PRINCESS CAPTAIN'S CIRCLE FEBRYARY 2016 FREE CRUISE PHOTO COMPETITION
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. THE FOLLOWING PRINCESS CAPTAIN'S CIRCLE QUARTERLY PHOTO CONTEST ("CONTEST") IS GOVERNED BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES. BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS STATED HEREIN.
Eligibility: The Contest is open to all residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, Canada (excluding Quebec), Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and Taiwan who are registered members of the Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. Captain's Circle loyalty Program and have reached 21 years of age or older as of date of entry ("Potential Entrant") All employees, directors and officers and their immediate families (defined as spouse, child, sibling, parent, or grandparent) or household members of Princess Cruise Lines Ltd., its parent, divisions, affiliates, subsidiaries, or agents (collectively, "Princess") and their advertising and promotional agencies are not eligible. Princess reserves the right to verify eligibility qualifications of all winners.
Promotional Period: The Contest for the February 2016 Magazine begins on October 15, 2015 at 12:00:00 am Pacific Time, United States ("PT") and ends on December 22, 2015 at 11:59:59 pm PT (the "Promotion Period").
How To Enter: During the Promotional Period, Potential Entrants can enter the Contest by submitting a photo taken by the Potential Entrant while on a 2015 Princess cruise or Princess cruisetour ("Photo"), as well as a Story as set forth below, by emailing the Photo to membercontest@princesscruises.com with the subject line "Princess Cruises Photo Competition" ("Email Entry"). All Entries must include the Potential Entrant's name, address, Member Number, area code and telephone number, date of cruise where Photo was taken, name of Princess ship where Photo was taken, title of photo, location where Photo was taken and the names of any people depicted in the Photo ("Required Information"); as well as the story of the Photo in no less than 10 and no more than 50 words ("Story"). Photos must be in JPEG or TIFF format, at least 1200 x 1600 pixels, no more than 5 megabytes, have the Potential Entrant's Member number as the name of the file (e.g. 123456789A.jpg,), and the Required Information and Story must be included in the body of the email used to submit the Entry. No facsimiles or mechanical reproductions of entries allowed. Entries become the property of Princess. Princess is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, misdirected, mutilated, or incomplete Entries. Limit one (1) Entry in Contest per Potential Entrant. Please see the privacy policy located at http://www.princess.com/legal/legal_privacy/index.jsp for details of Princess's policy regarding the use of personal information collected in connection with this Contest.
By submitting a Photo and Story in the Contest, winner expressly acknowledges and agrees that submission of a Photo and Story grants Princess and its agents a worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive license and right to publish, use, edit and adapt the Photo and Story in any way, in any and all media, without consideration to the Entrant. Further, to the extent entrant may have moral rights in the Photo and Story submitted, he/she hereby waives all such moral rights in favor of the Princess. By entering the draw, winners consent to the processing and use of their name and picture being used by Princess in marketing materials, which will be issued and distributed by Princess, its affiliates and their service providers in any geographic location Princess operates, or will operate, it business and marketing activities for a period of time desirable for the marketing purposes. The winner may, pursuant to the applicable privacy laws, (i) inquire or to request for inspection; (ii) request for photocopies; (iii) request for supplement or correction; (iv) request for cessation of collection, processing or use; or (iv) request for deletion. However, refusal to grant us such consent, or requesting us to cease or delete the Entries will be considered forfeiture of the Contest.
By submitting a Photo and Story in the Contest, you hereby warrant and represent that your entry conforms to the Photo and Story Requirements set forth herein. All Photos must be in the file formats and cannot exceed the file size specified in the Official Rules. Photos and Stories:
Princess reserves the right to waive the Contest entry requirements set forth herein in its reasonable discretion. Princess reserves the right, in its reasonable discretion, during or upon completion of the Promotion Period, to request that any entrant resubmit his or her Photo and Story which fails to comply with the Contest entry requirements prior to any judging or voting period.
By submitting a Photo and Story, you agree that your submission is gratuitous and made without restriction, and will not place Princess under any obligation,that Princess is free to disclose or otherwise disclose the ideas contained in the Photo and Story on a non-confidential basis to anyone or otherwise use the ideas without any additional compensation to you. You acknowledge that, by acceptance of your Entry, Princess does not waive any rights to use similar or related ideas previously known to Princess, or developed by its employees, or obtained from sources other than you.
By entering, you acknowledge that Princess has no obligation to use or post any Photo or Story you submit.
By submitting a Photo and Story you warrant and represent that it: (a) is your original work, (b) has not been previously published, (c) has not won previous awards, (d) does not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity, (e) that you have obtained permission from a person who's name or likeness is used in the Photo and Story, (f) and that publication of the Photo and Story via various media including Web posting, will not infringe on the rights of any third party rights. Any such entrant will indemnify and hold harmless Princess from any claims to the contrary. Any entrant whose Photo and Story includes likenesses of third parties or contains elements not owned by the entrant (such as, but not limited to, depictions of persons, buildings, trademarks or logos) must be able to provide legal releases for such use including Princess's use of such Photo and Story, in a form satisfactory to Princess, upon request, prior to award of prize and/or naming of entrant as a potential winner.
Winner Selection: On or about December 23, 2015, all eligible Photos and Stories submitted in compliance with these Official Rules will be reviewed by employees or representatives of Princess, whose decisions will be final and binding in all matters related to the Contest ("Judges"). The Judges will select one (1) Photo based on the following evenly weighted criteria:
In the event of a tie, tie breaker will be based upon the highest score in the first judging criteria, continuing thereafter to each judging criteria in order, as needed, to break the tie.
Winners will be notified by phone, mail or e-mail on or about January 21, 2016. If any prize correspondence (including e-mail) is returned as non-deliverable, prize may be forfeited. All Winners are subject to verification, including verification of age. Winners will also be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit/Declaration of Eligibility/Liability Release, and, where lawful, a Publicity Release within five (5) days of attempted notification or prize may be forfeited.
Prize: One (1) sailing of 7-days or less for winner and guest in one (1) double occupancy oceanview stateroom on a Princess ship (Approximate Retail Value: $1,850 USD / $1,857 CAD/$1757AUD/$2197 NZD/1139 GBP). Taxes, fees and port expenses (including government fees and taxes payable in respect of the cruise fare and any other taxes payable in connection with winner's receipt of the prize), airfare and charges for items of a personal nature available onboard (i.e. gratuities, phone calls, shore excursions, gift shop purchases, spas, some beverages, meals in alternate dining venues, etc.) are the sole responsibility of the winner and his/her guest. Any difference between stated value and actual value of Grand Prize will not be awarded. All travel must be taken on dates specified or prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate; no alternative travel dates are available, except at Princess's discretion. Winners are solely responsible for all taxes, fees and port expenses, ground transportation, shore excursions including meals, fees, discretionary hotel and dining charges, meals in alternate dining venues, alcoholic beverages, boutique purchases, and any other incidental costs. TRAVEL TO AND FROM EMBARKING OR DISEMBARKING PORTS IS NOT PROVIDED BY PRINCESS AND IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF WINNER. Upgrades are available upon request but are subject to availability and fees. Winner and travel guest must travel in the same cabin. If winner is eligible, but a minor in his/her state of residence, the travel guest must be winner's parent or legal guardian. A minor may accompany winner as travel guest only if the winner is the minor's parent or legal guardian, who must sign and return all required documentation. Minors must be accompanied at all times during trip by minor's parent or legal guardian. Travel guests must sign and return a travel release before any booking of travel occurs. Prize cannot be duplicated, assigned, transferred, redeemed for cash, sold, or substituted except by Princess, who at its sole discretion, may substitute Prize with one of comparable value if the cruise as described herein becomes unavailable for any reason. In addition to these Official Rules, Prize is subject to the Passage Contract located at: http://www.princess.com/legal/passage_contract/index.jsp.
Winner Notification and Booking Procedure: Upon verification and confirmation that all eligibility requirements have been met, Winner will receive the Captain's Circle Quarterly Photo Contest notification via phone call upon verification. The certificate will provide future information on how to redeem. Winner and guest must comply with eligibility requirements at the time of travel, or prize will be forfeited. Winner must meet all requirements for traveling on the cruise prize. Winner must book travel through Princess directly and cannot redeem Prize through a third party. Winner should visit www.princess.com to review itinerary prior to calling to book the cruise.
General Conditions: Prize will be awarded only to an address within the United States, DC, Puerto Rico, Canada (excluding Quebec), Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom or Taiwan. Winner will be solely responsible for all applicable Federal, State, provincial and local taxes connected with receipt of Grand Prize, the use and enjoyment of Grand Prize, or any other connection with this Promotion. If winner is a U.S. resident, he/she will receive IRS Form W-2G for the Approximate Retail Value of Prize. Canadian residents may be subject to withholding taxes and Canadian residents are responsible for the reporting and payment of any income tax. As a condition of accepting the Prize, Winner agrees to furnish any requested information needed for tax reporting. By participating in this Contest, entrants (and entrant's parent/legal guardian if entrant is a minor in his/her state of residence) understand and agree (and agree to confirm in writing): (a) to abide to these Official Rules which are final and binding and the decisions of Princess with respect to all aspects of the Contest, which are final, (b) to accept the prize as awarded, with substitution, and to release and hold harmless Princess, its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, advertising and promoting agencies, any other party associated with the development or administration of this Promotion and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (collectively, "Releasees") from and against any and all liability whatsoever, including without limitation legal claims, costs, injuries, losses or damages, demands or actions of any kind (including without limitation personal injuries, death, damages, loss or destruction of property rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light) in connection with this Contest or with the announcement, acceptance, ownership, or use or misuse of Prize (including but not limited to any travel related thereto) and/or use of the Entry, or other errors in these terms and conditions and (c) except where legally prohibited, by accepting the Prize, Winner agrees to the use of his/her name, photograph, likeness, voice, image and biographical information and statements for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes without additional compensation, in perpetuity, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide and on the Internet and World Wide Web, without notice, review or approval by the Princess and those acting under Princess's authority. Releasees are not responsible for loss, damage, or claims resulting from the Contest. Participants or Winners will be disqualified for any attempt to tamper with any aspect of the Contest, or circumvent these Official Rules. Princess reserves the right to remedy any such action, disruption, or circumvention in a manner, determined solely by Princess that is fair and equitable to Contest participants. Princess reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to void, modify, terminate or suspend this Contest (or any portion thereof) should fraud or any unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond the reasonable control of Princess corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Contest. BY ACCEPTING PRIZE, WINNER ACCEPTS (AND ENTRANT'S PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN IF WINNER IS A MINOR IN HIS/HER STATE OF RESIDENCE ACCEPTS AND AGREES TO CONFIRM IN WRITING) THE INHERENTLY DANGEROUS NATURE AND RISK IN CRUISE LINE AND LAND TOUR TRAVEL, INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY AND/OR DEATH, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS/HER PARTICIPATION IN THE PRIZE EVENT IS VOLUNTARY, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE ARE NATURAL FACTORS AND OCCURRENCES WHICH MAY IMPACT ON OR AFFECT THE SAFETY OF THE ACTIVITIES HE/SHE IS PARTICIPATING IN AND HE/SHE ASSUMES THE RISK OF SUCH FACTORS AND OCCURRENCES AND AGREES THAT RELEASEES SHALL NOT BE IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY RESULTING INJURY AND/OR DEATH. Laws in the Entrant's country of residence may give Entrant the right to file claims before the courts of that country and may provide that some laws of that country are also applicable to this Contest. However, if any provision of the Official Rules or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance shall be declared to be invalid, unenforceable or void, such decision shall not have the effect of invalidating or voiding the remainder of the Official Rules, it being the intent and agreement of the parties that the Official Rules shall be deemed amended by modifying such provision to the extent necessary to render it valid, legal and enforceable while preserving its intent or, if such modification is not possible, by substituting therefore another provision that is valid, legal and enforceable so as to give effect to Princess' intent.
Disputes: As a condition of participating, participants (and participant's parent/legal guardian if participant is a minor in his/her state of residence) agree (and agree to confirm in writing): (a) to release Releasees from any and all liability, loss or damage incurred with respect to the awarding, receipt, possession, and/or use or misuse of any prize, (b) that under no circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and participant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses; (c) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (d) any and all claims, judgments, and award shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, excluding attorneys' fees and court. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the participant and Princess in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules, which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California. By entering, participants consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal, state and local courts located in Los Angeles County, California.
Sponsor: Princess Cruises Ltd., 24305 Town Center Drive, Santa Clarita, CA 91355