MIAMI, July 28 /EMWNews/ -- Cruise enthusiasts who enjoy

the intrigue, drama and romance of daytime TV's most popular soap operas -

and the actors who star in them - are likely to find the vacation of their

dreams in "Soap Cruise," which will be held on Celebrity Century in 2009.



    Soap Cruise - the second voyage of its kind - will pair Celebrity's

Star Treatment(SM) with exclusive activities allowing guests who have

purchased the Soap Cruise package the opportunity to directly interact with

16 of the hottest actors on all eight of daytime TV's top shows. The

activities will include autograph and photo sessions, soap opera trivia

games, an elite cocktail party with the stars, and other special events,

including the opportunity to write a script and act it out with one of the

stars.



    Hosting Soap Cruise will be Cameron Mathison, who plays "Ryan" on All

My Children, and has appeared on Dancing with the Stars. Mathison will be

joined on Celebrity Century by fellow All My Children actors Alicia Minshew

("Kendall") and Jacob Young ("J.R."); Austin Peck ("Brad") from As the

World Turns; Brandon Beemer ("Owen") of The Bold and the Beautiful and

formerly "Shawn" on Days of Our Lives; Winsor Harmon ("Thorne") and Lesli

Kay ("Felicia") of The Bold and the Beautiful; Nadia Bjorlin ("Chloe") and

Jay Johnson ("Philip") of Days of Our Lives; Bradford Anderson ("Spinelli")

and Greg Vaughn ("Lucky") from General Hospital; Murray Bartlett ("Cyrus")

and Ricky Paull Goldin ("Jake") of All My Children, formerly ("Gus") on

Guiding Light; Kamar de los Reyes ("Antonio") on One Life to Live; and Don

Diamont ("Brad") and Christian LeBlanc ("Michael") of The Young and the

Restless.



    The soap stars will mix it up exclusively with guests who have booked

the Soap Cruise package on Celebrity Century's January 22 itinerary

departing roundtrip from Miami, with visits to Key West, Fla., and Cozumel,

Mexico. A limited number of staterooms have been reserved for guests

interested in experiencing Soap Cruise. For reservations and to view images

and video from last year's Soap Cruise, visit http://www.soapcruise.com or call

(248) 855-7918. Bookings on Celebrity Century's January 22 itinerary

through other avenues will not include access to Soap Cruise activities.



    Celebrity Cruises offers comfortably sophisticated, upscale cruise

experiences with highly personalized service, exceptional dining, and

extraordinary attention to detail. Celebrity sails in Alaska, Australia/New

Zealand, California, Canada/New England, the Caribbean, Europe, Galapagos

Islands, Hawaii, the Pacific Coast, Panama Canal and South America. The

line also offers unique cruisetour vacations in Alaska, Australia, Canada,

Europe and South America. Noted for four of the top 10 "Top Cruise Ships in

the World," as voted by the readers of Conde' Nast Traveler (February 2008

readers' poll), Celebrity's current fleet will be joined by Celebrity

Solstice in 2008, Celebrity Equinox in 2009, Celebrity Eclipse in 2010, and

a fourth Solstice-class ship in 2011. For more information, call your

travel agent, dial 1-800-437-3111 or visit http://www.celebritycruises.com .