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Event Highlights:

 

In addition to all the wonderful activities aboard the ms Oosterdam and in port, this exclusive Nation event includes:

  • Private seminars and ad-hoc sessions
  • Dining with guest speakers
  • Private receptions
  • Traveling with like-minded Nation readers
  • All-inclusive pricing
  • A fully escorted cruise
  • And much more...

Photos from last year:

Speakers Laura Flanders and Frank McCourt
with Charles Bittner of The Cruise Authority

Calvin Trillin and Frank McCourt
in Conversation

Speakers Katrina vanden Heuvel and Katha Pollitt

Speakers Frank McCourt and Calvin Trillin

A Nation Cruise Panel Discussion

Victor Navasky with Nation Passengers
at Private Cocktail Party

A Nation Cruiser during a Q & A Session

Speaker Calvin Trillin with Nation Cruisers

Sample Schedule of Events from last years Nation cruise:

 

Dec. 6th - Saturday - Tampa, FL - Embarkation
TBA  Lifeboat drill (mandatory)
5:00pm  Veendam sails
7:00-8:00pm  Private Nation cocktail party - Poolside/Lido Deck - Be sure to wear your name badges!
8:15pm  Late Seating dinner is served.

Dec. 7th -  Sunday - Key West, FL
8:30-9:00am  Nation Help Desk - Rubens Lounge (Promenade Deck)
9:00-11:30am   Nation Panel - Rubens Lounge
Welcome: Victor Navasky
Topic: The Media:  Truth, Lies and Democracy
Moderator: Katrina vanden Heuvel
Panelists: Laura Flanders, Eric Alterman, Farai Chideya, Frank McCourt
11:30am  eendam arrives (dock)
5:00-7:00pm  Nation Ad-hoc Session - Half Moon & Hudson Rooms
6:00pm  Veendam departs (time subject to change)
8:15pm  Late Seating dinner is served.

Dec. 8th - Monday - At Sea
8:30-9:00am  Nation Help Desk - Rubens Lounge
9:00-11:30am  Nation Panel - Rubens Lounge
Topic: Toward a New American Foreign Policy
Moderator: David Corn
Panelists: Katrina vanden Heuvel, Jonathan Schell, Eric Alterman, Amos Elon
1:30-2:00pm  Nation Help Desk - Rubens Lounge
2:00-4:00pm  Nation Panel - Rubens Lounge
Topic: What's Missing, What Matters:  Election 2004
Moderator: Katha Pollitt
Panelists: David Corn, Farai Chideya, Calvin Trillin, Jonathan Schell, Eric Alterman
4:15-4:45pm  Topic: The State of The Nation Magazine
Speaker: Victor Navasky
5:00-7:00pm  Nation Ad-hoc Session - Half Moon & Hudson Rooms
7:30pm  Join other Nation guests at the Crow's Nest Lounge for cocktails and dancing before dinner! (Optional)
8:15pm  Late Seating dinner is served.

Dec. 9th  - Tuesday - Belize City, Belize
8:00am  Veendam arrives
2:00-6:00pm  Nation Ad-hoc Session - Half Moon & Hudson Rooms
5:30-6:00pm  Nation Help Desk - Half Moon & Hudson Rooms
6:00pm  Veendam departs (time subject to change)
7:30pm  Join other Nation guests at the Crow's Nest Lounge for cocktails and dancing before dinner! (Optional)
8:15pm  Late Seating dinner is served.

Dec. 10th  - Wednesday - Santo Tomas de Castilla, Guatemala
6:00am  Veendam arrives
2:00-6:00pm  Nation Ad-hoc Session - Half Moon/Hudson Rooms
5:30-6:00pm  Nation Help Desk - Half Moon & Hudson Rooms
6:00pm  Veendam departs (time subject to change)
7:30pm  Join other Nation guests at the Crow's Nest Lounge for cocktails and dancing before dinner! (Optional)
8:15pm  Late Seating dinner is served.

Dec. 11th  - Thursday - Cozumel, Mexico
8:30-9:00am  Nation Help Desk - Rubens Lounge
9:00-10:00am  Nation Panel - Rubens Lounge
Topic: One-on-One with Frank McCourt and Calvin Trillin
Interviewer: Calvin Trillin
10:15-11:45am  Topic: Let's Hear from the Audience Fifty Ways to Defeat George W. Bush in 2004:
What Every Progressive Can Do
Facilitator: Victor Navasky
This will be an open discussion addressing pro-active ways progressives can help defeat George Bush in 2004. Ideas will be taken from the audience by the facilitator.
1:00pm  Veendam arrives (dock)
4:00-6:00pm  Nation Ad-hoc Session - Half Moon & Hudson Rooms
7:30pm  Join other Nation guests at the Crow's Nest Lounge for cocktails and dancing before dinner! (Optional)
8:15pm  Late Seating dinner is served.
11:30pm  Veendam departs (time subject to change)

Dec. 12th  - Friday - At Sea
8:30-9:00am  Nation Help Desk - Rubens Lounge
9:00-11:30am  Nation Panel - Rubens Lounge
Topic: A Debate
Withdraw or Stay: The US Occupation and a Democratic Middle East
Moderator: Victor Navasky
Panelists: Jonathan Schell, Amos Elon, David Corn, Laura Flanders
2:00-2:30pm  Nation Help Desk - Rubens Lounge
2:30-5:00pm  Nation Panel - Rubens Lounge
Topic: What's Up with Women?
Moderator: Calvin Trillin
Panelists: Laura Flanders, Katha Pollitt, Farai Chideya
5:30-6:30pm  Nation Ad-hoc Session - Half Moon & Hudson Rooms
7:00-8:00pm  Private Nation cocktail party - Poolside/Lido Deck
8:15pm  Late Seating dinner is served

Dec. 13th  - Saturday - Tampa, FL - Debarkation
7:00am  Veendam arrives
8:00-9:30am  Debarkation begins

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 Meet your escorts:

 

 Your cruise with The Nation features escorts provided by The Cruise Authority. These escorts are along to ensure that every aspect of your cruise is enjoyable. Should you have any problems or issues,please do not hesitate to contact one of these professionals while on board this cruise. A help desk will be scheduled each day.

The Cruise Authority is an award winning cruises-only travel agency, based in Atlanta,GA, which specializes in putting on large group events like this one. The Cruise Authority has received considerable recognition for its focus on customer satisfaction and attention to detail.

 

David Bittner
 Vice-President of The Cruise Authority. David has been with The Cruise Authority for 6 years and has escorted numerous large group cruises. He is an avid scuba diver and runner. David has a wife, a girl 5 years old, and boy 2 years old.

 

Darren Parker
Group Operations Manager of The Cruise Authority. Darren has worked as a purser with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line for 7 years, and has been with The Cruise Authority for 5 years. Darren's wife, who also works at The Cruise Authority, was an entertainer aboard several cruise lines, and they have a 9 month old girl..