RCI SWAPS SHIPS WITH PULLMANTUR

Royal Caribbean is exchanging the Empress of the seas with its Spanish cruise arm Pullmantur who will be moving its Blue Moon ship over to become the Azamara Journey.

The Empress of the seas is the smallest of the RCI fleet at just under 50,000 tonnes. This is a modern looking ship – more yacht like in appearance – and able to visit more diverse ports of call than its larger cousins in the Royal Caribbean fleet. It was originally launched in 1990 as the Nordic Empress and refurbished in 2005 when it was renamed the Empress of the Seas.

Check out the last ever cruises The Empress of the Seas is doing under the RCI banner on the Jetline Cruise website. We are offering 13 night fly cruise packages to the Southern Caribbean from only £799pp – which is available from November this year until March 2008 when it changes hands.

This is an incredible offer as the itinerary is packed with big name Caribbean Islands and has far fewer days at sea unlike the other offers out there at the moment... There are only 2 days at sea during this 11 night cruise itinerary. The £799pp price includes a direct flight to New York with an overnight hotel stay and the option to add extra nights on in New York. Then onward direct flights to san Juan to embark the ship which visits St Maarten , Antigua , St Lucia , Barbados , Aruba , Curacao , Margarita before return back to Puerto Rico and the flight home.

Pullmantur Cruises are a successful brand in Spain and have recently made inroads into the UK cruise market by appointing Jetline Cruises to be is general sales agent . Pullmantur is prefect for the UK cruise market and first time cruises as it can offer smaller friendly ships at unbelievable prices. The Spanish (like the Brits) love a tipple or two and so Pullmantur specialise in All Inclusive drinks cruises. Jetline Cruises have been successfully promoting these throughout the Summer with £399pp for a 7 night fly cruise all inclusive drinks package to the Mediterranean on the Oceanic and £699pp for a 9 night fly cruise all inclusive drinks package to the Caribbean on the Holiday dream.

Their ships have both Spanish and English language on board and include some old favourites such as: The Big Red Boat now the Oceanic, The Celebrity Zenith, The P&O, Australia Pacific Sky now the Sky Wonder and the iconic Love Boat now the Pacific.