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Radisson Seven Seas, which runs theme cruises on two of its six ships, is adding a 12-day Antiques Boatshow excursion that will sail this June from Southampton, England, to Copenhagen and feature cast members from PBS's Antiques Roadshow program. They will give lectures and go shopping for trinkets with passengers in ports of call along the way. Cost: $7,000 a person, not including airfare...
...leaders in the theme-cruise market is Crystal Cruises, the line taken by the Brandmeiers on both their trips. Crystal has 33 such cruises planned for this year, nearly half of its itinerary. "We have found that baby boomers are looking to learn something new--while also having fun--at this point in their lives. We call this 'edutainment,'" says Bret Bullock, Crystal's vice president of entertainment...
...Most theme trips are put together either by cruise lines, which tend to reserve an entire ship for the theme, or by travel agents, who book their own groups for a particular specialty. Each November, Provident Travel of Cincinnati, Ohio, organizes a one-week Caribbean cruise with Royal Caribbean International that features current and former Cincinnati Reds. About 160 to 200 die-hard fans, average age 60, put up $1,200 to $1,800 (this includes airfare) to hobnob with the pinstripers, says Jim Mogan, Provident's director of operations. Charles Hindersman, 77, a retired professor and university vice president...
This June, TraveLeaders Group, a Coral Gables, Fla., travel-management company and travel agency, is planning a seven-day Big Fat Greek Cruise, which will sail from Venice to the Greek isles. Inspired by last year's runaway hit movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the theme trip, on First European Cruises, will feature conversations with some of the film's stars, Greek food, Greek culture and dancing, and "some plate smashing," says chairman Keith St. Clair. TraveLeaders expects 150 to 200 guests, and the average cost per person will be $1,000, not including airfare. The agency is promoting...
Another U.S.-oriented cruise operator, the Delta Queen Steamboat Co., offers theme trips along the Mississippi River in paddle-wheel steamers. A Civil War cruise, complete with daily lectures, panel discussions by historians and visits to famous battle sites, attracted Rosalind and Ted Tedards of Greenville, S.C., in July 2000. Rosalind, 56, a homemaker, has been a Civil War buff for 30 years and owns hundreds of books on the subject. The eight-day cruise cost $5,500, and the Tedardses will never forget it. They still keep in touch with some of the guest historians they...