Cruising into the millennium

Millennium parties on the Ocean Waves!!!

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If you can stand the cold the place to see the first sun rise of the new millennium is Antarctica! More details on the

For those who prefer warmer climes from the Caribbean to the International Date Line people will be cruising the High Seas.  Book early - you may already be too late.  Try these cruise line sites:

"On December 31, 1999, Cunard will usher in its 159th New Years at sea with the unerring elegance for which we are so well known," said Peter J. Bates, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Cunard. "Across two centuries, we have perfected the art of cruising. Our millennium celebrations have been designed to give discriminating consumers the opportunity to bridge the past and future by visiting exotic and beautiful lands in ultimate, elegant style, and with the fanfare befitting a millennial event."

Queen Elizabeth 2: Travellers who choose the 17-day holiday cruise onboard the legendary QE2 will enjoy the opulence of the fabled era of grand ocean liners, while basking in the tropical embrace of the Caribbean. After visits to Cozumel and Costa Rica, passengers will transit the Panama Canal, then travel to some of the most beautiful Caribbean ports of call, including Oranjestad, Aruba, St. George’s, Granada and on to Barbados for a spectacular millennium celebration off the coast.

Sail down the Mississippi!

Celebrate he millennium with the mouse!

The P&O Cruises' superliners Oriana and Arcadia will sail into the 21st Century in style.

Applications are now being accepted for the priority registration for the Millennium cruises.
A £500 per person deposit is all that is required to secure your registration and you can make a firm booking when details of these celebration cruises are released later in the 1988.

To join the party which will not be repeated for another 1,000 years, P&O is advising those interested to register as soon as possible as these are sure to be the hottest tickets in town.

P&O has additional reasons to celebrate the arrival of the year 2000. In April that year, a new 76,000-ton will enter service and the highly acclaimed Oriana will celebrate her fifth birthday. Full Millennium fares and itineraries for Oriana and Arcadia are expected to be released in late June, 1998. At that stage those on the registration list will be asked to confirm their bookings and pay the normal 10 per cent deposit on the fare.

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Sail into the the next century: For the first time in almost 25 years, a e cruise ship is to embark upon a voyage to Cape Town, South Africa, returning via East Africa and the Spice Islands of the Indian Ocean. A voyage made so often by her many famous predecessors. And now, for 750 fortunate passengers, the voyage of the century.

The Victoria, chosen by Union-Castle for her resemblance to the romantic "Mailships" of old, will be travelling to the imposing vistas of Table Mountain and the shores of Africa. Cruising across the deep, blue seas of the Indian Ocean, Victoria will be visiting an array of rare island treasures such as Nosy-Be and Mayotte, seldom ever seen on a modern cruise ship's itinerary.

And what better way for one of the most renowned names in shipping to celebrate its Centenary than by celebrating it with a ?

2000 boats on the International Date Line?

 

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