P&O Cruises - Children and teens set to rock ‘n’ roll at sea

P&O Cruises - Children and teens set to rock ‘n’ roll at sea

Wednesday, 07 June 2006

P&O Cruises - Children and teens set to rock ‘n’ roll at sea....whilst Mum's & Dad's actually have a holiday!!!

A live, loud rock band is not something normally found on board a cruise ship, but P&O Cruises younger passengers will soon be ‘rocking the boat’ at on board gigs, to covers of hits by popular bands Kaiser Chiefs, Blink 182, Franz Ferdinand and Arctic Monkeys. 

This summer, children and teens on board P&O Cruises family-friendly ships Aurora, Oceana and Oriana can look forward to a jam-packed line-up of entertainment when the ships set sail from Southampton, enabling parents to relax as the kids are entertained in a dedicated area of the ship.

While the teens let their hair down, the five to eight and nine to 12 year-old age groups can learn how they can be up on stage, with a number of theatre workshops and participation performances to be hosted by children’s theatre company Katch22. 

Philip Price, head of brand marketing, P&O Cruises, said the cruise line is always on the look out for new initiatives to entertain all its passengers, including the younger ones, and teens have traditionally been the company’s most demanding audience.

“We want to offer credible, targeted entertainment for teens and young adults.  Teens these days are savvy and a lot more demanding, so we have tapped into current music tastes and identified this as an area we can develop to show our teens a good time on board.

“The bands that will play on board are professional gigging bands. The music is live and very loud!”

In addition, on all summer school holiday cruises there is a DJ for teenagers and a magician will perform shows for the five to eight and nine to 12 year-olds. This magician will also host two Fun Houses – involving children’s party activities - for children aged two to four and five to eight. Nine to 13 year olds will experience Close-Up Magic Shows.

A rock band performs on board Oceana on all cruises departing Southampton from July 8 to August 25.   Katch22 theatre groups will be onboard Oriana on cruises departing July 9, July 21, August 6 and August 18, and Aurora on cruises departing on July 21, August 4 and August 20. 

To join in the fun, book on one of the following cruises:

• Teens can rock on board Oceana’s seven-night Iberian Interlude cruise, departing Southampton on July 22 and traveling to Vigo in Spain, Lisbon in Portugal, La Rochelle in France and St Peter Port in Guernsey.  Fares are priced from £2209.00  for a family of three.
• Kids can catch Katch22 on Oriana’s 12-night Canaries Discovery cruise, departing Southampton on July 8 and travelling to Corunna in Spain, Lisbon and Praia de Rocha in Portugal, Lanzarote, Tenerife and La Palma in the Canary Islands and Madeira.   Fares are priced from £3313.00 for a family of three.
• Katch 22 also appear on board Aurora, when she sets sail on her 13-night Mediterranean Splendours cruise, departing Southampton on August 20 and travelling to Barcelona in Spain, Monte Carlo in Monaco, Florence / Pisa, Rome and Naples in Italy, Palau in Sardinia, Palma in Majorca and Gibraltar. Fares are priced from £5,673.00 for a family of three.

About P&O Cruises children’s facilities:

P&O Cruises Aurora, Oceana and Oriana are family-friendly and have an extensive range of facilities to make life on board relaxing for parents and entertaining for children. The ships have outdoor play areas, paddling pools and pools designated for families, dedicated evening meal, a Night Nursery for children aged six months to five years and an in-cabin baby monitoring service. The qualified youth crew on board organise age-appropriate daytime entertainment from 9am to 10.30pm in dedicated children’s clubs.  For example Aurora has Toybox for children aged two to four, Jumping Jacks for five to eight year-olds, Quarterdeck for nine to 12’s and Decibels for teens aged 13 to 17 years. Pagers are available to parents when their children are in the care of the youth crew. 

About P&O Cruises:

P&O Cruises has been operating cruise ships for more than 160 years and combines innovation, professionalism and unrivalled experience on its fleet of five ships dedicated to the British market.  P&O Cruises offers passengers the most stylish and contemporary holidays afloat with destinations including the Caribbean, South America, Scandinavia, Mediterranean, Atlantic Islands and Round the World cruises.  Ventura, the largest and most innovative ship to be built for the British market launches in spring 2008.