Niagara Falls, New York, Washington DC and the changing autumn foliage of America’s historic New England region make for unforgettable travelling on two new fly-cruise-and-tour holidays options from Worldwide Cruise Centres.
The holidays last two weeks (14 nights) each; they are available from all Australian state capitals and they depart Australia on 25 or 26 September 2015 with a flight to New York, followed by touring and then a cruise. Stays are included in Manhattan (three nights), Washington DC and Niagara (two nights each).
Great ships, grand scenery and a friendly American atmosphere follow. There’s a Maid of the Mist Cruise into the spray of thundering Niagara Falls and a seven-night Canada and New England cruise, round-trip from New York, around the time of the fabulous Fall Colours.
Prices for the holidays start from A$5799 out of Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane, valid at that rate until 30 May 2015 or until sold out.
Two fine ships are involved: Regal Princess and Norwegian Gem.
Regal Princess features on a holiday called ‘New York Steak and Clam Chowder’, while Norwegian Gem is used on a holiday called ‘Niagara, New England and New York’.
The ‘Niagara, New England and New York’ option, with a cruise on Norwegian Gem, costs from $5799 from Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. It costs from $A6159 from Adelaide and A$5629 from Perth. Enhancing the value further, tips aboard ship are taken care of as well. The holiday departs 25 September 2015 from Perth and a day later from the other capitals.
The ‘New York Steak and Clam Chowder’ holiday, with a cruise on Regal Princess, costs from A$5969 from Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. It costs from $A6299 from Adelaide and A$5799 from Perth. A bonus of US$50 in free shipboard credit applies per twin cabin. The holiday departs 25 September 2015 from Perth and a day later from the other capitals.
Both holidays include a seven-night/eight-day Eastern Triangle Tour round-trip from New York including a two-night stay in New York at the Comfort Inn Midtown West Hotel in the heart of Manhattan, near Times Square and Broadway theatre district.
There’s a double-decker bus tour (a 48-hour pass, hop-on/hop-off), a coach tour from New York to Niagara Falls (via Pennsylvania and rural upstate New York), a two-night stay at Niagara Falls including breakfast and a morning orientation tour of Toronto, Canada’s biggest city.
The tour also includes an afternoon Maid of the Mist Niagara Falls cruise to the foot of Niagara’s Horseshoe Falls, a coach tour from Niagara to Washington DC, via Pennsylvania, with stop at an Amish Market (full of beards and buggies), then two nights accommodation in Washington DC including breakfast and a morning sightseeing tour of the city, including the White House, Washington Monument, Arlington Cemetery and US Capitol.
All that plus a coach tour from Washington to New York via Philadelphia, where famous sights include the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall.
After another night at the Comfort Inn Midtown West, New York including breakfast, board the ship for a seven-night Canada/New England cruise. All shipboard main meals (excluding specialty restaurants) are covered.
The cruise takes you Halifax, Nova Scotia, largest city in Canada’s Atlantic Provinces. Founded as Great Britain’s major military bastion in North America, it’s a strikingly beautiful city. Then to Saint John, New Brunswick and the Bay of Fundy, known for the reversing River Rapids. You’ll visit Boston, Massachusetts, America’s first great city, hailed as the “Cradle of American Independence”. Continue to historic Portland, Maine, before sailing to New York again.
Regal Princess, launched in 2014, boasts Princess Cruises’ largest top-deck pool, with a water and light show, an enhanced Movies Under the Stars screen and the new top-deck glass-bottomed over-the-water SeaWalk, with views 39-metres straight down!
Norwegian Gem offers a four-lane bowling alley, a multitude of nightly dining choices, spa and fitness centre and a pool deck complete with hot tubs and slides.
Yon can play Nintendo Wii on the ship’s massive two-storey screen.
Whichever option and ship you choose, you’re in for a superb holiday.
To find your local Worldwide Cruise Centres agent go to: www.worldwidecruisecentres.com.au
SOURCE Worldwide Cruise Centre