Get On Board With The Osmonds
by John Honeywell
Daily Mirror
October 29, 2011
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Fans of the Osmonds won't know where to turn next year: TWO cruise lines are offering chances to meet the '70s superstars on THREE separate voyages. Trouble is, they won't all be sailing together. |
Fred Olsen know their customers, and realise that the teenybopper fans who bought records like Crazy Horses and Love Me For A Reason are now in their 50s and 60s. At least.
There will be a warm welcome on the 1,340-passenger Balmoral when brothers Wayne, Jay and Jimmy take to the stage.
They are performing during a 14-night cruise to the Western Mediterranean which leaves Southampton on May 12, and again on a three-night party cruise to Ostend and Le Havre from May 26. Shame they won't be going to Merseyside for Jimmy to sing his biggest hit, Long-Haired Lover From Liverpool.
Meanwhile, their little sister Marie is teaming up with the biggest heart-throb of the family, Donny, for their first Cruise With Friends on board MSC Poesia. The four-night trip sets off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on February 28.
As well as performing on stage, they will be helping out with karaoke, a sock hop dinner-dance, and an Osmonds trivia quiz.
Fares for the Balmoral 14-night cruise start at £1,549, and you could be aboard the three-nighter for £379. Details at www.fredolsencruises.com.
Passengers wanting to share the ocean with Donny and Marie must book through their website, donnyandmariecruise.com. Cruise-only fares start at $799.
How long before X-Factor reject Sami Brookes - voted off the show last week after being criticised by Gary Barlow for sounding like a cruise ship performer - is singing at sea herself?
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