Initial details of the next CTTE are due later this month although it is known that it will again be on Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas sailing out of Tampa for 5 nights between 4 and 9 February 2019.
What will be different in 2019 is that there will not be a Moody Blues Cruise and instead the inaugural “On the Blue” cruise has been organised on Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas sailing out of Miami for 5 nights between 10 and 15 February 2019.
Two of the Moody Blues are still involved though: John Lodge is the first artist to be officially confirmed for CTTE whilst Justin Heywood will headline the OTB cruise.
Of particular note is that the organisers are expecting that there will be a potential audience interested in going on both cruises and consequently options to do so (including travel from Tampa to Miami) are due to be advertised.
In 2014 my wife and I went on back-to-back Moody Blues/CTTE cruises and we weren’t the only ones to do so which demonstrates that there may well be some interest. Travelling to Florida for a 4/5 night cruise is not practical for us so we have always combined our other CTTE visits with a “regular” holiday elsewhere in the region. 10 nights of cruising/music is right up our street so we are up for taking the bait.
The “On the Blue” cruise will certainly be “prog-friendly” and like previous Moody Blues Cruises will include artists at the more “popular” end of the prog spectrum. Artists announced so far include: Steve Hackett, The Zombies, Dave Mason, Alan Parsons, Procol Harem, Al Stewart, Wishbone Ash, The Orchestra, Poco, Vanilla Fudge, Colin Blunstone, Danny Seraphine (Chicago), Rick Derringer, Randy Hansen and The Young Dubliners.
As happened in 2014, there may well be some artists appearing on both cruises.
For further details see http://onthebluecruise.com
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