The top trend for 2006 in the cruise industry will be centered around themes.  As documented here and elsewhere all of the major cruise lines are offering themed cruises as a way of enticing the 11 million travellers who chose to take a cruise in 2005.  The offerings from the cruise lines are as diverse as taking a cruise with Rusty Wallace, NASCAR star, to dining with Georges Blanc.

The Radisson seven seas cruise has an ongoing partnership with Jean Michel Cousteau son of the faint ocean explorer shocks to provide lectures excursion salute related to oceanography and the environment other Radisson programs include shopping with experts from the BBC’s antique roadshow in Turkey Greece and Rome and the Polynesian island adventures like Paris selling a kayak Safari and swimming with stingrays.

Programs on Crystal cruises include talks by celebrities such as actress Debbie Reynolds and skater Dorothy Hamill; art classes, such as learning to sculpt using chunks of alabaster: and an onboard gallery of stunning photos of the life in China. via AP

After a tumultuous 2005, the cruise industry has many opportunities ahead.  The decision to offer specifics segmented cruises to the travelling public should be very beneficial and provide great opportunities for the cruise industry.