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9 Most Unusual, Surprising (And Some Rude) Cruises Ever
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Jan 28, 2025
What are the unusual, surprising and even rude theme cruises that you can go on? I look at 9 of the theme cruises on the seas that you could go on (if they appeal!). Many groups and organisations charter entire cruise ships and run themed cruise vacations - some of which you may find very remarkable. Discover the 9 types of theme cruises many travellers may find surprising and unusual. ** Buy my Cruise T-shirts: http://bit.ly/TFTStore ** USA cruisers get great cruise deals CRUISEDIRECT.COM: http://bit.ly/TFTBookCruise ** UK Cruisers get great cruise deals with CRUISE.CO.UK: http://bit.ly/BookCruiseUK Gary Bembridge's Tips For Travellers aims to help you make more of your precious travel time and money on land and when cruising the oceans or rivers of the world. To help you, in every video I draw on my first-hand tips and advice from travelling every month for over 20 years and 60+ cruises. Follow Tips For Travellers on: - Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/garybembridge - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tipsfortravellers - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/garybembridge #ThemeCruise #CruisingTips #FirstTimeCruiseTips
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you're about to discover the nine
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weirdest rudest and strangest cruisers
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that you can go on
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I'm Gary Bainbridge this is another of
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my tips for travelers in this video I'm
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going to talk about nine really unusual
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wacky and sometimes rather rude cruises
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the first cruise is a nudist cruise
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these are surprisingly popular so whilst
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some cruise lines more German cruise
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lines like Aida
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and Hobart Lord do have nude bathing
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areas or topless bathing areas these are
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totally nude cruisers there are a number
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of specialist companies that focus on
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nudist holidays and they charter whole
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ships and the whole ship is a nudist
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cruise now I have known people that have
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been in various ports that have pulled
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up alongside ships that have been
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chartered by a news crews had to look
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across and be quite surprised at the
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amount of bits and pieces flopping about
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on deck and around and about so news
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crews is definitely something to
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consider if that appeals to you there's
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a couple of sites you can look at so for
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example there's bliss travel which focus
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on nudist travel and cruisers and also
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there's a site called cruise bear comm
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which is organized by bear necessities
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where they have a lot of nudist cruises
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if cruising nude is actually just a
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little bit too tame for you and you want
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something even more erotic what about a
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swingers cruise now I first discovered
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swingers cruises when I noticed on one
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of my videos I was getting a lot of
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extra views all of a sudden and I
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realized it's because a swinger cruise
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site was charting that particular ship
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and it was driving traffic to watch the
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video you're looking for a swingers
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cruise if that does appeal to you again
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the ships are entirely charted so
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everyone on there is a swinger there are
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specific companies and groups that
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charter whole ships and organize swing
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those cruises with all the things that
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go along with that and very simple
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there's a site that's called the
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swingers cruise calm if that's something
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that piques your interest swingers
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cruises are generally couples only and
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normally are for heterosexual couples
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only the LGBT community is not ignored
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at all when it comes to cruising you'll
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find that cruising is particularly
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popular amongst the gay community so a
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lot of ships you'll go on you'll find
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gay couples
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and gay groups and there's many many
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organizations and groups that organize
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and charter parts or all of ships one of
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the most renowned of all though is
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Atlantis Atlantis charter big mega ships
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and hold massive big parties these
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parties are absolutely renowned there
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are themed parties every night it's
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really full-on and people who've been on
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them do report all sorts of goings on
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and certainly very liberal attitudes so
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if you're looking for a LGBT Cruise and
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you want a little bit on the wild side
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take a look at something like Atlantis
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there's also lots of lesbian cruises
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like Olivia for example and then there's
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a more sedate kind of LGBT cruising and
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if you take a look at sites like meet me
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on board calm which Kate a little bit
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more for the tamer side of LGBT cruising
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but certainly if you want to go on a
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focused LGBT Cruise there are lots of
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options all around the world
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the fourth unusual cruise to go on is
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something that's probably grown in
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popularity because of shows like
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RuPaul's Drag Race and there are drag
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cruisers at sea and I think I can get
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more and more more popular at the moment
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they tend to totter parts of ships and
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hold events on pot of ships but I'm
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pretty sure if you take a look you'll
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find increasingly whole cruise ships are
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being dedicated to drag at sea even
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river cruising companies are getting in
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on the act and so you buy Uniworld had a
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drag cruise down the rivers of Europe if
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you're interested in finding more about
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drag queens at sea take a look at sites
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like Queens overboard calm my fifth set
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of unusual cruises are for people who
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love music no matter what type of music
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you like increasingly more and more
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bands have realized that cruising is a
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great way to diversify so you'll find
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everything from New Kids on the Block
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kiss Jon Bon Jovi they're all starting
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to run very specific dedicated cruisers
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to target their fans so if you're a big
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lover of music you like to find a cruise
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for you you'll find all sorts of band
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specific cruisers but also you'll find
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themed cruisers like Monsters of Rock
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soul train country music so pop and
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music star cruisers are growing and
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growing so if you are
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big fan of a particular artist keep an
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ID and it's high likely particularly if
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they are bands from the 80's 90's or in
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the 2000s it's highly likely they're
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gonna pop up on a cruise quite soon
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linked to that is another really popular
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and fast-growing cruise our cruises that
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take you back in time particularly the
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80s and the 90s
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these are cruisers normally organized by
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a cruise company although there are
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actual organizations that are set up and
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are now running these where they'll run
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80s themes cruises 90s themed cruises
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and they're proving really popular
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particularly as more and more people
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from the 80s and the 90s generation are
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starting to go cruising for example a
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recent 80s cruisers had bands like the
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b-52s Berlin Patti Smith Tony Hadley
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dire straits Midnight Star the Jets and
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in the 90s they'll be really popular boy
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and girl bands from the 90s so certainly
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if you want to step back in time and
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relive your teenage or twenties cruisers
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themed around the 80s and 90s really
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popular and growing enormous Lee one of
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the first areas that really tapped into
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the whole cruising world and themed
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cruisers where the whole area of TV
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shows particularly cult type TV shows
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you'll find increasingly whole ships are
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being charted by fan clubs or groups
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Star Trek was one of the first one but
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you'll find Game of Thrones Walking Dead
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Golden Girls and so huge amounts of big
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popular TV shows are increasingly
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running themed cruisers the cruise lines
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are really keen to embrace and support
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these because often it brings a lot of
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people new to cruise on board for the
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first time so if you're a big fan of a
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TV show particularly cult TV shows
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you'll find if you go and search online
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for the name of your TV show with the
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word cruise added it's highly likely
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you're gonna find a themed cruise the
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great thing about those is they will
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normally bring on board many of the big
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actors actresses or people involved in
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that whole show and will be lots of
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insights inside information and behind
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the scenes stuff so a bit like attending
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a kind of a comic-con vent on land but
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it happens at sea so it's a really
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popular and growing type of Cruise one
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of the things that I found really
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interesting and I think is going to grow
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more and more is if you have a
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particular hobby know
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how unusual it is you're also likely to
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find there's a Cruz themed around it now
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why these currently don't necessary
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overtake the whole ship you'll find if
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you have a particular interest so even
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if you're into knitting or quilting
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there are many many cruises which chart
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a path of a ship and focus on that
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you'll find there are ones around
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motorcycling Zumba martial arts pretty
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much any hobby you think of there's
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likely to be part of a cruise or a whole
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cruise dedicated to that so again if you
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have a particular interest or hobby it's
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a really good idea to search that plus
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the word cruise and find out if there's
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one if not very easy to organize one and
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increasingly I'm coming across people
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that have groups interest groups that
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are starting to form their own groups on
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board bear in mind many cruise lines
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will give you free cabins often if you
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can sell eight twin occupancy cabins the
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cruise line will give you a free cabin
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so even if everyone ends up spending
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what they would normally spend but if
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you put it all together and do it as
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through one agent or through the cruise
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line you can very easily organize a
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group around your particular hobby the
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next and also an incredibly interesting
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unusual cruise is a cruise where you
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have no idea where you're going whilst
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these cruises are not that big there are
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a couple of cruise lines like Fidelis
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in' for example that sails out of the UK
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that every year they sell and mystery
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cruise where the captain decides the
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itinerary now of course I'm pretty sure
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that in Ares decided beforehand because
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they have to have booked berths and
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excursions and all that kind of stuff
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but when you book the cruise you have no
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idea where you're going sometimes on the
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cruise they will give you a lop shin
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where you can vote between two possible
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destinations so if you love cruising and
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you want to be a little bit adventurous
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mister cruises are also a great idea
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cruising doesn't have to be ordinary it
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doesn't have to be all the same you can
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still go to great destinations and live
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out your dreams and fantasies whether
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it's nudism swinging love of the Golden
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Girls or knitting there are lots of
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unusual wacky and as we've discovered
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some route cruisers that you could go on
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I have lots of other tips about cruising
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and cruises why don't you watch another
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one of those videos right now
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