Ocean Village Two Farewell Cruise - Part 2

Hi,

Paul Wright here with my second blog from onboard Ocean Village Two’s farewell cruise.

After leaving the Egyptian sun spot of Sharm El Sheikh we set sail for the Oman capital of Muscat with 5 days at sea, so we had to make sure there was plenty to keep the passengers entertained and with Ocean Village there’s just as much going on when the sun goes down as there is during the day!

The evenings of Friday 23rd and Wednesday 28th were all about Cher and Robbie Williams respectively... Jayne Louise performed as Cher and was great on stage singing all the classic songs from the rock Diva – her costumes were just like you see in the videos. Jayne was on stage for nearly an hour and had the dance floor in front of the stage full of people by the end of her show.

Five nights later saw Tony Lewis perform as Robbie Williams. Tony was in the final of the BBC show ‘The One and Only’ and had the audience on Ocean Village Two up on their feet shouting for more as he sang Rock DJ. He really does look just like him and he is just as naughty as the pop star himself. It really finished off what’s been a great day onboard after a day in the sun at sea.

It was nice at the end of his show to see him thanking all the staff as this was his last ever show on Ocean Village Two. So far we have seen tributes to Dusty Springfield, The Bee Gees, Lionel Richie and we’ve still got Elton John, Freddie Mercury and the real James Martin to come...

Paul

Ocean Village Two Farewell Cruise - Part 1

Hi, my name is Paul Wright, Entertainment Manager for Ocean Village and over the next 2 weeks I’ll be blogging key events from on board Ocean Village Two’s farewell cruise from Crete-Singapore.

Ocean Village Two set off from Crete on Thursday 22nd October packed full of eager passengers as we made our way to Cairo, where most passengers took the opportunity to get off the ship and explore bustling Cairo and of course, the world-famous pyramids.

From Cairo, we made our way to Sharm El Sheikh, via the famous Suez Canal. This impressive 119 mile canal divides Europe and Asia and as you can see from the photos below it was like a mill pond. We took our position at the front of a convoy of 28 ships to pass through the Suez Canal. Everything was silent as we listened to the broadcast onboard telling us the history of this stretch of water. We were given the lead position as the fastest ship in the convoy and the top deck was full of passengers for hours as we led the other ships through the canal.

The first picture shows the ship waiting for us to start our passage through the canal with the other ships joining the convoy.

Paul