P&O Get Ready To Rumba!

Here's one for all those 'Strictly' fans out there - prepare to get even more of your favourite show at sea!

P&O Cruises have enhanced their popular Strictly Come Dancing themed cruises, in partnership with BBC Worldwide Ltd,  for 2014, making them even bigger and better than before, with more stars and more sparkle than ever. Each of this year’s four dedicated cruises will have two pairs of the programme's professional dancers, legendary acerbic judge Craig Revel Horwood, and one of the show's past celebrity contestants, travelling at different stages to offer a Strictly experience to remember.

Passengers can also dust off their dance shoes, release their inner tango and learn to rumba with Robin Windsor, waltz with Ian Waite or cha cha cha with Camilla Dallerup. Regular dance classes will be on offer throughout each cruise and passengers can participate in a dance competition, with the grand finale performances taking place in the main theatre, judged by Craig and the special celebrity guest.

The Strictly stars will give up close and personal interviews on board, photo opportunities and signing sessions, and official Strictly Come Dancing showcases produced by BBC Worldwide. A stunning selection of costumes from the television show will also be on display around the ship, with organised fashion events to showcase them at their very best.

The Strictly cruise line-up for 2014 includes:

A 14-night Canary Islands cruise on Oriana departing April 20 from and calling at Lisbon, Madeira, La Palma, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Cadiz and La Coruna. Select Price fares from £1,149pp. Stars to join the cruise include:
· Robin Windsor & Kristina Rihanoff
· Ian Waite & Natalie Lowe
· Craig Revel Horwood
· Celebrity guest to be revealed

A 14-night Western Mediterranean cruise on Oceana departing May 31 from Southampton, with ports of call including La Coruna, Gibraltar, Alghero, Florence/Pisa, St.Tropez, Barcelona and Cartagena. Select Price fares from £1,319pp. Stars include:
· Aljaž Skorjanec & Janette Manrara
· Robin Windsor & Kristina Rihanoff
· Craig Revel Horwood
· Celebrity guest to be revealed

A 12-night Western Mediterranean cruise on Azura departing August 2 from Southampton, and calling at Lisbon, Gibraltar, Barcelona, Ibiza, Cartagena and Seville. Select Price fares are from £1,349pp and Strictly stars include:
· Pasha Kovalev & Katya Virshilas
· Ian Waite & Camilla Dallerup
· Craig Revel Horwood
· Celebrity guest to be revealed

A 13-night Canary Islands cruise on Aurora departing September 25 from Southampton, with ports of call including Lisbon, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, La Palma, Madeira and El Ferrol. Select Price fares are from £1,199pp and stars to join the cruise include:
· Ian Waite & Camilla Dallerup
· Darren Bennett & Lilia Kopylova
· Craig Revel Horwood
· Celebrity guest to be revealed

More info: call 0843 374 0111 or visit www.pocruises.co.uk.

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Strictly Goes To Sea With P&O

P&O Cruises will have top names from the highly-rated BBC programme Strictly Come Dancing on two Oriana cruises in 2012 to entertain and inform passengers - and fans of the lavish ballroom dance spectacular.

Guest can choose from a 12-night Canary Islands cruise on May 28 and a 14-night Norwegian Fjords cruise on July 14, when they can learn how to jive, foxtrot, rumba, quickstep and more from the professionals and join acerbic judge Craig Revel-Horwood for a night in the theatre.

As some of Strictly’s most loved professionals show off their award-winning routines, passengers will also be able to see a collection of the exquisitely intricate costumes worn by the celebrities and stars in this series.

Prices for Oriana’s Canaries cruise start at £1,349 per person. It sails round-trip from Southampton and calls at Ponta Delgada, Horta, Madeira, Gran Canaria, Lisbon and Vigo. The 14-night fjords cruise starts from £1,599 per person, again round-trip from Southampton, calling at Stavanger, Alesund, Trondheim, Ny Alesund, Tromso, Bergen, Eidfjord and Hardangerfjord.

For booking details, be sure to check out this link with the UK's leading cruise agent specialists, The Cruise Line Ltd.

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Follow In Captain Scott's Footsteps with Orion

A recent BBC documentary, “The Secret of Scott’s Hut”, saw Ben Fogle join an expedition across Antarctica to find Captain Scott’s Hut, frozen in time for a century. The hut was built to support Scott’s 1911 attempt to be the first to the South Pole and was later abandoned together with 10,000 personal, everyday and scientific items.

In January of this year, Orion Expedition Cruises, the leading operator of five-star expedition cruising in the Australasian region, voyaged to Captain Scott’s hut from which he left for the South Pole, never to return. The 106 guests onboard were all lucky enough to enter the hut, which is a perfectly preserved time capsule of Edwardian England with all the tins of provisions in place and the men’s personal items where they left them.

In January 2012, Orion will again offer guests the opportunity to join a Scott & Shackleton’s Centenary voyage, which will cover some of the polar regions famously charted during the first race to the South Pole by pioneering explorers Scott and Shackleton. The Ross Sea coast extends from the ice shelf northwards until it reaches the very tip of Victoria Land and Cape Adare. While in the Ross Sea Region, a variety of opportunistic landings will be attempted, subject to weather conditions.

Joining guests and the specialist Expedition Team onboard Orion will be renowned scientist and media presenter Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. While onboard, Dr Karl will share his wealth of knowledge with guests through a series of fabulously entertaining and witty talks presented in his inimitable style.

Orion Expedition Cruises’ 20-night Scott & Shackleton’s Antarctica departs January 21, 2012, from Bluff, New Zealand, and visits Auckland Islands, Macquarie Island, the Ross Sea Region, Campbell Island and Snares Islands before arriving back into Bluff. Prices are from £14,625 per person, including 20 nights onboard Orion, all meals, entertainment and educational programmes, use of the ship’s sporting equipment and facilities, Zodiac excursions, port and handling charges, tender transfers and government fees and taxes.

For further information and reservations, visit www.orionexpeditions.com or talk to the UK's leading adventure-cruise travel agents, The Cruise Line Ltd, on 0800 008 6677.

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