Cat lovers are invited to come together on the four-night Meow Meow Cruise aboard Carnival Victory from 23 October 2017. Although pets are not allowed on board, cruisers can celebrate their love for felines through a variety of themed activities, including a Meow Meow mixer, scavenger hunts, trivia and more. The Caribbean cruise will depart Miami and visit Key West and Cozumel. Fares start at $306 per person for an inside cabin.
- Join darts legends including Bobby George, Keith Deller and Russ Bray, as well as comedian Lee Lard for a Darts Minicruise on the North Sea. The cruise will be packed with darts action and if that wasn't enough, the UK's unofficial Peter Kay tribute act, Lee Lard, will have you laughing with his routine. The two-night return sailing from Hull to Europoort on 28 February 2017 costs £65 per person and includes return coach transfers to Amsterdam or Rotterdam, accommodation in an en-suite cabin and two nights of darts entertainment.
- Looking for a clothing-optional cruise? Go nude aboard Carnival Victory from 2 to 12 February 2018 on Bare Necessities' Big Nude Boat 2018 holiday in the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Bonaire and Aruba. The ten-day nudist cruise features costumes, dance parades in the streets and celebrations on the islands, along with nude days at sea and a trip to private island Half Moon Cay. The cruise costs from $1,099 per person.
Obsessed with The Walking Dead? Join fellow fans and characters from the hit TV series for a three-night Walker Stalker Cruise on Norwegian Pearl from 3 to 6 February 2017, which sails to the Bahamas from Miami. Cruisers can hang out with celebrities Norman Reedus (Daryl), Chandler Riggs (Carl), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan) and Katelyn Nacon (Enid), and activities include celebrity Q&As, concerts and zombie theme nights (pack your costumes!), with photo ops, autographs and zombie makeovers as optional splurges. Prices start at $865 per person, based on double occupancy.
- Fans of Elvis can experience a classic cruise to the Baltic, exploring the region's incomparable culture and heritage during visits to some of its grandest cities while enjoying performances by top Elvis impersonator, Matt Lewis. There will be themed movies, Rock and Roll dance classes with dance hosts and a Graceland-themed party on Saga's White Nights of the Baltic cruise taking place from 4 August 2017. The 16-night cruise, which costs from £3,114 per person, includes time exploring island-laced Stockholm and opulent St Petersburg, with overnight stays in each, as well as visits to the lesser-known gems of Bornholm Island and medieval Wismar.
Fancy a crafty cruise to learn the latest quilting techniques? The 13-night Australian Quilt Cruise sails from Sydney to New Zealand from 31 January to 13 February 2018, with quilting classes, entertainment, prizes and giveaways, plus a sewing machine for you to take home. Two instructors will teach simple techniques to create an art quilt with the option of learning how to make a bag. The cruise costs from AUD $2,564 per person.
Experienced vocalists and enthusiastic amateurs can perform alongside celebrated choirmaster and conductor Bob Porter, the founder of London’s Brandenburg Choral Festival, Voyages to Antiquity's Sing at Sea cruise aboard MV Aegean Odyssey on 27 May and 7 October 2017. Whatever your experience, you will benefit from Porter's guidance over the course of three choral workshops, which will culminate in a grand finale showcase to fellow passengers at the end of the musical sailing. The two sailings, which cost from £2,195 per person, are an eleven-day The Renaissance & Rivieras cruise which departs Rome in May and a 12-day Classical Greece & Aegean Islands cruise departing Athens in October.
- Discover the natural beauty of tropical islands as you embark on a Murder Mystery in the Caribbean cruise with Saga, which includes a murder mystery evening, talks from an insider of the television drama Death in Paradise, a lecture on the life and works of crime novelist Agatha Christie and talks on law enforcement in the Caribbean. While ashore in Guadeloupe, you can join an optional excursion that reveals the setting of the BBC series Death in Paradise, and back on board Saga Sapphire, a mixologist will shake up some delicious cocktails, recreating the extravagant atmosphere of one of Christie's famous novels, A Caribbean Mystery. The 32-night cruises, which costs from £5,969 per person, departs Southampton on 22 January 2018 and visits Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados.
- Love to dance? Thousands of Zumba lovers who like to party and unwind with other fans of the dance workout will join the Zumba Cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas. You can learn, laugh and dance over five nights as you sail from Miami to Nassau to Cozumel. The cruise, which costs from $693 per person (based on four guests sharing an interior cabin), is led by 50 of the world's best Zumba instructors and includes Zumba classes, Zumba Toning and even Aquatic Zumba in the pool. Navigator of the Seas departs Miami on 23 April 2017.