August 2006

Crown Princess Inaugural Festivities

Julie Shanholtz with Gavin MacLeod, a.k.a. Captain Merrill Stubing
 on the 1970's and 1980's hit television series The Love Boat

Staff members of Antietam Travel Service, Inc. (ATS) recently participated in inaugural festivities of Princess Cruises’ Crown Princess. Travel consultants Julie Shanholtz and Pat O'Beirne were onboard and witnessed the christening of the ship by Godmother Martha Stewart, founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, in New York on June 14. Master of Ceremonies for the inaugural festivities was Gavin MacLeod, best known as Captain Merrill Stubing on television's hit series The Love Boat in the 1970's and 1980's.

Crown Princess is 952 feet in length and 113,000 gross tons. Passenger capacity is 3,080, based on double occupancy. Ship highlights include the 300 square-foot Movies Under the Stars outdoor movie theater, dramatic new piazza-style atrium, wedding chapel featuring wedding-at-sea program officiated by the ship's captain, dedicated conference center/meeting rooms, world-class art collection, nine-hole putting course and golf simulator, wrap-around promenade deck, four pools, sports court and jogging track, Asian-themed Lotus spa with ocean-view gym, three main dining rooms, Caribbean-themed Café Caribe, and two specialty restaurants.

For further information or to book a Caribbean cruise aboard Crown Princess, please give us a call.

Our Mediterranean Cruise Night on June 27^th was a huge success! About 60 people attended. It appears that there is great interest in Europe for 2007.

Debbie Riffle has 45 people already booked into her group on Celebrity Cruises' Millennium May 25, 2007, sailing.

Why not join Debbie and visit Europe yourself in 2007? Prices, including airfare, start at $3,180.211 per person, double occupancy, for an inside stateroom and $3,580.211 per person, double occupancy, for an outside stateroom on the May 25 sailing. But hurry - these rates expire on September 23.

Please give Debbie a call at 301-662-8080. We also have space for Millennium sailings on May 13, August 29, and September 10. Additional information and rates can be found on our web site at http://www.antietamtravel.com/specials/.

Baltimore Cruises in 2007

Royal Caribbean International has announced new itineraries for their Grandeur of the Seas sailing from Baltimore in 2007. New 9-night sailings to the Eastern Caribbean will feature San Juan Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, USVI; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; and Labadee, Haiti. We have group space on the May 18, June 15, July 13, August 10, October 5 and 19, and November 2 sailings. Prices start at $762.491 per person, double occupancy, for an inside stateroom, $942.491 per person, double occupancy, for an outside stateroom, and $1,292.491 per person, double occupancy, for a balcony stateroom (October 5, 19, and November 2 sailings).

Canada/New England 9-night sailings will feature Portland and Bar Harbor in Maine; St. John, New Brunswick; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Boston, Massachusetts. We have group space on the June 29, July 27, August 24, and September 21 sailings. Prices start at $1,118.381 per person, double occupancy, for an inside stateroom, $1,378.381 per person, double occupancy, for an outside stateroom, and $1,598.381 per person, double occupancy, for a balcony stateroom (August 24 and September 21 sailings)!

Bermuda 5-night sailings to King's Wharf will continue in 2007.

These rates expire on September 7 so reserve your stateroom today!

Additional information can be found on our web site at http://www.antietamtravel.com/specials/.

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