Crystal Cruises Announce Unexpected 2010 World Cruise Itinerary

Crystal Cruises has announced that it will be setting a new course in the Middle East for its fifteenth annual World Cruise on Crystal Serenity set for 2010. The 108-day cruise features maiden visits to Saudi Arabia, Iran and Kuwait and already has more than one hundred guest on its waiting list – although reservations don’t open until next month.  

The cruise departs from Miami on 10^th January, and will then head to South America, Africa, India, several European ports in the Mediterranean en route to London – visiting forty-one ports and thirty-seven countries in total. "Based on extensive research, site inspections and discussions with contemporary world affairs experts, we feel we have created an unparalleled voyage for the most discriminating travellers," commented Gregg Michel, president of Crystal Cruises.

"On one itinerary, our 2010 World Cruise guests can visit an incredible combination of destinations renowned for being profoundly rich in antiquities and cultural history. Seasoned cruisers appreciate the attention to detail and extraordinary value of a Crystal World Cruise," added Michel. "New-to-Crystal cruisers, of which there are surprisingly, many, find that the World Cruise is the ultimate travel experience that one never forgets."