Try a Theme Cruise: Kittens, Beer, Star Trek, Rock, Fashion, Conspiracies, More

Whether you have a passion for birds, beer, The Beatles or the Bermuda Triangle, there's a cruise for that. Mingle with like-minded people on your vacation on one of these upcoming themed cruises.

Author:: TheStreet Staff
Publish date:: Apr 12, 2018 6:28 AM EDT

Whether you have a passion for birds, beer, The Beatles or the Bermuda Triangle, there's a cruise for that. Mingle with like-minded people on your vacation on one of these upcoming themed cruises.

Whether you have a passion for birds, beer, The Beatles or the Bermuda Triangle, there's a cruise for that. Star-gazing, science, rock 'n' roll, soap operas -- the list is almost endless.

Wanna go naked? There's a cruise for that, too. If you want to mingle with like-minded people on your vacation, learn something new or socialize with your favorite celebrity, a themed cruise just may be exactly what you want.

Choose your favorite; here are some upcoming themed cruises that may surprise you.

Photo: startrekthecruise.com

This article was written by a staff member of TheStreet.

Space cruises: In 2019, the Queen Mary 2 will celebrate international World Space Week on a special space-themed transatlantic crossing from Southampton to New York with experts like astronauts, scientists and Royal Astronomical Society members who will present and discuss all aspects of space and its exploration.The ship has a Planetarium at Sea, and the mid-Atlantic is your chance to stargaze away from light and air pollution. Visit Cunard for more info.Photo: NASA

"Earth" cruises: Holland America has several "BBC Earth" themed cruises in Alaska and Scandinavia. Here's your chance to mingle with the producers, presenters, filmmakers and photographers who create the epic "BBC Earth" documentaries. At presentations and master classes, learn the inside stories about the making of the films. Photo: BBC Earth

Antiques cruises: If antiquing is your thing, cruise on a hotel barge with European Waterways along the Thames with excursions to well-known antiques centers near London, and visits to smaller outlets in Windsor, Eton and other villages further upstream.Photo: serenarossi / Shutterstock

Fashion cruise: Cunard takes another transatlantic crossing during Fashion Week on the Queen Mary 2. Hob nob with stylists, fashion commentators, photographers, and other couture biggies on this 7-night cruise from Southhampton in Sept. 2018.Photo: Cunard

Conspira-Sea Cruise: Worried about or fascinated by conspiracy theories such as the JFK assassination, September 11, crop circles, Waco, TWA 800, the Vatican, Area 51, Project Rainbow or others? This cruise seeks to uncover the truth about all things conspiratorial and give you back your power. The seminar-at-sea includes researchers and investigators, healing exercises, a UFO star watch with night-vision goggles, and all the usual amenities and entertainment you get on any cruise. Dates and locations for 2019 TBA. Bermuda Triangle, anyone?Photo illustration: Shutterstock

Meow Meow Cruise: This is a cruise for cat lovers. Cat-loving travelers spend four nights in the Bahamas aboard the Carnival Liberty, sharing photos and stories about their cats' quirky personalities. Activities include Meow Meow Meet & Greet, Meow Meow Mixer, Meow Meow Group Dining, Meow Meow Trivia, and Meow Meow Scavenger Hunts. It sails out of Port Canaveral, Fla., in November, 2018. No cats are allowed. Wait. What?Photo: Shutterstock

"Star Wars" cruises: Disney Cruise Line's "Star Wars" Day at Sea offers several 7-night Caribbean cruises with this one-day event starting in Jan. 2019. Includes surprise sightings of "Star Wars" characters Chewbacca, R2-D2, C-3PO and Darth Vader. There's also Jedi training, guest speakers, costume celebrations, movie screenings, family trivia, and a ship-wide scavenger hunt.Photo: Disney Cruises

"Doctor Who" cruise: For fans of the Britishscience-fiction tv show that started in 1963, Sylvester McCoy, the seventh Doctor Who, will join the cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Explorer Of The Seas in September 2018. It sails from Seattle with port calls at Astoria, San Francisco and Victoria. This cruise has been going on since 1988.Photo: BBC

Knitting cruises: Get pampered aboard a cruise ship traveling to Europe, Alaska, the Baltic, Hawaii, or South America, knitting the whole way and taking classes with some of the most sought-after knitting instructors in the knitting world on Holland America. Craft Cruises has several coming up in 2018 and 2019.See the largest yarn store in Finland, visit a popular hangout for local knitters in Copenhagen, shop for Icelandic wool in Iceland, and meet designer Martina Behm, best known for the popular Hitchhiker shawl design. If you prefer crocheting or beading, keep an eye on Craft Cruises for upcoming trips. Above, a man knits a traditional hat in Peru.Photo: Eteri Okrochelidze / Shutterstock

Golf cruises: Journey up scenic waterways on a small barge to Scotland, Ireland, England or France, where you can visit some of the greatest golf courses in the world like Royal Dornoch, Lahinch, Galway Bay, Wentworth, Sunningdale and Cap d'Agde on European Waterways.Or: hop aboard the Crystal Symphony on this Pacific Northwest golf cruise to the 2019 US Open Championship at Pebble Beach in Monterey, Calif. for an eight-day cruise plus seven nights at Pebble Beach. June 2019.Photo: Mitch Gunn / Shutterstock

Tennis cruises: Book a cruise for the week of Wimbledon or the French Open on European Waterways' small boats that navigate the rivers of Europe. They'll set you up to play at some riverside clubs along the Thames like the Lensbury, the Royal Berkshire, or the Windsor Lawn Tennis Club. In Burgundy, you can get a chance to play in Auxerre on the Roland Garros-type 'red dirt' surface only found in France.Photo: Leonard Zhukovsky / Shutterstock

Ghost hunting cruise: Travel with a real medium and professional ghost hunters on a seven-day Mediterranean cruise aboard the Norwegian Epic, with special ghost hunter's lectures and excursions. (Oct. 2018; and 2019 tba)Photo illustration: Shutterstock

Wine cruises: Visit the famous wine cellars of the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo and go wine tasting in Livorno, Italy on a 7-night Mediterranean cruise on the Oceania Riviera with Berryessa Gap Vineyards that includes wine tastings with the winemaker aboard the ship. (April 2019)Cunard's Voyage du Vin will call at some of Europe's finest wine and port destinations, and will host tastings and masterclasses presented by leading wine producers and experts. June 2018, on the Queen Victoria.Photo: Shutterstock

Beer cruise: See the tulips in bloom and drink beer on the Avalon's Tulip Time Cruise for Beer Enthusiasts 2019. These 8-day beer tasting river cruises leave out of Amsterdam and meander through the waterways of Holland and Belgium, with onboard tastings, historic brewery visits, and lectures on European beer-brewing techniques. April 2019.Photo: Shutterstock

Religious cruises: Take a pilgrimage to Greece in the footsteps of St. Paul with a biblical scholar. Explore European Jewish heritage, following the traces of the Jewish history from the Middle Ages on a river cruise along the Danube, visiting Hungary, Austria and Germany and ending in Prague. Or, join other adventurous LDS members on a Book of Mormon Lands cruise to just about anywhere.Above, the Benedictine Abbey of Melk in the Wachau, Austria, a stop along the Jewish heritage cruise. Photo: Shutterstock

Alzheimer's and dementia friendly cruise: Holland America offers this cruise to Alaska September 2018, specially designed for caregivers and loved ones living with early-stage Alzheimer's disease and dementia. The cruise offers a range of programming created for caregivers and their family members.Photo: Shutterstock

Holiday cruises: Carnival Cruises'Halloween dates include pumpkin-carving demos, spooky movies, Halloween-themed drinks, a Halloween parade and a Monster Mash. Enjoy Thanksgiving at sea, New Year's Eve in the summer in Australia, or tour the Christmas markets of Europe, all of the major cruise lines offer a variety of holiday cruises.Above, a Christmas market in Vienna. Photo: Shutterstock

Genealogy cruise: Learn more about your Celtic ancestors on a Celtic genealogy cruise in May 2019, traveling through Ireland and the British Isles, or attend a genealogy conference at sea while cruising from Sydney to Singapore on Royal Caribbean, (March-April, 2019.) Trace your family tree with Ancestry.com while crossing the Atlantic on Cunard's Queen Mary 2 (Nov. 2018.)Above, County Clare, Ireland. Photo: Shutterstock

Music cruises: Cruise on a steamboat out of Nashville or Memphis (Dec. 2018) discovering the roots of America's many musical genres, from jazz and soul to country, delta blues and rock n' roll. Or take a music and opera cruise up the Danube, where you can visit Mozart's birthplace in Salzburg and the place where the hills come alive with "The Sound of Music." (Oct. 2018)Try a country music cruise or relive The Beatles on a Beatles-themed Mediterranean cruise in Oct. 2018.Photo: Igor Bulgarin / Shutterstock

Bird watching cruise: Go on an ornithological odyssey to the isolated islands of New Zealand, home to the most diverse collection of seabirds in the world, where you can spot everything from penguins and tomtits to sooty shearwaters and shy mollymawks (pictured). (Nov. 2018)Photo: Shutterstock

Cheerleaders cruise: There's still time to hop aboard this Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders Fan Cruise. Sail April 28, 2018 from Miami to the Eastern Caribbean during a seven-night cruise on the MSC Seaside with some of your favorite cheerleaders from the Miami Dolphins.Photo: Dolphins Cheerleaders

Bourbon cruise: Discover the history of the Bourbon Trail cruising along the Mississippi River on a steamboat with tours of the historic Kentucky bourbon distilleries along the way. May and July 2018.Photo: TheStreet

Nude/adult-only cruises: These cruises are less restrictive than your typical cruise, with clothing optional decks, pools and excursions, and parties that have themes like Little Black Dress night, Wild West, Roaring '20s, Fantasy Fest, Little School Girl Night, and Pirate Night. Everyone is over 21. Learn more at Castaways Travel.Photo: Shutterstock

Conservative politics cruise: Editors and writers from the National Review are plentiful on this National Review Buckley Legacy Conservative cruise sailing the Caribbean on Holland America in December 2018.Above, William F. Buckley Jr., founder of the National Review, with President Reagan in 1986. Photo: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

"Star Trek" cruise: Star Trek: The Cruise III sets sail on NCL's Norwegian Jade out of Miami in January 2019. Wil Wheaton and nearly 20 other iconic "Star Trek" actors and personalities will explore new frontiers with you.Photo: startrekthecruise.com

Photography cruises: Learn to take better photos with travel and conservation photographer Jonathan Irish on a National Geographic expedition to the headwaters of the Amazon, in the heart of Peru's northern rain forest. Multiple dates, 2018-2019Or, Join a floating photo workshop in Europe with travel photographer Mark Edward Harris (Vanity Fair, Conde Nast Traveler, LIFE) learning how to capture beautiful landscapes, cityscapes and portraits. (3 itineraries, July 2018)Photo: newroadboy / Shutterstock

Downton Abbey cruise: Charter a barge and cruise along the Thames, steeped in British history, and visit Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey), one of England's most beautiful Victorian Castles. Coming up: July and Aug. 2018.Photo: Richard Munckton/Wikipedia

Space Cruises

Space cruises: In 2019, the Queen Mary 2 will celebrate international World Space Week on a special space-themed transatlantic crossing from Southampton to New York with experts like astronauts, scientists and Royal Astronomical Society members who will present and discuss all aspects of space and its exploration.

The ship has a Planetarium at Sea, and the mid-Atlantic is your chance to stargaze away from light and air pollution. Visit Cunard for more info.

Photo: NASA