Norwegian Breakaway to spend first winter in Florida, Caribbean

Posted on 5 January, 2012 by Spacejunkie2

Norwegian Breakaway to spend first winter in Florida, Caribbean

By Donna Tunney

Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Breakaway will sail a series of cruises roundtrip from New York to the Bahamas, Florida and the Caribbean during the 2013-14 winter season.

The 4,000-passenger ship is under construction at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. It will enter service in April 2013 and sail seven-day Bermuda cruises from New York in the spring and summer.

A series of 25 seven-day cruises to the Bahamas and Florida will begin Oct. 13, 2013. The ship also will sail two 12-day Southern Caribbean itineraries on Jan. 5 and 19, 2014, along with two Weekend Escape cruises on Jan. 17 and 31, 2014.

Through April 27, 2014, the ship’s Bahamas & Florida cruises will depart New York on Sundays and include stops in Nassau, Bahamas; Great Stirrup Cay, and Port Canaveral, Fla.

The 12-day Southern Caribbean cruises will call at San Juan, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, St. Lucia, Barbados and St. Kitts.

The cruises go on sale to Norwegian’s top travel partners and Latitudes Rewards members on Jan. 4 and to the general public on Jan. 6.

A sister ship, the Norwegian Getaway, is slated to enter service in 2014

Hawaiian Airlines to launch New York nonstop

Posted on 18 November, 2011 by Spacejunkie2

Hawaiian Airlines to launch New York nonstop

By Jerry Limone

Hawaiian Airlines will launch daily service between Honolulu and New York on June 4.The 10-hour flight will depart Kennedy Airport at 10 a.m. and arrive in Honolulu at 3 p.m.

The overnight return flight departs Honolulu at 3:05 p.m. and arrives in New York at 6:55 a.m., making it a 10-hour, 50-minute flight.

Hawaiian will be the only airline operating a nonstop flight to Honolulu from Kennedy. Continental flies nonstop to Honolulu from Newark.

“New York is an important part of our growth strategy,” said Hawaiian CEO Mark Dunkerley. “Adding service to the largest market in the Eastern U.S., Hawaii’s second-largest tourism market, was a logical step.”

Hawaiian will operate the route with twin-aisle Airbus A330-200 aircraft that seat 294 passengers, with 18 first-class seats and the remainder in coach.

Every seatback has an entertainment system offering movies, music and video games. Premium-class customers have larger screens and iPod compatibility.

Hawaiian’s one-way introductory fares of $212 in economy and $808 in first class (212 and 808 are the area codes of New York City and Honolulu, respectively) are available for purchase through Nov. 20 and are valid for travel between June 4 and June 30, 2012. Additional taxes and fees apply.

Happy Birthday Queen Elizabeth

Posted on 12 October, 2011 by Spacejunkie2

Happy Birthday Queen Elizabeth

I know it is hard to believe but on 12th October Queen Elizabeth will be celebrating her first birthday.

Here are some fun facts that you probably didn’t know about Cunard’s latest superliner.

By her first birthday Queen Elizabeth would have visited 108 different destinations

She would have travelled approximately 123,351 nautical miles

Celebrities and speakers which have sailed onboard include; Lord Jeffery Archer, Ruth Scott, Brian Hoey & Robert Kershaw

A total of 78 guest speakers would have travelled onboard by her 1st birthday

She has constantly received over 90% in her customer service questionnaires

Queen Elizabeth met her 2 sisters for the first time in New York on 13th January 2011, there was big celebrations & fireworks and Peter Shanks (Cunard MD) rang the stock exchange bell in NYC

A special celebration was held in the Queens Room on the day of the Royal wedding, where guests could watch the event on a screen and were given cake

Maiden call to Fjords in May, the first interactive voyage and blog of an onboard experience by Cunard’s New Media Executive.

Maiden call to Travemunde in June, where an estimated 20,000 people greeted the arrival of Queen Elizabeth.

Will you be sailing on Queen Elizabeth on her 1st Birthday voyage? How would you like Cunard to Celebrate her birthday onboard?