Just ask for the Mariner Club when booking your cruise and you can enjoy:

1) Special fares booked by travel professionals

2) Complimentary Mariner Shoreside Excursions

3) Exclusive onboard cocktail parties

4) Welcoming company of our Mariner Club hosts

5) Mileage rewards program

The American Express Mariner Club. An extraordinary cruise experience at an incredible value.

As a full cruise guest—depending on date of booking and cabin category—when you book your vacation early, you can enjoy many additional benefits ranging from:

1) Complimentary first-class air and limo transfers (or up to an additional $1,000 per person cruise savings)* when booking Suites or Verandahs

2) Shipboard credits ranging from $75 to $750 per person

3) Prepaid gratuities

4) Initial in-suite liquor service (four bottles)

5) An additional exclusive shore excursion

6) Luggage delivery service to and from Seattle and San Diego

7) Welcome bottle of champagne

8) Paying-in-full savings of up to three percent of gross cruise-only fare when you pay in full by 1/31/08

*Complimentary economy class air/motorcoach available for certain cabin categories. Please ask about our exclusive amenities when booking your cruise. Number and value of amenities increase with earlier bookings and higher-category cabins.

Dakar, Senegal—March 28, 2008
Take in such famous sights as Kermel Market, Independence Square, the President’s Palace and the Great Mosque. Next, visit the “Art Village,” home to the workshops of famous Senegalese artists. Then, enjoy a stop at Soumbedioune handicraft market, followed by lunch at Terrou Bi.


Gabes, Tunisia—May 17, 2008
Visit Matmata, a village known for its unusual homes. Created from craters dug into the ground, they’re designed to protect locals from attack and extreme temperatures. Continue on to the oasis town of Douz, the “gateway to the Sahara.” Here, enjoy lunch, a folkloric show, shopping and a horse-drawn carriage ride.

Tom & Carol Ross.Carol and Tom both learned to love travel as children. (By age 16 Tom had visited 48 states!) Together they have been on more than 200 cruises, both as passengers and as bridge instructors (they are both Life Masters), sharing a passion for people and their cultures. Retired now, Tom was in marketing and Carol a nurse. They both play the piano and are fervent readers and movie fans.