THEME AND ENRICHMENT CRUISES — AN ADVANCE GUIDE
for 2010 - 2011

Theme and enrichment cruises feature special lectures, gatherings, tours, clinics, demonstrations, instruction, and performances by top personalities and groups in their subject fields. Often attractions on land are part of the theme. Additional charges may be involved. Passenger participation and interaction is encouraged.

Below is the Web's most complete directory of theme cruises, listed by carrier. Not all ships of each cruise line offer each theme. Theme cruises vary by season, itinerary, ship, and other factors. Check with carrier for specific ships and dates. Among upcoming theme and enrichment cruises:

Celebrity Cruises

• "Symphonic Voyages," January 2011, Celebrity Mercury from Baltimore to the Eastern Caribbean. An on-board music festival with a symphony orchestra, soprano Susan Lorette Dunn, violinist Cho-Liang Lin, and more. Works by Mendelssohn, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Canateloube, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Schumann, Barber, Brahms, and more. Meetings with participants.

  Cruise West

• Cruising California Wine Country, Nine cruises from San Francisco, Fall.

  Crystal Cruises

• Seven Wine and Food Experiences of Discovery cruises in 2010 featuring chefs and sommeliers, including chefs Michael Mina, Heinz Beck, Tom Aikens, Andre Soltner, Serge Dansereau, Aglaia Kremezi, Paula Wolfert, Simon Johnson, and Jon Ashton and wine experts Doug Frost, Robert Bath, Gerhard Retter, Mel Master, Victoria Ordonez, Cameron Douglas, and Filippo DiBelardino • Mind, body, and spirit Wellness cruise in September on Crystal Symphony from London to New York. • Glenn Miller Big Band Orchestra/Ballroom Dance transatlantic cruise. Crystal Serenity in December from Lisbon to Miami. • Science and Technology Cruise. Focuses on highlights and breakthroughs in science, technology, space travel, medical technology. November on Crystal Symphony from Los Angeles. • "Ocean Views," a series of panels featuring ambassadors, professors, foreign correspondents, four-star generals, and strategists will debut in 2011 on the Crystal Symphony. Among the participants: General Barry McCaffrey, correspondent Garrick Utley, former ambassador Marc Ginsberg, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers, and speakers from the Cleveland Clinic, Yamaha, Berlitz, and elsewhere. February through April.

  Cruise West

• Two Steinbeck trips in winter.

  Cunard Line

• National Symphony Orchestra performances and lectures. • The Royal Astronomical Society star navigation, discussion groups, formal lectures. • British theater. • Polar exploration. • Maritime studies. • Aeronautics and space. • Art-architecture-music of the Near East. • Sports history. • Geology and geophysics. • Ecology. • Politics. • Medicine. • Crime. • Economics • Political and cultural ties between the US and UK. Features ambassadors, statesmen, politicians, journalists, academics, and broadcasters. Now through November.

  Holland America Line

• Culinary cruises, featuring more than 70 guest chefs from all over the U. S. throughout the 2010 cruise season. Presented in new on-board Culinary Arts Centers.

  Hurtigruten

• Celebrations in the Arctic, December. • The Rhythm and Fabric of Life, about Norwegian culture, September. • Tastes and Sounds of the Fjords, September • Hall of the Mountain King, exploring the life of Edvard Grieg, October. • The Ice Breakers, about Norway's great explorers, October.

  MSC Cruises

• Baseball, November-December-January-February. MSC Poesia from Fort Lauderdale. • Big Band, October.

  Oceania Cruises

• Culinary cruises featuring famous chefs. • Computer software: iPod, Adobe Photoshop, Video editing.

  Princess Cruises

• Art Connoisseur Series, featuring up to 10 contemporary artists per sailing. Six Princess ships in the Med, Canada - New England, Southeast Asia, China, Egypt, the Aegean, Israel, and the Caribbean. Now through December.

  Regent Seven Seas Cruises

• "Circles of Interest": Photography. • Film. • Yoga. • Music. • Art-design-museums. • Wellness. • Jazz. • Baltic culture. • Antiques. • Film. • PBS personalities. • Chocolate. • Food and wine. • Fashion. n Australian food and wine. • Literature-architecture. • Environment and Marine Life.

  Seabourn Cruise Line

• Culinary. • Shopping.

  Silversea Cruises

• Anchor Dan Rather and many others, on the 119-day World Cruise of the 540-passenger Silver Spirit, from Los Angeles next January. • Culinary Arts' "World of Relais & Chateaux," highlighting Old World cuisine, September-October, Silver Spirit from Lisbon to Nice. • "World Leaders Symposium," featuring as speakers former U. S. Secretary of State James A. Baker, former Egyptian first lady Jehan Sadat, journalist Bill Moyers, and other figures from politics, culture, history, religion, and human rights. December-January, Silver Wind from Amman to Dubai.

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