| SeaDream changes Europe program

Longer Med cruises, Turkey’s
Turquoise Coast, Black Sea
and Athens roundtrips have
been added for 2012.
CRUISE WEEKLY HAS OBTAINED DETAILS OF
SeaDream Yacht Club’s revised 2012
European program after it failed to secure a
charter for London’s Olympic Games.
In an exclusive interview with the company’s
director of business development in Australia,
Julie Denovan, it was revealed that the
schedules for both SeaDream I and
SeaDream II have been “tweaked”.
The line recently cancelled next year’s
North Europe and Baltic cruises and is still
finalising the new plan, Denovan said.
“SeaDream II was originally expected to be
under charter for the 2012 Summer Olympics,
however that did not materialise, and given
that our most consistently popular destination
is the Mediterranean, both for individual
bookings and charters, it made the most
sense to fill the demand there rather than
keep chasing an Olympic charter,” she said.
SeaDream will now offer two new Black
Sea itineraries in 2012 as well as several
Croatia and Greek Isles voyages.
And for the first time, SeaDream will
operate an Athens-Athens itinerary with
maiden calls along Turkey’s Turquoise Coast.
“Due to the change of the Greek cabotage
law, which previously prohibited us from
sailing Athens to Athens voyages, we can
now sail roundtrip, which opens up new
opportunities to sail the Turquoise Coast of
Turkey with many unique islands and ports
for both SeaDream I and SeaDream II,”
Denovan said.
Cruise durations have also been extended
for next year, Denovan confirmed.
“To meet a growing demand for longer
than our traditional seven-night sailings, we
will be offering several 10-nights and 11-
nights in the Mediterranean in 2012,” she said.
For details of itineraries, see next Tuesday’s
consumer issue of Cruise Weekly.