`Megayacht' Olympia Explorer enriches as it entertains.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: January 5, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Jay Clarke

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. _ As soon as you board Royal Olympic Cruises' Olympia Explorer, you know this sleek new ship cruises European-style.

The layout is different, the staff is different, the food is different and so is the ambience.

Captain Georgios Apostilis calls the 25,000-ton Olympia Explorer _ small in today's world of enormous cruise ships _ a "megayacht," because it has the qualities of both a luxury yacht and a much larger cruise ship.

"It has no rock-climbing wall, but it has everything other ships have," noted Arne Egelund, the ...

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