grand pacific paradise MIAMI TO SYDNEY OCTOBER 10, 2018 | 66 NIGHTS | Seven Seas Mariner®

Explore faraway lands, discover less-traveled places and immerse yourself in ancient cultures across the South Pacific, as you sail from Miami to Sydney for 66 glorious nights on our Grand Pacific Paradise Grand Voyage.

Discover intriguing locales like Havana, snorkel in sapphire waters, lounge on pristine beaches and watch a performance by Fijian firewalkers — you really can experience it all. From the exotic islands of French Polynesia to the breathtaking fjords of New Zealand and from the stunning shores of the Hawaiian Islands to the lush Australian bush, embark on this Grand Voyage that offers limitless memories and unrivaled experiences.

During your voyage aboard Seven Seas Mariner®, enjoy an exclusive enrichment program which offers a variety of sessions with thought-provoking lectures by renowned experts. Plus, delight in a sunset cruise and an elegant reception at the Conrad Bora Bora Nui, exclusively for full Grand Voyage guests

In addition to our standard all-inclusive amenities of FREE Unlimited Shore Excursions, FREE Unlimited Beverages including fine wines and spirits,FREE Specialty Dining, FREE Pre-Paid Gratuities, FREE Transfers between airport and ship, and FREE Unlimited WiFi, guests on our Grand Pacific Paradise will also enjoy the following Bespoke Amenities:

• FREE First Class Air* on Domestic Flights and FREE Business Class Air* on Intercontinental Flights • FREE Pre-Cruise 1-Night Hotel Stay and Dinner in Miami • FREE Exclusive Shoreside Experience — An Evening in Bora Bora • FREE Comprehensive Visa Package • FREE Unlimited Laundry including Dry Cleaning and Pressing • FREE Phone Time Per Suite • FREE Commemorative Gift

continued... FREE PRE-CRUISE 1-NIGHT HOTEL STAY AND DINNER

Begin your incredible vacation with a FREE 1-Night Hotel Stay at the Trump National Doral Miami. Enjoy the tropical flair and beauty of “The Magic City,” and in the evening, meet and mingle with your fellow Grand Voyage guests at an exclusive dinner at this luxurious hotel.

FREE EXCLUSIVE EVENING IN BORA BORA Bora Bora, French Polynesia | November 10, 2018

On the Grand Pacific Paradise voyage, delight in an unforgettable Shoreside Experience in Bora Bora, especially created for this voyage. An Evening in Bora Bora begins with a relaxing sunset cruise to an elegant reception at the Conrad Bora Bora Nui, as locals present you with flower necklaces and serenade you while accompanied by ukulele. The hotel’s Tamure Grill, which overlooks the pristine lagoon and overwater bungalows, is reserved just for your intimate group, allowing you to stretch out and relax with a cocktail. Before indulging in a traditional Polynesian buffet, be amazed by braiding and coconut cutting demonstrations. The highlight of the evening is a riveting performance by fire dancers.

continued... onboard enrichment series

DR. TERI SOWELL, lecturer and curator, is a dynamic speaker specializing in the art and culture of the Pacific Islands. Her research areas include the ritual and ceremonial use of objects in Polynesia, both past and present, with a special interest in sculpture, tattoo, and tapa cloth. In addition to research, publishing, and teaching, Dr. Sowell has curated many art exhibitions with venues ranging from the San Diego Museum of Art to The Brooklyn Museum.

For the past twenty years, Teri has lectured around the world, bringing to life her knowledge and appreciation of Pacific art and culture to a variety of enthusiastic audiences. Her frequent travels to the Pacific keep her in touch with the contemporary Pacific, enabling her to weave together threads of past and present cultural traditions in her lectures and writings.

HUGH M. NEIGHBOUR Specialized in political/economic affairs, Hugh M. Neighbour spent most of a 40-year career overseas, first as an officer in the U.S. Navy and then as a U.S. diplomat. He’s been to over 160 countries, living at diplomatic and military posts across Asia/Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and North America. Hugh was awarded the Secretary of State’s Career Achievement Award for distinguished leadership. Since leaving government service, he has worked as a consultant.

Hugh passionately links history, trade, and culture to explain the present day of the peoples and places you’ll visit. What’s actually driving events in the country around you? He’ll offer a fresh, up-to-date perspective on the current affairs, culture, and history of the fascinating peoples and places you’ll see — how things are, rather than how they may seem from afar.

ADAM TANNER is an associate at Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science and has been at the university since 2011.

A writer who spent much of his career as a foreign correspondent for Reuters news agency, he spent many years living and traveling in the current and former Communist world. He spent five years in Russia during the 1990s, and was Balkans bureau chief from 2008 to 2011. Other Reuters postings include San Francisco, where he served as bureau chief, Berlin, and Washington D.C. Before and after the fall of Communism he wrote several editions of the Frommer’s guide to Eastern Europe and has written about several Scandinavian capitals for their flagship Europe guide.

He has long studied the impact of colonialism, empire and globalization as a foreign correspondent, author and lecturer. His interests include Arctic issues, and he served as the 2016–17 Snedden Chair in Journalism at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He has appeared on CNN, Bloomberg TV, MSNBC, CNBC, NPR, the BBC and VOA, written for magazines including Scientific American, Forbes, Fortune, MIT Technology Review and Slate, and lectured in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.

continued... MICHAEL SCOTT has a degree in botany from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, but a wide interest in all the natural world. His books include Scottish Wild Flowers, The Young Oxford Book of Ecology and Walk & Eat: Cape Town. His latest book, published in August 2016, is a definitive guide to (British) mountain flowers in the British Wildlife Collection (Bloomsbury Publications). He is a former Deputy Chairman of Scottish Natural Heritage, the government conservation agency in Scotland, and was awarded an O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 2005 “for services to biodiversity conservation in Scotland”.

GEORGE LOSEY Professor George Losey was entranced by the ocean growing up with a diving mask and plywood body-surfing board on the Southeast Florida coast. He received his Ph.D. in 1968 from Scripps Institution of Oceanography working on reef fishes of the Eastern Pacific. His studies introduced him to Ethology, a largely European discipline new to the USA comprising study of the natural behavior of animals and their social interactions. He left La Jolla in 1968 for the warmer waters of Hawaii and remained as a Professor and Researcher in Zoology at the Institute of Marine Biology. His research, mostly funded by the National Science Foundation, concentrated on cleaning symbiosis in fish and sea turtles, aggressive and territorial behavior of reef fishes, sex change in reef fishes, learning and instinctive behavior in freshwater and marine fishes and, most recently, ultraviolet vision and coloration in fishes and how they cope with UV radiation. He lived underwater as an aquanaught, dove in purse seines of the Eastern Pacific fishing fleet with dolphins and tunas and visited marine labs from Israel to Australia. Dr. Losey started cruise ship lecturing in 1996 and has since lectured on topics in oceanography and marine biology, Hawaiian natural history, Hawaiian legends and “nature vs. nurture” of human and animal behavior. He recently combined his love of cruise ships and programming skills to publish Cruise Ship Captain and Captain of the Queens, computer simulations of piloting various cruise ships. George is always happy to sit and enjoy a relaxing conversation.

Lt. Col. WILLIAM ROTHSCHILD is your proverbial rocket scientist. He has 44 years of experience in the aerospace industry, including 20 years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. Bill retired as Boeing’s Director of Engineering Operations for the Space Exploration Division in Houston, TX. He serves as a consultant for NASA, the Air Force, and a variety of commercial space companies. His lectures about space exploration are filled with interesting, easy to understand, down to earth stories spiced with tantalizing insider information about the real moon race, what’s happening in space now, and an intriguing look into the future for this greatest of all travel adventures.

SPOTLIGHT ON BRIDGE

Enjoy social and competitive Bridge play aboard Seven Seas Mariner®. ACBL Certified Bridge Masters sail with guests to provide professional instruction and host games for all levels. Our ships are ACBL Certified and guests taking part in Duplicate Bridge will accumulate master points.

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