Onboard Enrichment
Pearl Seas is pleased to offer an extensive onboard enrichment program designed to complement your cruise perfectly . One of the benefits of a small ship cruise is the ability to carefully build a program that seamlessly matches the itinerary and shore excursions . Onboard you will have options ranging from engaging lectures to nightly musical entertainment . Enjoy light jazz in one of the lounges or a culinary demonstration with the head chef in the galley . Each cruise offers a different program tailored to regional styles and flavors . Musicians are often from local ports of call and onboard events are designed to heighten your experience at the next port . Additionally , each cruise will have one or two onboard experts who are well versed in the history and ecology of the region .
One of the evening highlights on all of our cruises is the cocktail hour before dinner . This social time is a favorite for passengers to mingle and share adventures of the day . All cocktails , as with most other amenities , are of course , complimentary .
John Meffert is a published author , a recognized lecturer , and an award-winning photographer . Mr . Meffert travels internationally and domestically as a study tour leader and a lecturer for institutional travel programs .
Mr . Meffert attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Cornell University . In 1982 he served as the director of the National Trust for Historic Preservation ’ s southern regional office based in Charleston , SC . From 1988 to 1997 he served as the director of the Preservation Society of Charleston , the oldest community-based preservation organization in the United States . Mr . Meffert has led tour programs in the Great Lakes , the Saint Lawrence River , the Canadian Maritimes , and the Caribbean .
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