From Newsgroup: rec.arts.drwho.moderated
From Address: whocruiser@aol.com
Subject: Who Cruise - New Voyage This November

OK guys, the news is finally out and it's all up on the web site...

As previously announced, the cruise line forced us to reschedule this
year's voyage to a completely new time & place (and which none of our
previous guests of honor could make, argh!) Well, most of the dust has
now settled from the furious activity these last two weeks
reorganizing things and all is now set for our travel agents to begin
taking your bookings for the NEW 2011 Sci-Fi Sea Cruise - The
"Hurricane Who Bahamas Evacuation" Cruise.

We have joined forces with our friends at the Hurricane Who convention
in Orlando Florida the weekend of 4 - 6 November 2011 to help each
other out by sharing some of our guests of honor between the two
events, as we have successfully done in the past, once before with
Chicago TARDIS, and twice before with Gallifrey One. We set sail the
day after the Hurricane Who convention, on Monday 7 November 2011 from
Orlando's adjacent seaport of Port Canaveral, and return the morning
of Saturday 12 November, for five festive & fun filled nights together
exploring the Bahama Islands aboard the beautiful Carnival Ecstasy. We
sailed this same ship before for our first California to Mexico voyage
after Gallifrey 2003, so we already know how much fun it is. We have
port calls at the islands of Freeport, Nassau, and the private resort
island of Half Moon Cay, plus a full fun day at sea on our way back
home.

Invitations & negotiations are ongoing for additional guests to both
events, but as far as those who will definitely be sailing aboard the
cruise with us, we have our first two confirmed guest announcements,
and they are both memorable guest artists from the 10th Doctor era of
the New Series of Doctor Who: Paul Marc Davis and Chipo Chung. Doctor
Who fans first saw both Paul and Chipo in the same pivotal episode
that brought together the 10th Doctor, Martha and Captain Jack to
witness the rebirth of The Master, "Utopia." Paul played the ferocious
Chieftain of the Futurekind, and Chipo played the delightful Chantho.
Over the next few years fans were to see more of both our cruising
companions, as Chipo returned to join David Tennant, Catherine Tate,
and Billie Piper in the standout episode "Turn Left", playing The
mystical Fortune Teller who showed Donna what terrible things would
have happened had she done things just a tiny bit differently.
Meanwhile Paul went on to appear as an alien in Torchwood, and then to
a recurring role in The Sarah Jane Adventures as Sarah's (and the 10th
doctor's) arch nemesis The Trickster. So in addition to their own
life's and work's stories to relate, they are bound to have countless
other tales to tell of their times working with some of the biggest
and best loved stars in the Doctor Who universe.

Because this cruise directly follows on the very next day after
Hurricane Who (and plans are even afoot for a bon voyage party on the
Sunday night at their hotel, but more on that later...) you have the
opportunity to combine both events into more than a full week of
fannish fun, and only have to fly in and out of Florida the one time
if you're not a local. Plus there's always the tempting option to stay
even longer to sample all of the usual Florida tourist activities if
you so desire.

As always, all of the info on the cruise - Names, Dates, Places,
Prices, How To Make A Reservation, Etc. - are available on the
official Sci-Fi Sea Cruise web site, located at http://www.scificruise.com
so go check it out now, including how to score a FREE $50 per cabin on
board spending account credit by supporting our EARLY BOOKING effort.

Thanks so much for your patience at the rescheduling of the event, but
I honestly think we've come out of it with a BETTER overall event for
you, the fans, to enjoy (and it's much cheaper now too, nothing wrong
with that!) Hoping soon to be able to welcome YOU aboard in November.

Dan Harris, Sci-Fi Sea Cruise organizer.

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