Play to Win!

If you like puzzles of all types, you're going to love Royal Caribbean's new "Clues to the Cruise" game, inviting visitors to explore the Nation of Why Not while earning puzzle pieces in the game.

Participants will earn prizes, ranging from sea monkeys to Royal Caribbean vacations, by solving puzzles and answering trivia online or visiting marketing partner websites. To play, register at www.CluesToTheCruise.com, an interactive electronic game board consisting of 25 squares.

The goal is to earn the squares by playing and winning various puzzles throughout a virtual cruise ship. When four adjacent squares are claimed, players can spin the Cruise Wheel to win prizes such as kayaks, boogie boards, digital cameras, and one of two Nickelodeon Family Cruises in the summer of 2009.

For following the Clues to the Cruise, players also earn an entry for a chance to win one of 22 seven-night cruises to Alaska, the Mexican Riviera or the Caribbean.

Let me tell you, some of the challenges are quite tricky, and may take several tries to successfully solve and beat the clock. The game is deviously addictive, so be careful playing when you don't have time to dedicate. It's tough to abandon, for example, if you hear your boss walking up, but you only have two more clicks to win a square...