Be dazzled by Strictly, sequins and salsa on P&O Cruises' Strictly Come Dancing holidays across the Med and Baltic in 2017. Some of your favourite professional dancers and the outspoken judges everyone loves to hate will be on board and cruisers can sit back and enjoy the sizzling shows, or get in on the action and try the tango, quickstep or salsa. A 14-night Central Mediterranean cruise departing 25 June 2017 costs from £1,299 per person.
- Families can be transported to a galaxy far, far away with Disney Cruise Line's Star Wars Days at Sea. The special sailings in the eastern and western Caribbean combine a full day of dark side and light side fun, such as official appearances from Star Wars characters, a deck party and fireworks, Star Wars-themed family and youth activities, at-sea screenings of Star Wars films and unique food and drink offerings. A seven-night Western Caribbean cruise on Disney Fantasy departs Florida on 21 January 2017 and calls at Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Falmouth and Disney Castaway Cay. Book with the Walt Disney Travel Company from £2,354 per person.
If fashion is your thing, you'll love Cunard's transatlantic cruise to New York, arriving in the Big Apple just in time for New York Fashion Week. The incredible voyage is hosted by a few big names from the fashion industry and guests will be treated to 'an audience with' pioneering British designer Julien Macdonald, as well as highly respected fashion historian and commentator Colin McDowell and former merchandise director of Saks Fifth Avenue Gail Sackloff. The seven-night cruise aboard Queen Mary 2 costs from £1,549 per person and departs Southampton on 31 August 2017 with a return flight from New York to Southampton.
- Once dubbed the first celebrity chef and the youngest chef ever to have been awarded three Michelin stars, Marco Pierre White knows his food and is the man to sail with on a gourmet cruise. P&O Cruises' Food Heroes cruise to the Canary Islands with Marco Pierre White takes in Madeira, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Lisbon over 12 nights from 17 September 2017, with the opportunity to have a three-course meal cooked in front of you by the man himself, before he sits at the table to share hints, tips and culinary secrets. The cruise costs from £1,099 per person.
- Formula One fans can lap up the excitement of the Grand Prix and be taken right to the heart of the high-octane action while discovering beautiful destinations on a cruise holiday. Iglu Cruise's 15-night Abu Dhabi cruise-and-stay package on board Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Constellation costs from £1,799 per person and departs the UK on 23 November 2017. The tour is escorted on land and includes a three-night Abu Dhabi hotel stay, return flights and tickets to the Abu Dhabi 2017 F1 Grand Prix qualifying and race day, as well as access to the after-race concerts.
Indulge in spa treatments, healthy dining and rejuvenation on a Wellness Expedition with Silversea, which is designed to improve your wellbeing as you explore some of the most remote and unexplored places in the world. Guests can take part in yoga, stretching, pilates and aquagym classes, while fitness programmes are designed by Techogym and healthy menus and nutritional counselling are part of the holiday, as well as a complimentary spa treatment. Silver Discoverer departs Cairns for a 14-day voyage to Bali on 9 November 2017. The cruise holiday costs from £6,750 per person.
Enter the world of wine on a fantastic eight-day wine-themed river cruise which travels through Spain all the way to Portugal, stopping off along the way at local wineries for wine tasting, as well as visiting the Douro Museum in Régua to learn about the history of the world’s first protected wine-growing region. Highlights also include a Portuguese barbeque on board the Douro Spirit and the chance to experience traditional Portuguese singing with a fado music evening. There are ten sailings with The River Cruise Line available from April to October 2017. Prices start from £1,329 per person.
- Join Crystal Cruises' Golf theme cruise and you can tee off at renowned courses on a Crystal Adventure excursion ashore as well as enhance your game during on-board clinics hosted by PGA pros and celebrities. Qualified instructors and PGA pros will work with you, while golf celebrities discuss the PGA Tour. You'll enjoy lunch, '19th hole' get-togethers, team-pairing, parties, awards and private clinics with PGA instructors. The cruise from Copenhagen to Oslo departs on 4 July 2017 and costs from £4,416 per person.
- Travellers who dream of seeing the Northern Lights can embark on a scenic cruise to one of the world's best regions for viewing the Aurora Borealis with P&O Cruises. The Norway & Northern Lights, which costs from £1,699 per person for 12 nights, departs on 6 March 2017 and sails north above the Arctic Circle, providing you with the chance to search for the mystical natural phenomenon, while calling at Andalsnes, where you can view the highest alpine drop in northern Europe, then hunt the dancing lights in Tromso and Alta.
- Literary lovers can see the best of the British Isles on a 13-night cruise with Cunard on Queen Elizabeth’s Arts & Literary Tour from 1 July 2017. Featuring actors and literary experts including television and film actor, Robert Powell, and trustee of the Charles Dickens Museum and former senior curator of the Jane Austen House, Louise West, the cruise combines a host of insightful on-board activities such as talks, receptions and unveilings of original works with Clarendon Fine Art Gallery, book club get-togethers and an exclusive meet the cast and behind the scenes tour with Cunard's singers and dancers. The voyage takes in Rotterdam, Newhaven, Invergordon, Kirkwall, Greenock, Dublin, Liverpool and St Peter Port, costing from £1,359 per person.