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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK III I Jul Travel Outlook Demand is high for cruises on megaships Vince Egan Travel Before long we 11 be awash in predictions about the shape of the 1990s Here s one sure bet It will be a decade in which travellers will see bigger ships than ever before It s a sure thing because two of the mega ships have come into ser vice within the past vear and con is under way on others The demand for space on sea going cruises has never been healthier As fast as big new ships have been built eager passengers have been filling then- cabins Little wonder since no holiday is likely to be better than a voyage on a goodquality well run cruise ship And let it be added feu are worse than those spent on a badly maintained ship with surl creu CITY AT SEA The term citv at sea was coin to describe s luxurious Queen Elizabeth The 67 139ton liner carries I passengers who can find almost tion imaginable and some such as its top dining salons that very few cities could rial the 1990s several equally larg cities or larger will be cruising the sunm seas of the Caribbean or edging up to the breath taking glaciers of Alaska Currently the largest passenger ship afloat is the 73 ton Sovereign of the Seas launched last year and since then usually filled to its capacity of passengers Her owners Miami based Royal Caribbean Cruise Line have already commissioned two sister ships from Chantiers 1 Atlanti que the French shipyard that created such famous ships as the France and the 792 ton Nor Sovereigns and in as they are provisionally designated will be slightly larger than their existing sister ship- although passenger capacity will be increased to just over 3 by providing third and fourth berths Without them doubleoccupancy capacity will be 2 354 passengers PRINCESS CRUSES Earlier this year Pnncess Cruises of Los Angeles launched the 63 254 ton Star Princess with capacity of 1 470 passengers That proved to be insufficient to meet the demand for space on this past summer cruises to Alaska Reception of the new ship has been so favorable in fact that Cruises has commission the Shipyard of Italy to construct a 000ton luxury vessel Crown Pnncess to have capacity for 1562 Its design is the work of architect Renzo Piano and one of its most striking features will be the large number of private balconies Crown Princess is to be delivered next summer and will in Fort Lauderdale Fla Carnival Cruise Lines whose ships are especially popular with first time passengers has recently added Celebration and Jubilee both tons 1 488 passengers and Holiday 052 tons 1452 passengers Now Carnical has commission three much larger ships from a Finnish shipyard all of them to be 70 000 tons with capacity for well over 2 000 passengers Fantasy and Ecstasy will be delivered next year and Sensation in 1991 STATE OF THE ART Will these bigger ships necessanly be better ships In some respects stabilization for example and sound proofing they certainly should be Cabins in Sovereigns and III will all be for ward of the entertainment areas to promote quiet But some of the existing ships of the 1980s are already at a high standard of comfort and their pleasure factor is being further enhanced by adventurous new itineraries and new themes for cruises The superb Vistafjord one of the most competently operated cruise ships in service today will extend a 68 year old Cunard tradition of carrying out an around cruise to start the new year On Jan 7 the will undertake its five- continent through the Panama Canal cruiging to Sydney Australia by way of Los Angeles Honolulu the Gilbert Islands and New Caledonia with additional segments to the Philip pines Hong Kong Cape Town Bahia Brazil and the Caribbean before returning to Fort Lauderdale April CRUISE IN EUROPE Princess Cruises Royal Princess the Love Boat of TV fume will operate a 10day Golden Age of TV theme sailing with celebrity guests Carol Burnett Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows departing from Barcelona Nov and crossing the Atlantic to San Juan Puerto Rico for a winter of Canbbean cruising After six months there she will lift anchor in San Juan for a 10day return transatlantic cross to Barcelona to start a six month season of cruises in Euro pean waters surely the most relaxed way to tour that often hectic continent Travel agents have details of these and dozens of other cruising options When you discuss the possibilities remember that shipp ing lines are keenly competitive mw Tasty Recipes its APPLE PIE Time Filling Combine 1 c sugar 2 Flour Vitsp Cinnamon Blend In c Sour Cream Vanilla Add 7 Apples peeled cared Mix thoroughly to coat all slices and transfer to 10 inch unbaked pastry shell Topping Combine Vzc All purpose Flour Vic Firmly packed Brown Sugar 1 Cinnamon Cut In Ac Cold Butter To make coarse crumble Sprinkle evenly over apples Bake at lor 15 minutes 30 35 minutes at 350 until apples are tender crust browned SPECIALS ENERVIT Natural we ght loss meal replacement Reg WEIDER SWISS Body Id 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