MIAMI, May 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Holland America Line, Carnival Cruise Line and Princess
Cruises – three of the nine global brands from Carnival Corporation
& plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's largest
travel and leisure company – will begin the highly anticipated
Seattle-to-Alaska summertime cruising season with the
first ship departing Saturday, May 2.
Cruise passengers in Seattle are
expected to increase by 11 percent this year to 895,055 passengers,
and the Carnival Corporation brands are positioned to meet the
surge in demand.
Together, the three brands will offer a total of 103 roundtrip
cruises on six ships sailing between Seattle and Alaska, providing plenty of options for
enjoying a vacation in one of the world's most breath-taking
regions. More than 208,200 guests are expected to sail with
Carnival Corporation brands from Seattle to Alaska in 2015. According to the Port of
Seattle, the cruise industry
overall will bring more than $400
million in economic activity to Seattle this cruise season based on a
combination of supplying the vessels, money that travelers spend in
the city and nearby region, and the fact that 80 percent of guests
arrive through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
In response to increasing demand, Holland America Line added a
third ship for the 2015 summer season, ms Statendam, which arrives
on Monday, May 18. The line's ms
Westerdam will officially begin the season on Saturday, May 2, as the first cruise ship to
arrive in Seattle. ms
Amsterdam arrives on Sunday, May
31. Holland America Line
offers 47 roundtrip cruises from Seattle this season.
Additionally, Princess Cruises is increasing its capacity by
introducing two larger ships – Crown Princess arrives on
Saturday, May 16, and Ruby
Princess arrives on Sunday, May
3. They replace the Grand Princess and Golden Princess. Each
of the new ships provides room for 500 additional guests. Princess
Cruises offers 40 roundtrip cruises from Seattle this season.
Carnival Cruise Line's Legend will arrive at the Seattle port on Tuesday, June 2. This season Carnival Cruises
Line offers 16 roundtrip cruises.
"We are excited to begin another great cruise season in
Alaska, taking our guests on an
unforgettable vacation to the Great Land where they can experience
lush forests, ice-blue glaciers, whales, puffins, orcas, and
frontier towns filled with Gold Rush history, native culture,
wildlife and thrilling adventures – all while only having to unpack
once," said Arnold Donald, CEO and
president of Carnival Corporation. "The goal for all 120,000 of our
employees is to consistently exceed our guests' expectations, and
these cruises to such an awe-inspiring part of the world are sure
to do just that."
Carnival Corporation's roundtrip vacation options for the
Seattle cruise season to
Alaska are:
- Holland America Line
offers 7-day cruises from Seattle
to Alaska on ms Westerdam.
Ports include Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan and scenic cruising in Glacier Bay
National Park, all in Alaska, as
well as Victoria, British Columbia
in Canada. Sailings depart
Saturdays from Pier 91. Cruises start at $499 per person.
- Holland America Line
offers 7-day cruises on ms Amsterdam. Ports include Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan and scenic cruising Tracy Arm, all in Alaska, as well as Victoria, British Columbia. Sailings depart
Sundays from Pier 91. Cruises start at $549 per person.
- Holland America Line also
offers 14-day Alaska itineraries
on the ms Statendam departing every other Monday from Pier 91.
Ports include Ketchikan, scenic
cruising Tracy Arm, Juneau, Icy Strait Point, Anchorage, Homer, Kodiak, scenic cruising Hubbard Glacier, and
Sitka, all in Alaska, as well as Victoria, British Columbia. Cruises start at
$1199 per person.
- Princess Cruises offers 7-day cruises from Seattle to Alaska on the Crown Princess. Ports include
Juneau, Skagway, scenic cruising in Glacier Bay
National Park, and Ketchikan, all
in Alaska, as well as Victoria, British Columbia. Sailings depart
Saturdays and Sundays from Pier 91. Cruises start at $699 per person.
- Princess Cruises offers 7-day cruises from Seattle to Alaska on the Ruby Princess. Ports
include Juneau, scenic cruising
Tracy Arm Fjord, Skagway, and
Ketchikan, all in Alaska, as well as Victoria, British Columbia. Sailings depart
Saturdays and Sundays from Pier 91. Cruises start at $549 per person.
- Carnival Cruise Line offers 7-day Alaska cruises on the Carnival Legend
departing Tuesdays from Pier 91. Ports include Juneau, Skagway, scenic cruising Glacier Bay, and
Ketchikan, all in Alaska, as well as Victoria, British Columbia. Cruises start at
$729 per person.
Additional Carnival Corporation Sailings to Alaska
Carnival Corporation brands also
offer additional roundtrip cruises to Alaska from Vancouver, British Columbia. Holland
America Line offers 7-day cruises on
the ms Noordam, ms Oosterdam and ms Volendam, as well as 14-day
cruises on ms Oosterdam and ms Zaandam. Princess Cruises offers a
7-day cruise on the Crown Princess and Star Princess in 2016. The
following Holland America Line ships offer one-way 7-day cruises
departing from Anchorage, Alaska,
to Vancouver, British Columbia: ms
Oosterdam and ms Zaandam. Carnival Cruise Line will offer a special
one-way 7-day cruise from Seattle
to Vancouver Sept. 8-15.
Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival Corporation
& plc is the largest cruise company in the world, with a
portfolio of cruise brands in North
America, Europe,
Australia and Asia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Line,
Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn, AIDA Cruises,
Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, P&O Cruises (Australia) and P&O Cruises (UK).
Together, these brands operate 101 ships totaling 216,000 lower
berths with nine new ships scheduled to be delivered between 2015
and 2018. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland
America Princess Alaska Tours, the leading tour companies in
Alaska and the Canadian Yukon.
Traded on both the New York and
London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc is the only
group in the world to be included in both the S&P 500 and the
FTSE 100 indices.
www.carnival.com
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