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Alumni
and friends of William Jewell College will gather on
Norwegian Cruise Line’s new ship, the “Pride
of America,” departing May 20, 2006 from Honolulu,
Hawaii. Ports of call
include Hilo, Kahului, Kona and Nawiliwili, returning
to
Honolulu on Saturday, May 27.
This beautiful new ship
was launched in June, 2005. It is 920
feet long, 105 feet wide, has a crew of 800 people
and can
accommodate 2,146 passengers. The ship is 15 decks
tall,
containing 8 restaurants, 2 swimming pools, 4 hot tubs,
a spa,
fitness center, jogging/walking track, basketball/volleyball/tennis
court, golf driving net, plus many other features.
Norwegian
Cruise Line has blocked out fifty cabins for the William
Jewell
College group, including Balcony Staterooms, Ocean
View
Staterooms and Interior Staterooms.
Optional one-night pre-
and/or post-cruise hotel packages are
available in Honolulu. While in Honolulu you may wish
to
visit the Diamond Head Crater, walk on beautiful Waikiki
Beach, visit Pearl Harbor, take in the lush rainforests,
ancient
temples, and explore the deep-sea caves.
During the cruise, you’ll visit Hilo on the eastern
coast of the
Big Island of Hawaii, nestled among the old banyan
trees and
manicured parks. You may visit the Waipio Valley where
the
rainforest yields wild ginger, towering bamboo and
hundredsfoot-
high waterfalls. Kahului-Maui offers the most spectacular
golf courses, pristine beaches and dormant volcanoes.
Kona
is located on the western side of the Big Island of
Hawaii,
where you’ll find stark, black moonscapes, cool,
fertile fields,
steep slopes that sprout Kona coffee beans, macadamia
nuts
and a profusion of exotic tropical flowers. Nawiliwili-Kauai
is a quaint port known as the gateway to this Garden
Island.
Explore the Waimea Canyon (the Grand Canyon of the
Pacific) to the plunging cliffs at Na Pali Coast and
the
National Tropical Botanical Gardens. Then it’s
back to
Honolulu to enjoy the lush scenery before heading back
to
the mainland.
 Now is the time to experience the beauty and intrigue
of our
50th state. Contact Joyce Hon in the Alumni Office
for
further details about this cruise. She can be reached
at (816)
415-7565 or by e-mail: honj@william.jewell.edu. Our
allotment of cabins is filling up fast! Experience
the
camaraderie and fellowship of traveling with Jewell
alumni
and friends. A number of the fun-loving Alaskan cruise
group are already booked for Hawaii. |
