course near Venice.
-- Shopping for ingredients in a local Florence market and then attending
an exclusive culinary class at the Italian Cordon Bleu Cooking School.
-- A privileged guided tour of the impressive, ultra modern Volvo
automobile manufacturing plant in Ghent, Belgium, the largest outside
Sweden.
-- A tour, with Egypt's Secretary General of Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawass,
of the recently discovered Tombs of the Pyramid Builders, still closed
to the public.


Prices for the excursions are expected to range from over a hundred to several thousand dollars, depending upon content and duration. These and other new tours will be offered on 134 cruises in 76 countries during 2005 and 2006 aboard the 208-guest Seabourn Pride, Spirit and Legend. With Early Booking Savings of up to 50 percent available on all cruises, fares start from $2,298 per person, based on double occupancy of a 277-square foot ocean-view suite.

For more information on The Yachts of Seabourn, contact a travel agent, call Seabourn at 1-800-929-9391 or visit http://www.seabourn.com.

The Yachts of Seabourn, the highest-rated cruise line by the readers of Departures magazine, provides the ultimate in ultra luxury cruise vacations to the most desirable destinations on earth.

The Yachts of Seabourn is a proud member of World's Leading Cruise Lines. Our exclusive alliance also includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America, Princess Cruises, Cunard Line, Costa Cruises and Windstar Cruises. Sharing a passion to please each guest and a commitment to quality and value, our member lines appeal to a wide range of lifestyles and budgets. Together we offer exciting and enriching cruise vacations to the world's most desirable destinations. The Yachts of Seabourn is a brand of Carnival Corporation and plc (NYSE: CCL and CUK).

SOURCE Seabourn Cruise Line

Bruce Good of Seabourn Cruise Line, [phone], or
[e-mail]


http://www.seabourn.com