Planning your first cruise can be a challenge for those who either haven't travelled much or who haven't taken an organized tour or vacation. How do you plan that first cruise? Family and friends often get to-
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gcther to discuss where they want to travel or vacation next. You might have heard cruise tales from and seen (or been subjected to) cruise vacation pictures taken by your family and friends, or read in magazines and the Web about how much fun (and economical) cruising can be. If you Want to "take the plunge" and go on your first cruise, where do you start?
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First-time cruisers should probably work with a travel agent who is experienced in booking cruises. However, before you contact the travel agency or cruise line, you will need to have the answers to these ten questions.
Who Is Going on the Cruise?
How Much Are You Prepared to Spend?
How Long Is Your Vacation?
When Do You Want to Travel?
Where Do You Want to Cruise?
What Types of Things Do You Like to Do?
What Type of Cabin Do You Want/Need?
When Do You Like to Eat Dinner?
Do You Like to Dress Up?
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How Will You Get to Your Cruise Ship?
After you have answered these ten questions, you will be ready to se lect a cruise line and cruise ship.
Role play.
Student A
1. You are going on a cruise together. Discuss the answers to the questions from the previous exercise; discuss as many details as possible.
2ч Tell your friend that you are going on your first cruise. Describe preparations and details of the coming voyage.
2. Ask your friend about the cruise he/she is going to take. Use questions from the previous exercise. Use these phrases to encourage him/her speaking:
Swap roles.
Giving yourself time to think:
I think
Now, let's see... Well, I suppose... Let me think about it for a moment...
Showing that you are interested:
Really? Indeed? Oh, really! Right I see.
That's interesting.
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Read the advertisements for different cruises. Compare them.
1. Which cruise would you like to take? Why?
2. Do these ads give the same information?
3. Which of the adverts give more detailed information?
4. Which ad do you find more attractive? Why?
CALIFORNIA
Hoist a sail or swab the deck on six-day trips aboard the Californian, a 145-foot topsail schooner and the official tall ship of California. Sailors will cruise the high seas between San Diego and Santa Barbara, stopping at the Channel Islands. Three sailings are available: The Sept. 12 voyage departs San Diego, sailing to Santa Barbara via Catalina Island. On Sept. 19, the ship sails from Santa Barbara to the Channel Islands and returns to Santa Barbara. The third sailing leaves Santa Barbara on Sept. 26 and returns to San Diego by way of the Channel Islands. Participants are members of the "guest crew" and spend the first day learning the basics of rigging and sail handling. Children younger than 12 are not allowed. Details: San Diego Maritime Museum, (619) 234—9153, extension 101, www.sdmaritime.org.
COSTA RICA
Journey through lush gardens and rain forest on a 12-day "Botanical Treasures of Costa Rica" tour offered by Calypso Island Tours, based in San Bruno. The Nov. 23-Dec. 4 itinerary features excursions to botanical gardens and horticultural research facilities, including a visit to the private gardens of horticulturist Illeana Tehran, founder of Save Costa Rica's Orchids. Tour members will also tour Irazu volcano, La Paz Waterfall Gardens and its butterfly observatory, take a jungle cruise in the rain forest and get an opportunity to participate in a reforestation project at Sarapiqui. The tour is limited to 16 people and will be escorted by a professional botanist from Costa Rica. Details: (866) 682—2121 or www. calypsoislandt ours. com.
AUCKLAND - SYDNEY
The South Seas are accessible on a 12-night, wheelchair-accessible cruise sailing from Auckland, New Zealand, to Sydney, Australia. The cruise, which begins Jan. 20, is aboard the 2,600-passenger Diamond
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Princess, which will visit Tauranga, Dunedin and Christchurch in New
Zealand and Tasmania and Melbourne in Australia before arriving in
Sydney Optional excursion packages include guides and a wheelchair-
iccessible van. Details: Accessible Journeys, based in Ridley Park, Pa.,
(800) 846-4537, www.accessiblejourneys.com.
Make your own cruise advertisement.
DIALOGUE
Read, translate, memorize and dramatize the dialogue.