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Crystal enrichment, classes and activities
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Registry: Bahamas
Innovative Program Aboard
Arts and Entertainment
Business & Technology
Lifestyle
Wellness
Wine & Food
Equal parts educational and entertaining, the CLI debuted to rave reviews aboard the new Crystal Luxury Cruises Serenity in July 2003. Crystal Symphony will welcome the revolutionary program aboard its first cruise in 2004, a 12-day journey from Ft. Lauderdale to Caldera, Costa Rica, including a transit of the Panama Canal. CLI joins Crystal Luxury Cruises in February during its season in Hawaii.
Travel today is not only about embracing new cultures and destinations. Its about taking time for yourself, to learn, to discover and to rejuvenate, says Bret Bullock, Crystals vice president, entertainment. The comprehensive structure of the Creative Learning Institute allows our guests to tailor their enrichment activities to suit individual interests and desires, making the vacation experience more about ones overall personal journey.
Innovative in concept and progressive in nature, the CLI is an extensive new series of interactive classes providing comprehensive instruction focusing on improving wellness and
enhancing quality of life. In keeping with Crystals penchant for quality alliances, the newly-minted CLI has partnered with several other well-known organizations and schools such as Society of Wine Educators, Pepperdine University, and Barnes&Noble.com to bring experts in their respective fields aboard to share their knowledge in a classroom setting. Offered as a series of classes, the CLI curriculums feature progressive levels of instruction on a single subject or several one-class sessions of related topics. The five Lefts comprising the Creative Learning Institute include:
Arts & Entertainment from Asian woodblock printing, gift wrapping and painting with watercolors to advertising, jewelry design and acting workshops.
Business & Technology from Computer University@Sea, estate planning and fundraising to philanthropy, real estate appraisal and patent applications.
Lifestyle from foreign language instruction, book clubs, and home organization to floral and interior design, menu planning, and successful grand-parenting.
Wellness from advances in medicine, alternative medicine, dance and fitness classes, yoga, tai chi and Pilates, to skin care, sports health, nutrition, memory fitness, and mens and womens health.
Wine & Food from beginning sushi, sake, cheeses, caviar, chocolate and the art of serving, to the wines of Champagne, Italy, Chile, California and Bordeaux.
Offered year-round on every cruise, the CLI is the latest development in Crystals highly regarded Crystal Visions Enrichment Program of renowned speakers and celebrity guest lecturers. The program was introduced in The Studio, a dedicated, state-of-the-art edutainment facility aboard Crystal Luxury Cruises Serenity, and soon expanded to other areas throughout the ship. For example, Tai Chi classes are held in the early morning hours on deck, and wine tastings take place in the larger Stardust Lounge or more intimate Vintage Room. When CLI debuts aboard Crystal Luxury Cruises and Crystal Symphony, the line will make use of the variety of public rooms afforded on a large luxury ship.
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