Celebrity Press Release - 3/27/14 - Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii

[Andy]

Hi Everyone,

 

Today's Press Release (3/27/14) : 2015/2016 Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Hawaii now open exclusively for Captains Club Members.

 

Hope this is helpful !

 

 

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CELEBRITY CRUISES REVEALS NEW EXOTIC VACATIONS TO ASIA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND HAWAII IN 2015-16

 

 

MIAMI – March 27, 2014 – Celebrity Cruises has today unveiled its 2015-16 sailings to Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, with over 70 destinations to choose from. With new ports of call, enticing itineraries, and more overnight stays, guests can discover new exotic places in modern luxury style. Captain’s Club loyalty members have exclusive 'Priority Access' for booking the new sailings beginning today - five days before the official on-sale date, Friday, April 4.

 

Asia

 

Celebrity Millennium will visit 43 destinations in 14 countries during the 2015-16 season, starting from September 2015. With departures from Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo (Yokohama), the itineraries offer guests a wide range of options to choose from.

 

More overnight stays and new destinations

Vacationers can experience more of Asia for longer with overnight stays in eight different destinations: Tokyo, Japan; Kobe, Japan; Hong Kong, China; Taipei, Taiwan; Hanoi, Vietnam; Bangkok, Thailand; Singapore; and Bali, Indonesia. Plus, first-time ports for 2015-16 include Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Beppu and Kanazawa in Japan, and Vladivostok in Russia.

 

Highlights from the new itineraries include:

· Two 14-night roundtrip Japan sailings will have overnight stays in Tokyo (Yokohama) and Kobe, Japan. The ship will also visit Mt. Fuji (Shimizu), Beppu, Kanazawa, and Otaru, Japan, plus Vladivostok, Russia.

 

· The 14-night Singapore to Hong Kong sailings offer overnight stays in Hong Kong, Hanoi, Bangkok, and Singapore. In Hanoi, the ship will anchor in Ha Long Bay, an UNESCO World Heritage Site, known for its scenic beauty and thousands of limestone islands and islets rising from the sea. Guests will also visit Ho Chi Minh City (Phu My), and Danang/Hue (Chan May), Vietnam.

 

· Vacationers can enjoy three days and two nights in Bali during the Singapore to Indonesia 14-night roundtrip sailing. Plus the modern luxury ship will visit Komodo Island, home of the Komodo Dragon, as well as Phuket, Penang, and Kuala Lumpur (Port Klang).

 

An exciting celebration

On January 31, 2016, a special Chinese New Year’s sailing will be offered with an overnight stay in Hong Kong, China. Celebrating the Year of the Monkey, guests can experience the excitement of being in Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong, and watch a spectacular fireworks display.

 

Pacific adventure

Following Celebrity Millennium’s season in Asia, on March 13, 2016, the ship will begin a series of exotic sailings ranging from 11 to 18 nights from Singapore, Sydney, and Honolulu, finishing in Vancouver on April 26. Guests can combine these vacations to form a 45 day voyage calling upon 17 ports, in seven countries, across three continents including Australia, Fiji, and French Polynesia. Vacationers can also enjoy overnight stays in Bali, Honolulu, and Maui.

 

Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii

 

Celebrity Solsticewill sail to 34 destinations in 10 countries from September 2015 with itineraries ranging from 8t- to 18-nights to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific, departing from Auckland, Sydney and Perth.

 

The ultimate vacations

The modern luxury ship will sail from Vancouver to Sydney on September 22, 2015, and offer a 10-night ‘Hawaii’ and a 18-night ‘Tahitian Treasures’ sailing, which guests can combine to create a 28-night vacation, visiting 11 destinations. These sailings will also be offered from Sydney departing April 9, 2016. Highlights of the trip include:

 

· An overnight stay in Honolulu and a late-night call in Lahaina, Maui, during the ‘Hawaii’ sailing, so that guests can take part in a traditional luau. The ship will also visit destinations such as Hilo and Kona.

 

· The ‘Tahitian Treasures’ itinerary will call upon three ports in French Polynesia including Bora Bora, Moorea, and Papeete, before sailing across the Pacific to New Zealand, visiting Auckland and the Bay of Islands.

 

For the ultimate Australia and New Zealand experience, guests can combine an 18-night Auckland to Perth cruise, departing on February 16, 2016, with a 17-night sailing from Perth to Sydney to create a 35-night circumnavigation of Australia and New Zealand, visiting 19 destinations:

 

· During the 18-night sailing from Auckland to Perth, vacationers can enjoy six ports of call in New Zealand, as well as the three sounds in Fiordland National Park, and visits to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

 

· The 17-night sailing from Perth to Sydney will visit Bali, Indonesia, before exploring the northern coast of Australia. The ship will then sail along the Eastern Coast visiting Cairns (Yorkey’s Knob), Airlie Beach and Brisbane in Queensland. This is the perfect opportunity for guests to experience the Great Barrier Reef.

 

New ports, new experiences

An entirely new destination, Mystery Island in Vanuatu, will be visited as part of the South Pacific sailings, with itineraries ranging from eight to 12 nights and sailing to ports in New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji.

 

Guests wishing to experience the breathtaking Fiordland National Park in New Zealand can choose from the 12- and 14-night vacations from Sydney and Auckland, which visit Milford, Doubtful and Dusky Sounds, New Zealand.

 

Suite Class

 

Celebrity’s 2015-16 sailings will introduce the newly announced “Suite Class” experience, beginning April 2015, with new luxurious offerings including a dedicated, suites-only restaurant, VIP lounge, and complimentary ‘all in’ benefits such as premium beverages, dining at any specialty restaurant and unlimited internet access.

 

To celebrate the launch of Celebrity’s 2015-16 World Tour, guests can receive up to $400 per stateroom to spend onboard for every cruise or cruisetour that is four nights or longer (from the newly available itineraries) and booked by April 30, 2014, excluding Celebrity Xpedition sailings. In addition, the offer can be combined with select future promotions. For more information, guests can visit celebritycruises.com, call 1-800-647-2251 or contact their travel agent.

 

Celebrity will continue to reveal its full 2015-16 lineup as each set of itineraries opens for bookings.

 

Opening dates for 2015-16

Destination Captain’s Club exclusive 'Priority Access' General on-sale date Galapagos Islands Now open Now open Alaska Now open Now open South America & Panama Canal Now open Now open Europe Now open Now open Caribbean Now open Now open Asia, Australia and Hawaii Now open 4/1/14 Bermuda and Canada 4/3/14 4/8/14

 

 

About Celebrity Cruises:

Celebrity Cruises’ iconic “X” is the mark of modern luxury, with its cool, contemporary design and warm spaces; dining experiences where the design of the venues is as important as the cuisine; and the amazing service that only Celebrity can provide, all created to provide an unmatchable experience for vacationers’ precious time. Celebrity Cruises' 11 ships offer modern luxury vacations visiting all seven continents. Celebrity also presents immersive cruisetour experiences in Alaska and Canada. Celebrity is one of six cruise brands operated by global cruise vacation company Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL). For more information, dial 1-800-437-3111, visit www.celebritycruises.com, or call your travel agent.

 

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Edited March 27, 2014 by Host Andy

[S.O.C.I.O.C.A.T.s]

Not impressed. I was going to book 2016 Millenium Spring but it will not repeat the 2014,2015 itineraries . . . Singapore to Hong Kong to Shanghai with a transpacific to Vancouver. I wonder why they discontinued this? I thought it was great. Any comments on why the change towards Australia?

pah

[The_Big_M]

Not any change towards Australia. Millennium has sailed through here each of the past few years to/from Asia.

 

2014 is the exception, so you could say there was a change away from Australia as a one-off. Now back to the previous way.

 

Generally I think there's a lot more demand to go through Hawaii and Australia, then across the top.

Edited March 28, 2014 by The_Big_M

[S.O.C.I.O.C.A.T.s]

As much as I love Celebrity (elite almost plus) and RCI diamond plus, I go for the itinerary. Instead of taking Brillance or Jewel on the TA on the North Atlantic I went with Holland America because they went to Greenland. Same will be the case here. I loved the Millenium's 2014 and 2015 East Asia North Pacific Repositioning and due to a variety of reasons (already commitments) was unable to book. But I scheduled it in for 2016. now that I find that it will not, I will be looking towards HA and Princess if they have comparable itinerary. That is just the way it is.

Celebrity, you had a good thing, why did you have to go and change it!!!

[The_Big_M]

Those 2014-2015 cruises appears to have the lowest pricing in some cats, so there appears to be very few who that itinerary appeals to.

 

Compare that to the Hawaii-Aust itins which have kept going up in price, and sell out early. The market talks.

[S.O.C.I.O.C.A.T.s]

Those 2014-2015 cruises appears to have the lowest pricing in some cats, so there appears to be very few who that itinerary appeals to.

 

Compare that to the Hawaii-Aust itins which have kept going up in price, and sell out early. The market talks.

I guess that means my 20K will go to Holland America and not to Celebrity/RCI

pah

[Ando]

Where do you find the itineraries and book on these cruises please? I have logged in to Captains Club on the X website and searched there but still getting no itinerary results?

Thanks

Ando

[The_Big_M]

Where do you find the itineraries and book on these cruises please? I have logged in to Captains Club on the X website and searched there but still getting no itinerary results?

Thanks

Ando

 

They'll be online in a couple of days. If you want further details right now, you need to contact Celebrity or a TA.

 

Here's a summary of the Solstice and Millennium itins through Australia.

 

Solstice

22/9/15 10-night Hawaii, Vancouver to Honolulu

2/10/15 18-night Tahitian Treasures, Honolulu to Sydney

21/10/15 12-night South Pacific and Fiji, round-trip out of Sydney

2/11/15, 4/12/15 12-night New Zealand Cruise, Sydney to

14/11/15, 16/12/15 12-night New Zealand Cruise, Auckland to Sydney

26/11/15, 28/12/15, 1/4/16 8-night South Pacific Cruise, round-trip out of Sydney

5/1/16, 2/2/16 12-to-14-night New Zealand, Sydney to Auckland

19/1/16 14-night New Zealand, Auckland to Sydney

14/2/16 18-night Australia & New Zealand, Auckland to Freemantle

3/3/16 17-night Australia’s Top End, Freemantle to Sydney

20/3/16 12-night South Pacific & Fiji, round-trip out of Sydney

9/4/15 18-night Tahitian Treasures, Sydney to Honolulu

26/4/16 10-night Hawaii, Honolulu to Vancouver

 

Millennium

13/3/16 16-night Asia & Australia, Singapore to Sydney

29/3/16 18-night Transpacific, Sydney to Honolulu

15/4/16 11-night Hawaii, Honolulu to Vancouver

[Ando]

They'll be online in a couple of days. If you want further details right now, you need to contact Celebrity or a TA.

 

Here's a summary of the Solstice and Millennium itins through Australia.

 

Solstice

22/9/15 10-night Hawaii, Vancouver to Honolulu

2/10/15 18-night Tahitian Treasures, Honolulu to Sydney

21/10/15 12-night South Pacific and Fiji, round-trip out of Sydney

2/11/15, 4/12/15 12-night New Zealand Cruise, Sydney to

14/11/15, 16/12/15 12-night New Zealand Cruise, Auckland to Sydney

26/11/15, 28/12/15, 1/4/16 8-night South Pacific Cruise, round-trip out of Sydney

5/1/16, 2/2/16 12-to-14-night New Zealand, Sydney to Auckland

19/1/16 14-night New Zealand, Auckland to Sydney

14/2/16 18-night Australia & New Zealand, Auckland to Freemantle

3/3/16 17-night Australia’s Top End, Freemantle to Sydney

20/3/16 12-night South Pacific & Fiji, round-trip out of Sydney

9/4/15 18-night Tahitian Treasures, Sydney to Honolulu

26/4/16 10-night Hawaii, Honolulu to Vancouver

 

Millennium

13/3/16 16-night Asia & Australia, Singapore to Sydney

29/3/16 18-night Transpacific, Sydney to Honolulu

15/4/16 11-night Hawaii, Honolulu to Vancouver

 

 

Thanks for your comprehensive reply :D

Cheers

Ando

[spielberg]

Here's a summary of the Solstice and Millennium itins through Australia.

 

Thanks for this. The latest deployment for the Solstice and the Millennium has now shown up on Celebrity's web site at Captain's Club, 'Exclusive Offers' and the offer titled 'You have Priority Access to our newest World Tour Sailings for 2015 & 2016'.

 

Can't see a listing for the Transpacific from Sydney to Honolulu on the Solstice, but the subsequent Honolulu to Vancouver sailing for 26 April 2016 is shown.

[spielberg]

9/4/15 18-night Tahitian Treasures, Sydney to Honolulu

 

Sorry, just reread your post and saw this, and presume this is the 2016 sailing. It's missing, however, from the information in the Captain's Club site.

[jgreenwo17]

Will X ever do round trips from Hawaii like it did with the Century?

[The_Big_M]

Will X ever do round trips from Hawaii like it did with the Century?

 

Unless they get some more ships, or the cost of fuel falls again, I don't see it as likely.

 

Long distances are costlier and as they're losing Century shortly, there isn't capacity for those sorts of trips imo (beyond the current TP scheduling).

[mcrcruiser]

We live in the San Diego area & have taken 5 Celebrity cruises R/T to Hawaii . We are hoping that when the new Panama Canal opens we will get Celebrity & or RCCL ships here for the Hawaii R/T itinerary ,once again;):)

 

We are not into flying any longer .Just far too much hassle ,even business class .It is all about luggage ,airport congestion & TSA security screening with long lines:o

[gogo65]

They'll be online in a couple of days. If you want further details right now, you need to contact Celebrity or a TA.

 

Here's a summary of the Solstice and Millennium itins through Australia.

 

Solstice

22/9/15 10-night Hawaii, Vancouver to Honolulu

2/10/15 18-night Tahitian Treasures, Honolulu to Sydney

21/10/15 12-night South Pacific and Fiji, round-trip out of Sydney

2/11/15, 4/12/15 12-night New Zealand Cruise, Sydney to

14/11/15, 16/12/15 12-night New Zealand Cruise, Auckland to Sydney

26/11/15, 28/12/15, 1/4/16 8-night South Pacific Cruise, round-trip out of Sydney

5/1/16, 2/2/16 12-to-14-night New Zealand, Sydney to Auckland

19/1/16 14-night New Zealand, Auckland to Sydney

14/2/16 18-night Australia & New Zealand, Auckland to Freemantle

3/3/16 17-night Australia’s Top End, Freemantle to Sydney

20/3/16 12-night South Pacific & Fiji, round-trip out of Sydney

9/4/15 18-night Tahitian Treasures, Sydney to Honolulu

26/4/16 10-night Hawaii, Honolulu to Vancouver

 

Millennium

13/3/16 16-night Asia & Australia, Singapore to Sydney

29/3/16 18-night Transpacific, Sydney to Honolulu

15/4/16 11-night Hawaii, Honolulu to Vancouver

 

Big M, do you have access to the millennium Singapore-Hong Kong cruise schedule??

Please:)

[The_Big_M]

Yes, here's the rest of the season.

 

Fortunately, details should be on the web site shortly :-)

 

11/9/15 15-night Japan Jubilee, Vancouver to Tokyo

27/9/15, 10/11/15 14-night Japan, round-trip out of Tokyo

25/10/15 14-night Northeast Asia, Tokyo to Hong Kong

8/11/15, 28/2/16 14-night Southbound Asia Allure, Hong Kong to Singapore

22/11/15, 3/1/16 14-night Gems of Indonesia, round-trip out of Singapore

6/12/15, 14/2/16 14-night Northbound Asian Allure, Singapore to Hong Kong

20/12/15 14-night Southbound Asia Holiday, Hong Kong to Singapore

17/1/16 14-night Vietnam and Philippines

31/1/16 14-night Chinese New Year, round-trip out of Singapore

[LisaAtlCruiser]

Yes, here's the rest of the season.

 

Fortunately, details should be on the web site shortly :-)

 

11/9/15 15-night Japan Jubilee, Vancouver to Tokyo

27/9/15, 10/11/15 14-night Japan, round-trip out of Tokyo

25/10/15 14-night Northeast Asia, Tokyo to Hong Kong

8/11/15, 28/2/16 14-night Southbound Asia Allure, Hong Kong to Singapore

22/11/15, 3/1/16 14-night Gems of Indonesia, round-trip out of Singapore

6/12/15, 14/2/16 14-night Northbound Asian Allure, Singapore to Hong Kong

20/12/15 14-night Southbound Asia Holiday, Hong Kong to Singapore

17/1/16 14-night Vietnam and Philippines

31/1/16 14-night Chinese New Year, round-trip out of Singapore

 

I hope they make this public soon! I decided this year I really want to do a cruise to Japan. I was born there but left when I was 7 months (military brat). For whatever reason this year I got a strong desire to visit the land of my birth.

 

I have never cruised Celebrity before but started cruising RCL last year. Since I have the C&A benefits on RCL I thought sailing Celebrity would be my best option for Asia.

 

Any clue when they will show these schedules to the public?

[NLH Arizona]

Just booked the April 26, 2016 10 day Honolulu to Vancouver cruise. Now, I'll have to plan a pre-Maui stay and a post-Vancouver stay. Very excited.

[The_Big_M]

Any clue when they will show these schedules to the public?

 

 

These itineraries are now on the website. :-)

[4774Papa]

Just booked 27 Sept 2015 Around Japan. Can't wait.

[CateW]

We booked the Transpacific March 29, 2016 Sydney to Honolulu, my dream trip! It is such a long way away but we have several cruises between now and then. Crazy excited!