Out to Sea for
April 29/17
(c) By Jim and Barb Fox
Postmedia News/Sun Media
Get your motor
runnin’ and head out on a cruise ship.
In the category of
“what will they think of next,” Norwegian Cruise Line will have a Ferrari
racetrack on the top deck of its newest ship.
Go for the
checkered flag on Norwegian Joy on a “thrilling” two-level racetrack in the
middle of the ocean – the first ever at sea.
In partnership
with Scuderia Ferrari Watches, the zoom, zoom fun on electric go-carts
will be on the soon to-be-unveiled 3,850-passenger vessel targeted at the Asian
market.
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| Norwegian Joy will have a “thrilling” two-level racetrack on its top deck. |
Up to 10 drivers will
be able to race each other on the course and have photos taken at the
finish line.
That’s not all.
Norwegian Joy will
offer other “engaging and innovative activities” including an open-air laser
tag course, simulator rides and interactive video walls as well as hovercraft
bumper cars, racing simulator and two multi-storey waterslides.
There will also be
a tranquil open space park, the line’s largest upscale shopping district, a “multitude
of VIP accommodations” and an observation deck with 180-degree views.
Many of the oceanview
and interior staterooms will have virtual balconies.
Norwegian Joy is
the line’s first “purpose-built ship” for the Chinese market and will home port
in Shanghai and Tianjin.
An inaugural port
tour leads up to a christening ceremony on June 27, led by
the ship’s Godfather, “King of Chinese Pop” Wang Leehom.
It is one of the 10
largest cruise ships and the second in NCL’s new Breakaway Plus series after Norwegian
Escape, launched in 2015, that sails year-round to the Caribbean from Miami. ncl.com/ca/en/norwegian-joy
More joy at sea
A colourful Dr.
Seuss Waterworks Park will be featured on the new Carnival Horizon debuting
next year.
This first Dr.
Seuss-themed park will have “exhilarating slides, fun-filled water toys and
attractions inspired by the world’s most-popular children’s author,” said Carnival
publicist Vance Gulliksen.
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| Writer Jim Fox ‘hams’ it up at the Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat Green Eggs and Ham breakfast on the Carnival Pride. (Barbara Fox photo) |
Inspired by the
whimsical world, the 3,934-passenger vessel will debut in Europe in April next
year.
“Carnival ships are
designed as the ultimate seagoing playgrounds and Carnival Horizon will take
this concept to the next level,” said president Christine Duffy.
The fleet has had “incredible
success” with the Seuss at Sea program that includes a Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast with the Cat in
the Hat and Friends and the Seuss-a-Palooza parade and story time.
On Horizon’s Deck 12, the water park will
have an enclosed raft and a body slide, huge 570-litre tipping bucket, kiddie
splash zone and water spray toys.
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| Carnival Horizon will debut a Dr. Seuss Waterworks Park. |
There’s also
SkyRide, a bike-ride-in-the-sky attraction, IMAX Theatre and outdoor recreation
area with suspended ropes course.
The maiden voyage
is a 13-day Mediterranean cruise from
Barcelona, the first of four round-trip departures from the port.
It repositions
with a 14-day trans-Atlantic crossing to New York in May next year, four-day
Bermuda and eight-day Caribbean departures over the summer and then year-round Caribbean
cruises from Miami. carnival.com
May the force be with you
Exploring the
universes of Star Wars and Marvel are among “exciting new experiences” coming
to Disney Fantasy next month.
“Imaginative new
spaces for kids” include Star Wars: Command Post to train with heroes of
the saga and help with missions against the First Order.
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| The all-new Marvel Super Hero Academy will be on the Disney Fantasy. |
“Kids will interact
with holographic models at a one of-a-kind Star Wars holotable that projects
3-D images of the Millennium Falcon, Death Star and other Star Wars ships, meet
members of the Resistance and learn to channel the Force,” Disney says.
The Marvel Super
Hero Academy lets children “learn from real-life Super Heroes the heroic values
of enlightenment, worthiness and loyalty.”
Children can discover
ways of the mystic arts with Doctor Strange and interact with and open portals
to different locales around the Marvel Universe while immersed in an
exclusive gaming experience. disneycruise.com
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Jim and Barb Fox can be reached at outtosea50@hotmail.com
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