Captain’s Club Virtual ABT Contest Official Rules
September 24 – October 1, 2021
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Eligibility ‘Celebrity Edge Insider Contest, (the “Contest”) is open only to Captain’s Club members (Classic, Select, Elite, Elite Plus or Zenith) who are permanent, legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including D.C.) and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are at least eighteen (18) years old or the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence, whichever is older, as of the time of entry. Employees of Celebrity Cruises Inc. and any of its respective related companies, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, representatives, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment and marketing agencies, suppliers and agents and each of their employees, officers, and directors,, and members of their immediate families (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household are not eligible to enter or win. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited.
2. Sponsor: Celebrity Cruises Inc., 1050 Caribbean Way, Miami, FL 33132.
3. Agreement to Official Rules: By participating in the Contest, Entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Whether an Entrant receives a Prize (defined below) is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
4. Timing: The Contest begins on September 24, 2021 at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“EDT”) and ends on October 1, 2021 at 11:59:59 p.m. EDT (the "Contest Period"). Sponsor’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Contest.
5. How to Enter: During the Contest Period, you can enter the Contest by posting via a public account to Twitter, Instagram or Facebook one (1) photo or video of yourself either dancing, singing, or playing an instrument, and write, in a few words, why you should be selected to attend the exclusive American Ballet Theatre (“ABT”) webinar (“Submission” or “Entry”). Each Submission must include the hashtags #CelebrityCreativeContest and #contestentry (the “Hashtags”) to indicate that you have read and agree to the Contest’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that posting via Twitter, Facebook or Instagram will result in the submission of your photo/video to the Contest. By posting your photo or video with the hashtags #CelebrityCreativeContest and #contestentry, you agree that your Submission conforms to the Photo and Video Guidelines and Content Restrictions as defined below (collectively, the “Guidelines and Restrictions”) and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may remove your Submission and disqualify you from the Contest if it believes, in its sole discretion, that your Submission fails to conform to the Guidelines and Restrictions.
Photo and Video Guidelines:
The photo or video cannot have been submitted previously in a promotion or contest of any kind with a prize value of greater than $300;
The photo or video must not have been commissioned by another media organization; and
The photo or video must not have been previously published as a result of paid publication.
Content Restrictions:
The Submission must not contain material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights or that constitutes copyright infringement;
The Submission must not contain anyone other than the Entrant. Entrant is the sole person who can grant permission to use the photo or video. If an Entrant’s photo or video contains any person other than the Entrant himself/herself, the Submission will be disqualified;
The Submission must not contain brand names or trademarks, except for Sponsor's trademark for which entrant has a limited license to use for the sole purposes of creating and uploading a Submission into this Contest;
The Submission must not contain images or artwork not created by Entrant;
The Submission must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libelous;
The Submission must not contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
The Submission must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any state where the content is created; and
The Submission must be an accurate representation of the moment it purports to capture. Minor adjustments (e.g., cropping, sharpening and slight color corrections) may be made, but significant alterations, whether done digitally or mechanically, will result in disqualification.
For all Submissions: One Entry per person per day. Each Entry must have unique content. Multiple Entries featuring the same photo or video will not increase chances of winning. Entrant’s social media account must be set to public. Posting an Entry, including the Hashtags, constitutes Entrant’s consent to give Sponsor a royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display such Submissions (along with a name credit) in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for promotional or marketing purposes from the date of Entrant’s Submission into perpetuity. If necessary, Entrant will sign any documentation that may be required for Sponsor or its designees to make use of the non-exclusive rights Entrant is granting to use the Submission. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, un-intelligible or misdirected photos, which are disqualified. Use of any automated program to enter will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any Entry, the authorized account holder of the social media handle (i.e. Twitter, Facebook or Instagram account) used to enter will be deemed to be the Entrant. Potential Winners (defined below) may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.
The “authorized account holder” is the natural person associated with, or assigned to, the account from which the Entry is posted, i.e. the Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram account.
6. Winner Determination: Winners will be determined via the following process:
A panel of judges as determined by Sponsor will select one potential prize winner (“Potential Prize Winner”) from among all Entries, based on the following criteria (“Judging Criteria”):
Relevance to the theme of Celebrity Cruises Inc. (40%);
Creativity in dealing with the subject matter (40%); and
Technical merit of the Submission (20%).
The ten Submissions that receives the highest score will be deemed the Potential Winners. Judging will take place on or around September 27, 2021. The Potential Winners will be notified on September 28, 2021.
In the event of a tie, those Submissions with the highest scores will be re-scored by the judges and the Submission that receives the highest score will be deemed a Potential Winner.
7. Winner Requirements, Notification and Verification: Notification will be made via direct messaging to the Twitter account, Instagram account or Facebook account responsible for posting the winning Submission. Each Potential Winner will have two (2) days to respond to the direct message. Any failure to reach the Potential Winner by direct messaging may result in disqualification of the Potential Winner, forfeiture of his or her interest in the Prize, and selection of a substitute Potential Winner from among all remaining eligible Entries.
Receiving a Prize is contingent upon compliance with these Official Rules. As a condition of being awarded the Prize, Potential Winner will be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release (“Affidavit”) and any other documents as determined by Sponsor, which must be returned to Sponsor within three (3) days of receipt. Failure to sign and return the Affidavit or any other required documentation within three (3) days, or to comply with any of the terms or conditions of these Official Rules, may result in a Potential Winner’s disqualification, the forfeiture of his or her interest in the Prize, and the award of the Prize to an alternate Potential Winner. An alternate Potential Winner will be determined by Sponsor through an application of the Judging Criteria, in the judges’ sole discretion.
Acceptance of any Prize shall constitute and signify Potential Winner’s agreement and consent that Sponsor may use Potential Winner’s name, city, state, likeness, social media handle, Submission content and/or prize information in connection with the Contest, worldwide, including the Internet, without limitation and without further payment or consideration, except where prohibited by law. Without limiting the generality of these Official Rules, Potential Winner shall irrevocably grant, transfer, convey and assign to Sponsor the entirety of the rights in and to the Submission content and all renewals and extensions of copyright, and the right to secure copyright registrations thereto in perpetuity including, without limitation, the rights to use the Submission for any and all purposes in any and all media whether now known or hereafter developed, on a worldwide basis, in perpetuity. Potential Winner accepts and acknowledges that Sponsor shall not be obligated to use the Submission content and that Sponsor in its sole discretion shall have the right to refrain from using the Submission content. Sponsor shall not incur any liability whatsoever to the extent Sponsor chooses to refrain from any exploitation of its rights hereunder. Potential Winner will indemnify Sponsor, Released Parties (as defined in Section 10, below) and any licensee of Sponsor against all claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and legal expenses) arising out of any breach of these terms. Prize will be fulfilled by October 31, 2021.
Verification of Potential Winners: ALL POTENTIAL WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE SWEEPSTAKES. A POTENTIAL WINNER IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE UNLESS AND UNTIL ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND HE OR SHE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE. Upon meeting all eligibility requirements in these Official Rules, Potential Winner will be deemed a winner (“Winner”).
8. Prize: Fifteen (15) prizes will be awarded. The prize is one (1) invitation to attend an exclusive virtual American Ballet Theatre x Celebrity Cruises webinar (the “Prize”). Winner must be available to attend the webinar on October 11, 2021 (or another date determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) and must have computer with Internet access to join webinar. Odds of winning dependent on number of eligible Entries received.
If Potential Winner is not able to join webinar on date specified, Prize will be considered rejected and will be awarded to an alternate Potential Winner.
9. General Conditions: Participation constitutes Entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and to Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, stolen, misdirected, or illegible entries; lost, interrupted, or unavailable network, server, social media platforms, or other connections, telephone transmission problems, or garbled transmissions or miscommunications; computer or software malfunctions, or damage to a user’s computer equipment (software or hardware); technical failures; or other errors or malfunctions of any kind, including typos or misspellings, whether human, mechanical, electronic, or otherwise. Proof of posting or submission of Entry will not be deemed proof of receipt by Sponsor. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR PLATFORM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONTEST OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW, AND, SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual it finds to be attempting to tamper with or undermine the Entry process, any website or social media platform associated with the Contest, and/or the legitimate operation of the Contest; to violate the Official Rules; or to act in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person.
Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor. If, for any reason, the Contest cannot be run as planned, Sponsor may disqualify any suspect Entries and (a) suspend the Contest and modify the Contest to address the impairment, then resume the Contest in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules; and/or (b) terminate the Contest and award the Prize at random from among the eligible, non-suspect Entries received up to the time of the impairment.
Prizes are nonassignable and nontransferable, and may not be given, bartered, sold, or exchanged for cash or another prize. Prize may not be upgraded, and no substitutions by Winner will be allowed. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the prize for one of comparable or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Prizes not won and claimed by Potential Winner in accordance with these Official Rules will not be awarded and will remain the property of Celebrity Cruises, Inc. Winner may waive their right to receive the Prize. Unused components of the Prize have no redeemable cash value and no compensation will be made.
In the event Winner engages in behavior during the webinar that (as determined by Sponsor) is obnoxious or threatening, illegal, or that is intended to threaten or harass any other person, or that in any way disparages or adversely affects the reputation, image, and/or customer goodwill of Sponsor or any of Sponsor’s services, products, trademarks, service marks, or logos, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the webinar early, and/or remove the Winner from the webinar with no further obligations whatsoever to Winner (which may, in Sponsor’s discretion, result in such Winner’s disqualification from the Contest and forfeiture of any (and/or all) Prize(s).
10. Limitations of Liability: BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES, ENTRANT AGREES THAT SPONSOR, FACEBOOK, INC., TWITTER, INC., OR INSTAGRAM, INC. AND THEIR RESPECTIVE PARENT COMPANIES, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, REPRESENTATIVES, CONSULTANTS, CONTRACTORS, LEGAL COUNSEL, ADVERTISING, PUBLIC RELATIONS, PROMOTIONAL, FULFILLMENT AND MARKETING, WEBSITE PROVIDERS, WEB MASTERS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AND AGENTS (THE “RELEASED PARTIES”) WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR, AND SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS BY ENTRANTS AGAINST, ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURIES, LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND TO PERSONS, INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH, OR PROPERTY RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, MISUSE, OR USE OF THE PRIZE, ENTRY, OR PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST OR IN ANY CONTEST-RELATED ACTIVITY, OR ANY CLAIMS BASED ON PUBLICITY RIGHTS, DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY, OR MERCHANDISE DELIVERY. THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE IF THIS CONTEST CANNOT BE ADMINISTERED OR CONDUCTED OR ANY PRIZE CANNOT BE AWARDED DUE TO CANCELLATIONS, DELAYS, OR INTERRUPTIONS RESULTING OR ARISING FROM ACTS OF GOD, WAR, OR TERRORISM, CIVIL UNREST, STRIKES, SUPPLY SHORTAGES, NATURAL DISASTERS, WEATHER, EPIDEMICS, COMPLIANCE WITH ANY LAW OR ORDER OF A GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY, OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR ACT, EVENT, OR OCCURANCE BEYOND THE REASONABLE CONTROL OF THE SPONSOR. BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONTEST, ENTRANT AGREES THAT THE RELEASED PARTIES WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INJURIES, DAMAGES, OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES TO PERSONS, INCLUDING DEATH, OR TO PROPERTY ARISING OUT OF ACCESS TO AND USE OF ANY WEBSITE OR MOBILE APPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONTEST OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SUCH SITE.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING REGARDING THIS CONTEST, INCLUDING ALL PRIZES, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY. CHECK LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
11. Disputes: Except where prohibited, Entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and 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 exclusively by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida or the appropriate Florida State Court located in Miami-Dade County, Florida; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will Entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and Entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Florida or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Florida.
12. Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrant is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy located at https://www.celebritycruises.com/privacy-policy.
13. Winners List: To view the contest winners, please visit the Celebrity Cruises Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts after the Contest has completed. The winners list will be posted after winner confirmation is complete.
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