CRUISECOMPETE.COM SAYS ACTIVE TRAVELERS NOW ENJOYING ADRENALINE RUSHES AT SEA

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 23, 2006 - Believe it or not, a cruise may be the ideal vacation for people who consider exhilarating whitewater, race car driving or rappelling down the side of a mountain as fun. "Relaxation may take precedence at sea but, once docked, a growing number of cruisers with active lifestyles are getting their adrenaline pumping," said Bob Levinstein, CEO of CruiseCompete.com, the world's only competitive cruise pricing Web site, which highlights a number of adventure cruises. "They want to experience way more than the local beach or a traditional bus tour and the cruise lines are accommodating them."

The following is a sampling of the excursions now offered by the cruise industry for active travelers:

· Carnival Cruise Lines offers travelers to Belize a sightseeing adventure that combines cave tubing with rain forest exploration. Guests tube down the Sibun River amidst cave and rock formations, plus trek through the Belizean jungle on a 45-minute hike.

· Celebrity Cruises takes guests to the tops of St. Martin's 200 year-old mango and mahogany trees via a course of zip lines, rope swings and bridges suspended from bridges in the middle of one of the largest bird habitats in the Caribbean.

· Crystal Cruises puts travelers who consider themselves driving purists behind the wheel of a Formula 1 race car in Monaco, with both on- and off-course instruction.

· MSC Cruises welcomes certified divers to explore the coral reef off of Roatan Island, near the northern coast of Honduras. This reef is the location of a number of historical shipwrecks and is now a spectacular location for an encounter with possible black tip, bull and silver sharks.

· Cunard Line takes its Queen Mary 2 guests on whitewater rafting excursions through the picturesque Chilean fjords from Puerto Mont. The descent on the 12-mile long Petrohue River includes breathtaking South American waterfalls, forests, mountains and even volcanoes.

· Norwegian Cruise Line travelers can take heli-hike adventures on Maui. Guests fly over the Hana rainforest to Haleakala, the world's largest dormant volcano. There, they land and ascend the volcano slopes to the crater's summit.

· Royal Caribbean International offers Klondike rock climbing and rappelling on the walls and cliffs of the White Pass near Skagway, Alaska. A short hike takes guests to the foot of the cliffs, covered by glaciers. Climbers of all skill levels, including beginners, are welcome.

"The demographics of cruise travelers are changing - we see many more bookings coming in from people ages 30-40," said Steven Gelfuso, president of CruiseBrothers.com, one of the largest family-owned cruise-only travel agencies in the country. "Consequently, the cruise lines are reinventing themselves and doing a creative job of trying to accommodate their active lifestyles and interests. Who would have ever thought a while back that cruisers would have the opportunity to swim with sharks, zip through rain forest canopies or drive a race car?"

CruiseCompete.com saves consumers time and money by enabling them to secure quotes for cruise deals from multiple travel agencies without having to contact each one separately. To date, more than 275,000 customers have accessed CruiseCompete.com to request cruise prices from more than 200 member travel agencies around the country. These agents have provided more than one million quotes to consumers. CruiseCompete, LLC, is an independent company not owned by or affiliated with any travel agency. For more information, visit www.cruisecompete.com.