NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. Eligibility. The Sail-Away Giveaway Sweepstakes (“Promotion”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States who are twenty-one (21) or older at the time of entry. Employees of Sponsors (defined below) and each of their respective related companies, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. The Promotion is subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited by law.
2. Sponsors. Cruise Critic, 200 Princeton South Corporate Center, Suite 330, Ewing, NJ 08628, and Norwegian Cruise Line, 7300 Corporate Center Drive, Miami, Florida 33126, (“Sponsors”).
3. Agreement to Official Rules. Participation in the Promotion constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsors, which are final and binding. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein in a timely manner.
4. Entry Period. The Promotion begins on Monday, July 1st, 2019 at 9:00 A.M. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on Wednesday, July 31st, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. ET (the “Entry Period”). Entries received prior to or after the Entry Period will be disqualified.
5. Entry. During the Entry Period, sign in and fill out the entry form for free on the Imagine Spectacular Sweepstakes main page https://www.cruisecritic.com/contest/NCL-Sail-Away-Giveaway-July-2019/ on www.cruisecritic.com. Limit: you may enter only once per day.
6. Selection of Potential Winner. On or about Wednesday, August 7th, 2019, one (1) potential Grand Prize winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received. Potential winner will be notified by email. If the potential winner cannot be contacted within five (5) days of the first attempt to contact him/her, Sponsors will select an alternate potential winner in his/her place from among all remaining eligible entries.
7. Requirements of Potential Winner. Except where prohibited, the potential Grand Prize Winner must complete and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release (the “Affidavit/Release”) within ten (10) days of being notified. If a potential winner fails to sign and return the Affidavit/Release (or fails to correctly answer the skill-testing question) within the required time period, if notification or prize is returned as undeliverable, or if Sponsors determine in their sole discretion that the potential winner is ineligible, an alternate entrant will be selected in his/her place. Winner may be required to provide social security number for tax reporting purposes. Travel companion must sign and return a liability/publicity release prior to travel. If travel companion is a minor, the winner must be his/her parent or legal guardian. Unless prohibited by law, acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for Sponsors to use winner’s name, picture, likeness, address (city and state), and biographical information for advertising and publicity purposes, worldwide, without further compensation.
8. Grand Prize: One (1) winner will receive a 7 (seven)-day Caribbean cruise for two on Norwegian. Cruise and cabin are subject to availability. Prize does not included government taxes and fees, airfare, non-commissionable fares, fuel supplement surcharges, gratuities, ground transportation, shore excursions, bar charges, restaurant cover charges and other personal expenditures, transfers, and onboard personal purchases. The cruise prize will be awarded via cruise certificate. Cruise prize must be fully redeemed – reservation, booking and travel must be completed by dates below, otherwise winner will forfeit prize.
- a) Travel must be completed by August 7, 2020.
- b) Reservation and booking must be completed no later than 90 days prior to sailing date.
The winner must be 21 years of age. Winner and travel companion must travel on same itinerary and are responsible for all necessary travel documents, including, but not limited to, passports and visas. Unless child of winner, travel companion must be 18 years of age or older as of the date of departure. Blackout dates may apply including sailings impacting major holidays (i.e. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s).
Approximate retail value is: $1,818 (if actual value is less than stated ARV, difference will not be awarded. ARV is based on average of pricing currently available). Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
9. General Conditions. In the event that the operation, security or administration of the Promotion is impaired in any way for any reason, Sponsors may, in their sole discretion, suspend, modify and/or cancel the Promotion. Sponsors reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any individual they find to be tampering with the operation of the Promotion or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in a disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to undermine the operation of the Promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsors reserve the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsors’ failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that or any other provision. In the event of a dispute as to any entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. In the event that an entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost or destroyed, entrant’s sole remedy shall be another entry into the Promotion. If any provision of these Official Rules is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck, and the remaining provisions shall be enforced.
10. Release and Limitation of Liability. By participating in the Promotion, you agree to release and hold harmless Sponsors, their respective parent and related companies, and each such company’s respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Promotion or receipt or use of any prize, including, but not limited to:
- (a) unauthorized human intervention in the Promotion;
- (b) technical or printing errors;
- (c) lost, late, postage-due, misdirected or undeliverable mail or email;
- (d) errors in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; or
- (e) injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from your participation in the Promotion or receipt or use of any prize. You further agree that in any cause of action, the Released Parties’ liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Promotion, and in no event shall the Released Parties be liable for attorneys’ fees.
11. Disputes. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of the Promotion or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in the State of New York. All issues and questions concerning these Official Rules, your rights and obligations, or Sponsors’ rights and obligations shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules.
12. Privacy. All information submitted to the Sponsors as part of this Promotion will be treated in accordance with the Sponsors’ Privacy Policy, available at https://www.cruisecritic.com/about-us/privacy-policy/ and https://www.ncl.com/about/privacy-policy
13. Winners List. For the results, visit https://www.cruisecritic.com/contest/NCL-Sail-Away-Giveaway-July-2019/. The winner’s announcement will be available at this URL once Grand Prize Winner is confirmed.
