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Ambassador to run one-off Jane McDonald cruise

Singer and TV presenter Jane McDonald is to charter an Ambassador Cruises ship.

The seven-night ‘Cruise with Jane McDonald’ by the ship Ambience is scheduled for October 2025.

Highlights include her performing two different headline shows, an ‘audience-with’ event. 


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McDonald will be joined on the ship by Les Misérables and Phantom of the Opera West End star John Owen-Jones, TV personality and comedian Bobby Davro and Scottish drag queen Mary Mac.

Prices start at £799 per person based on two people sharing an inside cabin for the sailing on October 4 next year from London Tilbury to Ijmuiden for Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Gothenburg and Oslo.

The Live Nation private charter fares are being offered via a dedicated ‘Cruise with Jane McDonald’ website.

The cruise goes on general sale on September 27 at 10am after an online pre-sale from September 23.

McDonald, a former cruise ship entertainer who starred in the BBC docusoap The Cruise from 1998, said: “As everyone knows, I love a cruise or two so what better way to enjoy a trip on the seas than to charter my own ship. 

“I’m inviting some lovely friends to join me so you have a week filled with entertainment and you’re all welcome to come onboard.”

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