Magic deal on a Disney cruise

Here’s a magic deal – a 10-night Mediterranean cruise on Disney Magic
for just £799 per person. That’s a reduction of £1,900 on the original
fare. What’s more, children under 17 go free, and there’s $25 per
cabin on-board credit, which should pay for a few ice creams at least.
Cruise from Barcelona to Valletta, Tunis, Naples, Civitavecchia (for
Rome) la Spezia, Ajaccio and Villefranche. The fare, based on two
adults sharing an inside cabin, includes return flights to Barcelona,
departing May 5, 2010. Go to www.iglucruise.com or cal 020 8544 6447.
Get away to the Red Sea for the New Year by flying to Sharm el Sheikh
in Egypt on December 31 to board the Thomson Celebration for a
seven-night cruise to Aqaba (excursions to Petra), Sokhna (for trips
to Cairo), and Safaga (for Luxor, Karnak and the Valley of the Kings)
before returning to Sharm. Fares from £739, including flights. Go to
www.cruise118.com or call 0800 280 2614.
A little further east, Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas is
sailing from Dubai on seven-night voyages calling at Muscat, Oman;
Fujairah, in the UAE, and Abu Dhabi. Fares from £849, including
flights, for departure on January 25. Go to www.cruise118.com or call
0800 280 2614.
Heading west, you can grab a balcony cabin on a 12-day cruise aboard
Celebrity Equinox for £1,299, including flights. Sail from Fort
Lauderdale on March 8 to Grand Cayman, Cartagena, Puerto Limon, Roatan
and Cozumel. Go to www.gillscruise.com or call 08456 582323.
If you don’t want to fly, sail from Southampton on January 5 aboard
Fred Olsen’s Boudicca on a 13-night cruise visiting Madeira, La
Palma, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Lisbon before returning
to Southampton. Fares from £999 per person based on two sharing. Go to
www.thelca.com or call 0870 122 5115.
More time on your hands? Then take a 30-night round trip from Tilbury
on board Marco Polo, now sailing under the flag of newly-formed UK
company Cruise & Maritime Voyages. The cruise calls at Amsterdam,
Delgada (Portugal), and then across the Atlantic to the Caribbean,
visiting Antigua, St Maarten, St Barts, St Kitts, Barbados, St
Vincent, Bequia, Mayreau and St Lucia before returning to Tilbury via
Madeira and Lisbon. Fares for the January 2 departure from £1,499. Go
to www.sailfromuk.com or call 0808 202 6104.