CRUISE ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATIONS


dry ice, gold envelopes, levitation and a disappearing act or two. Book it: From £1,429 cruise-only for a 14-night Spain and Italy round-trip voyage from Southampton on Britannia, departing September 7. completecruisesolution.com


and breathed a sigh of relief when a giraffe beat up a pride of lions instead of becoming their dinner. Edge-of-the- seat animal antics are not the usual stuff of cruise ship shows – unless you are sailing with Holland America Line, which has set footage from the BBC TV programmes Frozen Planet, Blue Planet 2 and Alaska to classical music. The shows are on all the line’s ships bar Prinsendam and Maasdam. Book it: From £1,799 cruise-only for a 12-day Iberian Adventure cruise from Amsterdam to Rome on Nieuw Statendam, departing September 15. gohal.co.uk


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CULTURAL CRUSADE Ballet is making its high seas debut in a new partnership between Celebrity Cruises and


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SNAKES ALIVE We gasped when an iguana was caught by a crafty snake, cheered when he escaped,


ABOVE: Watch Blue Planet set to music on Holland America Line ships


ABOVE RIGHT: See stars of the American Ballet Theatre with Celebrity Cruises


New York’s American Ballet Theatre. Dancers from ABT will be joining 13 cruises on Celebrity Summit, Equinox and Millennium between March and December this year, performing in the ships’ theatres and taking part in seminars and ballet barre classes – a workout that combines ballet moves with Pilates, dance and yoga. Where schedules allow, on cruises with no ballet on board, there will be excursions (at extra cost) to ABT performances on land. Book it: From £560 cruise-only for a six-night eastern Caribbean cruise from New Jersey to San Juan in Puerto Rico on Celebrity Summit, departing October 20. celebritycentral.co.uk


costumes – MSC Cruises’ Cirque at Sea is the real deal, with genuine Cirque artists performing shows exclusive to the cruise line in a specially designed venue, and at a fraction of what it would cost to see them on land (from €15 for the show, €35 for a dinner-and-show combo). Cirque made its debut on MSC


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ALL THE FUN OF THE CIRQUE Flying bikes, jugglers, balancing acts, stunning


Meraviglia in 2017 and is on new ship MSC Bellissima, for which two fresh shows have been written. Performers will also be on MSC Grandiosa and MSC Virtuosa, launching in November 2019 and October 2020 respectively. Book it: From £799 cruise-only for a Mediterranean cruise round-trip from Barcelona on MSC Bellissima, departing October 11. msccruises.co.uk


Bohemian Rhapsody, along comes Silversea Cruises’ new tribute to the band, Rhapsody in Rock. It opened on Silver Muse on March 8, and is one of several new shows developed with entertainment firm Luna Rossa Productions. There’s also Elvis on Silver Whisper and Motown on Silver Shadow, while The Four Seasons and classics from songwriters including Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and James Taylor open on Silver Wind and Silver Spirit in April and May this year. Book it: From £6,120 cruise-only for a 14-day Tokyo to Hong Kong voyage on Silver Muse, departing October 21. my.silversea.com


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ROCK ON Perfectly timed for the Queen mania doing the rounds on the back of the film


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