Carnival Adds 20 New Shore Excursions for 2007 Alaska Season

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Carnival Cruise Lines Adds 20 New Shore Excursions for 2007 Alaska Cruise Season

MIAMI (Carnival Cruise Lines) – For its 2007 Alaska cruises – set to kick off in May aboard the 2,124-passenger Carnival Spirit – Carnival Cruise Lines has added 20 new shore excursions – including "zip line" canopy tours, luxury SUV and 4 x 4 excursions, and a train ride on a vintage parlor car – providing guests with even greater opportunities to experience and explore the "Last Frontier."

With the new excursions, guests sailing on Carnival's "Fun Ship" Alaska cruises have 120 different shore excursion options on the line's seven-day Glacier Route and Glacier Bay voyages operating May – September 2007.

Among the new tour choices:

Rain Forest Canopy & Zip Line Adventure (Juneau)

Exclusive Touring by Luxury SUV (Ketchikan)

4 x 4 Wilderness Adventure (Sitka)

Alaska Up Close and Personal (Sitka)

Bennett Lake, Yukon Wilderness Express Train (Skagway)

These new tours complement the wide variety of shore excursions available on Carnival Spirit's Alaska 2007 sailings, ranging from leisurely paced city walks and nature tours to more active pursuits such as hiking, cycling, canoeing, kayaking, and alpine lake snorkeling.

Carnival Spirit's 2007 Alaska program consists of 16 seven-day Glacier Route and three seven-day Glacier Bay cruises. Glacier Route cruises depart May 16 to August 29, either northbound from Vancouver or southbound from Whittier/Anchorage. Cruises in both directions feature Prince William Sound, College Fjord, Lynn Canal, Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan, Sitka and the Inside Passage.

Three week-long Glacier Bay cruises will operate round-trip from Vancouver May 9, and September 5 and 12 and feature full days cruising Glacier Bay National Park and the Inside Passage, as well as visits to Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan.

For additional information and to purchase Carnival Spirit's Alaska shore excursions, visit the company's Web site, carnival.com. Guests are also welcome to stop by the Carnival Spirit's shore excursion desk once on board to book shore excursions.

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