T 44/ f7, Tr. "' on western Caribbean sailings, evt-Av4".41 • ,* If they're old enough to get married, they're old enough to get their own Jewish News If you have family or friends who are marrying, consider giving them a subscription to The Detroit Jewish News. It's the community's "book of why." With it, they'll keep in touch with Jewish life. Interesting articles about their heritage, the holidays, current events and politics. Plus art, literature, dance, kosher cooking...who's having a baby, who's having a bar mitzvah and who's passed away. Give your newlyweds...or any family and friends who want to stay in touch, a useful way to do it. Give them The Detroit Jewish News by calling (248) 354 - 6620 today. I'd like to send a 52-week Jewish News gift subscription Plus 5 free issues of Style Magazine A $ 72 value ... just 48 ($65 out of state) Please bill me Payment Enclosed Card No. Exp. Date Visa MasterCard Signature (Required) Your Name I Your Address Your City State Zip I Phone I Gift Card Message: Send the Gift Subscription to: I Name Address City State Zip Phone DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Mail to: Detroit Jewish News, P.O. Box 2267, Southfield, MI 48037-2267 I Phone: (248) 354-6620 I Fax: (248) 354-1210 Allow 2 - 3 weeks delivery of The Detroit Jewish News ... 12/25 1998 ral0 Detroit Jewish News OLDN6H and Sun Princess, which transits the Panama Canal. In this era of one-upmanship, Grand Princess won't be the largest cruise ship for long. Poised to capture that title is Royal Caribbean International's Voyager of the Seas, a 3,100-passenger, 142,000-ton behemoth scheduled to debut Nov. 7, 1999 with an ice rink (complete with Zamboni), in-line skating and jogging tracks, television studio and other state-of-the-art ameni- ties. It follows RCI's new 2,435- passenger Vision of the Seas, bound next year for Hawaii and Alaska cruises. In size at least, Voyager of the Seas leads the pack of 11 new ships — each with its own inno- vations and style — with inaugur- al sailings planned in 1999. Among them, in late summer, will be Disney Cruise Lines' Disney The Grand Princess Neptune's reef and pool. Wonder, a sister ship to the 2,400-passenger, art-deco style with exotic new itineraries, including Disney Magic, which set sail last Jdly. Iceland-to-Ireland with stops in the Passengers on both ships — fami- Shetland Islands. lies as well as a surprising number of Also making waves is Carnival's honeymooners in the early bookings 2,040-passenger Paradise, the world's — may combine a Bahamas cruise largest smoke-free cruise ship, which with three- or four-day stays at a began sailing the Caribbean this Disney World Resort. On each of month. Like the quartet of smaller three evenings, shipboard guests Renaissance cruise ships entering ser- move, along with tablemates and vice this year and next, smoking is waiters, to a different, themed dining prohibited even out on deck. room. An adults-only alternative Paradise passengers may indulge in restaurant, with a $5 per person ser- 24-hour complimentary room service vice charge, is available by reserva- and LID to eight meals a day. The tion. Renaissance ships, each carrying 684 Scheduled to enter service in mid- passengers on their Mediterranean, j July, Carnival's Triumph, with a Great Iberian coast and South Pacific itiner- - Cities of the World theme, will offer aries, boast personal trainers in their four- and five-day sailings out of New fitness centers. York to Canada's Maritime Provinces Starting in August, the 490-passen- before switching to seven-day ger Navigator, Radisson Seven Seas' Caribbean cruises in the fall. The first all-suite luxury vessel, will pam- 2,758-passenger ship boasts an out- per passengers on inaugural sailings in door entertainment area the length European waters. The Silversea line of three football fields, with four also plans two all-suite ships, carrying pools, seven whirlpools and a 214- 396-passengers each, in addition to < foot-long spiral water slide. its sumptuous Silver Cloud and Silver Next August, Holland America's Wind. new 1,440-passenger Volendam also With so many appealing options, will cruise the New England-to- cruise buffs like Dr. Gene Snider only Canada route before heading south to wonder why they didn't take the the Caribbean. A sister ship, plunge sooner. H Zaandam, will debut late next year