Ex-UK cruises for summer 2000
Operator: First Choice.
Ship: Ausonia.
Based: Southampton.
Cruise areas: Mediterranean.
Sample itinerary: 14-night Mediterranean Classics.
Ports of call: Seville, Grenada, Corsica, Pisa/Florence, Naples, Olympia, Athens, Santorini, Rhodes and Cyprus.
Lead-in price: £899.
Operator: Airtours.
Ship: Sundream.
Based: Southampton.
Cruise areas: Norwegian Fjords, Baltic, the Canary Islands and the Mediterranean.
Sample itinerary: 14-night Venetian Voyager.
Ports of call: Lisbon, Cadiz, Menorca, Sardinia, Venice, Sicily, Palma.
Lead-in price: £849.
Operator: P&OCruises.
Ships: Oriana, Victoria, Arcadia and Aurora.
Based: Southampton.
Cruise areas: Baltic, Caribbean, round-the-world.
Sample itinerary: 10-night Cities and Islands cruise on Arcadia.
Ports of call: Vigo, Madeira, Tenerife, Lisbon, Brest.
Lead-in price: £874.
Operator: Fred Olsen Cruise Lines.
Ships: Black Watch and Black Prince.
Based: Dover.
Cruise areas: Mediterranean, Baltic, Norwegian Fjords.
Sample itinerary: 13-night Canaries Collection.
Ports of call: Lisbon, Gibraltar, Lanzarote, Tenerife, La Palma and Madeira.
Lead-in price: £1,365.
Operator: Cunard Line.
Ships: QE2 and Caronia.
Based: Southampton.
Cruise areas: transatlantic, Cape Town, Mediterranean and northern Europe.
Sample itinerary: 12-night Mediterranean cruise on QE2.
Ports of call: Palma, Naples, Palermo in Sicily, Malaga, Cadiz, Lisbon, Southampton.
Lead-in price: £1,870.