Home >> Cruise festivals >> XIV Cruise festival “World of Youth”
Dates: 24.01 – 31.01.2021
Ship: MSC MERAVIGLIA
Route: Miami, USA – Ocho Rios, Jamaica – George Town, Cayman Islands – Cozumel, Mexico – Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, Bahamas – Miami
FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS:
„International Youth Forum“
Cruise Festival “World of Youth” – Unique festivals that give an opportunity to show creative achievements to the public of the whole world, in the most prestigious theaters of luxury cruise liners. To perform in front of the 2000th audience on the same stage with such stars as Cirque du soleil (Cirque du Soleil). To make an announcement in 7 languages, with the most professional light and sound, and to get an assessment of a professional casting jury is a worthy goal for the ambitions of creative teams.
The conditions of the festival have no equal:
Visit 3-5 countries – the most beautiful parts of the world without tedious travels and at the same time use the service and luxury of a 5 * liner throughout the festival.
Meals on board NON-STOP, with a reinforced buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner. For dinner, the festival participants have their own seats in a chic restaurant with 5 * service and a choice of 4-course menu of each course: cold and hot snacks, main dish and dessert.
Accommodation in comfortable cabins with full onboard service. In cabins with a window or without a window, with a balcony or without – you will be equally comfortable and pleasant to rest.
You can spend time in the pools and jacuzzi, in the fitness room, in the sauna, in daytime entertainment programs, or evening shows or discos.
Cruise festivals are a true delight of creativity, comfort, sea and the most beautiful sights of the Earth. The taste of the happiness of creativity, the joy of life and the ocean of unforgettable emotions is worth it to include in your creative plan the cruise “World of Youth” now and submit an application.
Grants for participating in cruises are provided in the finals of the Best World Dance Group Forum 2020
The absolute winner of the Best World Dance Group Forum is determined on 01/05/2021 and receives a grant for free participation in the cruise.
ORDER OF ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT:
The festival will include:
It’s possible to participat in the festival with out competition.
The festival is open to groups from 5 to 28 years old and mixed groups.
An indispensable condition for participation in the festival is the provision of video materials to the state committee on the performances of participants (professional and amateur video recording is allowed). The Organizing Committee accepts the participants’ video comments by providing direct links to videos posted on the Internet, and video recording (VHS format) or DVD performances. Links to videos are indicated in the application.
The competition is attended by both groups and individual performers, students of musical and theatrical universities, students of secondary specialized educational institutions of art and culture, as well as amateur performers in the following categories: vocal, choral singing, instrumental music , choreography, fashion theater, original and theatrical genre, artists. To participate in the festivals allowed a mixed age group. The age group of the ensembles is determined by the average age of the participants (the sum of the collective ages is divided by the number of participants).
COMPETITIVE NOMINATIONS AND AGE CATEGORIES
(variety, academic, folk, song theater)
Criteria for evaluation:
Participants perform 2 different works, the timing of which should not exceed 3 minutes.
* When evaluating competitive performances, light support (various special lighting effects) is not taken into account;
Categories:
Criteria for evaluation:
Participants perform 2 works, the timing of which should not exceed 5 minutes.
ATTENTION! Exceeding the time set, perhaps only in consultation with the organizing committee.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PROCESSORS OF SOUND EFFECTS TO THEM, COMBUSTIBLE, SHOCK INSTALLATION BY ORGANIZERS OF THE COMPETITION IS NOT PROVIDED.
Genres:
Age groups:
Participants present 2 collections, the duration of one collection should not exceed 3 minutes.
ATTENTION! Exceeding the time set, perhaps only in consultation with the organizing committee.
The circus team is invited to present a circus composition.
Criteria for evaluation:
Every participant of the festival is obliged to have an international medical insurance covering choreography and sports! Participants perform 2 circus numbers, the timekeeping of which should not exceed 4 minutes. ATTENTION! Exceeding the time set, perhaps only in consultation with the organizing
REWARDING OF PARTICIPANTS:
ATTENTION! Evaluation sheets and comments of the jury members are confidential, not displayed and not issued!
The decisions of the jury are final, not subject to revision and appeal!
The Organizing Committee accepts claims on the organization of the contest-festival ONLY IN WRITING APPEARANCE!
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
ATTENTION!
Failure to comply with the terms of this Regulation entails exclusion from participation in the festival. The organizers have right to make changes and additions to the conditions and the program of organizing and holding the festival.
THE TERMS OF PARTICIPATION:
Personal data should be writen in English letters, as indicated in the passport: Name and Surname / Date of birth / Number of foreign passport / date of issue of passport / date of expiry of the passport / citizenship
Additions and changes that are made to the list after approval by the organizer are paid separately! (60 euros per person / for each change)!
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
5% discount is provided for early bookings until 28.02.2020
Prices include port charges.
All teams applying for the XV World of Youth Cruise Festival up to 28.02.2020 can take advantage of championship grants.
The teams that applied after 02.28.2020 can take advantage of the championship grants if there is room for this cruise.
Participation in the Festival is confirmed by the invitation after making the registration fee for the team until 15.08.2020:
Payment of the registration fee guarantees a prior reservation of the cabin and costing per group.
The registration fee is taken into account in the total payment for the group.
In case of cancellation after confirming the lists and reservations, the registration fee is not refundable! *
Each calculation is agreed with the team leader, and only after confirming accommodation for the cabins and the final cost, 50% advance payment of the total cost of the reservation is paid, in the terms set in the invoice.
Service fee for groups – Additionally paid at the reception when settling:
On a cruise on the liner, you will be served everywhere by superbly trained personnel. So that you do not have unnecessary hassle, MSC automatically includes in your account daily service fee for accommodation. Its size depends on the route you chose and the number of days of the actual provision of services.
Daily tips:
Tips are paid on board and automatically included in the final bill / children festival participants are exempted from payment * confirmed on board at the discretion of the MSC
Festival fee for groups:
Discounts for groups:
The cost of accommodation and meals When applying before 02.28.2020
Meals “Full Board” in the main restaurants only on board!
At a dinner in the main restaurants a la carte drinks for extra charge: we will provide this info soon.
BOOKING AND PAYMENT PROCEDURE
To apply for a reservation, festival participants need to contact an authorized agent – the International Youth Forum
Booking a World of Youth Cruise and Package, the person who makes the reservation confirms and agrees that all persons listed in the booking application are obliged to comply with the Booking Conditions and that he / she has the authority to accept such Booking Conditions on behalf of all persons listed in the Booking Application and Confirmation.
When booking a participant (team) must make a prepayment of the registration fee:
The full cost estimate is prepared and approved after paying the registration fee.
The availability and categories of cabins are distributed only day after the payment of the fee, which will be taken into account when calculating!
In case of cancellation, the fee is non-refundable!
A reservation is considered complete when the International Youth Forum accepts a list of passengers (the participating team).
At the time of booking a place on each MSC Cruise must be available. The booking contract is not concluded until payment has been made in the amount of the fee and 50% of the cost of the cruise and the participants are not issued a voucher confirming the booking.
At least 80% of the cost must be paid 90 days before departure, and the full 100% payment must be transferred no later than 55 days before departure.
If the booking application is sent less than 90 days before departure, then the full 100% payment must be transferred at the time of booking.
In the event that the participant fails to transfer the balance 55 days prior to departure, MSC and the International Youth Forum have the right to cancel the Booking without notifying the Passenger and impose a penalty for cancellation, regardless of whether the Cruise is resold or not.
CANCELLATION OF MSC ON THE INITIATIVE OF THE PARTICIPANT
Cancellation requests must be sent in writing (by email, to artmarket@praha-cz.net) only on weekdays / Mon-Fri: from 10:00 to 14: 00 * Saturday, Sunday – weekends!
All issued tickets and a confirming invoice must be returned along with a cancellation notice.
To cover the approximate amount of expenses incurred as a result of the cancellation, MSC charges penalties – an amount in accordance with the table below:
Meals “Full board” in the main restaurants only on board the ship!
Program:
1 day – Miami
MSC Cruises shore excursions can be a clever option to see Miami. It’s a city of wildly diverse districts, jigsawed into a vast urban corridor from two technically separate cities: mainland Miami and the huge sand bar known as Miami Beach.
If you’re sticking to the most popular areas in Miami Beach and downtown, though, you can zip around easily by bus and on foot. During an MSC cruise in the Caribbean most people spend their time in South Beach, a fairly small area at the southern end of the sand bar, where you’ll find many of Florida’s leading art galleries, trendsetting restaurants, and much of its boisterous club scene.
Heading north, Central Miami Beach was where 1950s screen stars had fun in the sun and helped cement Miami’s international reputation as a glamorous holiday spot. Surprisingly few tourists venture beyond Miami Beach, and so miss out on some of the most enticing parts of the city.
Tucked away in the Miami-Dade Cultural Center are the city’s excellent history and art museums, while Bayside Marketplace is the staging post for boat tours of Miami’s most exclusive offshore keys. To the north sits the city’s buzziest neighbourhood, the strip of land along and around Biscayne Boulevard, known as the Biscayne Corridor; it includes the dazzling Performing Arts Center, the art galleries and showrooms of Wynwood and the Design District, and even the grubby but thrilling immigrant neighbourhood known as Little Haiti.
The first of Miami’s Cubans settled southwest of downtown, just across the Miami River, in Little Havana. This is still one of the most intriguing parts of the city, rich with Latin American looks and sounds, though it’s less solidly Cuban than it used to be.
2 day – a day at sea
Day 3 – Ocho Rios (Jamaica)
Cruise to Jamaica and discover Ocho Rios means eight rivers in Spanish, and it is precisely its rivers, as well as its crystalline sea, that is its main characteristics; characteristics that will not disappoint visitors to Jamaica wishing to immerse themselves in the lush vegetation of these marvelous dream locations.
Just like a mirage, the white buildings of Ochos Rios seems to appear unexpectedly from lush vegetation covering the coast. On Main Street, you will be able to shop or pass your day on solid ground. However, during your cruise to Jamaica and Caribbean sea, we suggest you try the many outdoor activities offered on its rivers, such as kayaking and tubing. With an excursion, you will be able to admire the Konoko Falls & Gardens: an explosion of tropical plant and animal life with different aromas emanating from sinuously shaped flowers and colorful parrots at every corner. Another must-see attraction are the waterfalls along the Dunn River: almost 650 feet of natural steps over which the water flows to then fall about 200 feet directly into the sea. To enjoy this spectacle to the fullest, these enchanting waterfalls can be climbed via stairs set on either side. The beach below with its extremely fine, pure white sand is equally beautiful. The sea of Ochos Rios will also grant you the opportunity of a close encounter with a very popular sea mammal: the dolphin.
Day 4 – George Town (Cayman Islands)
Once disembarked from and MSC cruise ship in the Cayman Islands, the cruise goer is welcomed by the port of George Town. The capital of the island and of the country, it is a traditional Caribbean city with colorful wooden houses that alternate with newer buildings.
The houses on the narrow George Town streets are interspersed with artisan workshops, where you can find some rarities to take home as a reminder of your MSC cruise in the Caribbean Sea. You can take a plunge into the history of the island at the dual-purpose National Museum of George Town: you can both explore samples of the most interesting endemic flora and fauna, and trace the long and tough inhabited history of the island.
However, if you want to learn about the lives of the first European colonists, an excursion to Bodden Town located five kilometers from the capital is ideal. In this former capital of Cayman Islands, you can visit the Mission House, a building used as a family residence by teachers and missionaries during the 18th century. As an alternative, visit the Queen Elizabeth II Botanical Park located, in the east of the island. Here, if you are lucky, besides the riot of tropical plants you may also encounter the extremely rare blue iguana.
Lovers of shopping will also find great satisfaction in the Cayman Islands: the entire country is duty free. You just have to choose what interests you the most among the myriad of watches, liqueurs, jewelery and porcelain. There is even a museum of curiosities. Not far from Turtle Farm, sits the Cayman Motor Museum, which exhibits the incredible collection by the Norwegian businessman Andreas Ugland. His “pearls” include the original Batmobile and Batcycle from the Batman TV series, a replica of the 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen, considered the first car in the world, and another seventy rare cars and motorcycles.
Day 5 – Cozumel, Mexico
A forty-kilometre-long island directly off the coast from Playa del Carmen, Isla Cozumel is a renowned cruise-ship call: nearly every day, up to ten cruise ships dock at one of the island’s three dedicated piers, all just south of the only town, San Miguel.
A holiday to Mexico with MSC Cruises will present you with restaurants, souvenir shops and jewellery stores, all along the malecón (Av Rafael Melgar) in downtown San Miguel.
If you fancy a museum, the attractive Museo de la Isla de Cozumel has small displays of the flora, fauna and marine life of the island, as well as a good collection of Maya artefacts and old photos.
If you’re not a diver, there’s a certain appeal in wandering the relaxed inland blocks of San Miguel, away from the piers, spotting Maya ruins and birds (the Maya called the island cuzamil – “land of the swallows”) in the dense forests and being the only person on the windswept eastern beaches.
Midway across the island, San Gervasio is the only excavated Maya site on Cozumel. With several small temples connected by sacbeob, or long white roads, it was one of the many independent city-states that survived the fall of Chichén Itzá, flourishing between 1200 AD and 1650 AD. As part of a larger nature reserve the site is worth a visit for the numerous birds and butterflies you can spot early in the morning or late in the day.
Another place to visit is Xcaret, a surprisingly pleasant theme park: it offers all the Yucatán’s attractions in one handy place, with a museum, a tropical aquarium, a “Maya village”, a beach, some small authentic ruins, pools and more than a kilometre of subterranean rivers down which you can swim, snorkel or float. On the other hand, neighbouring Xplor is dedicated to ziplines and other outdoor adventure.
6 day – a day at sea
Day 7 – Ocean Key Marine Reserve, Bahamas
Ocean Cay, a Unique Island
Day 8 – return to Miami
Breakfast.
Arrival in Miami.
Transfer to the airport / Hotel accommodation (extra charge *)
Inside cabin “BELLA”: in the cabin 2 beds, put together or separately (at your request), extra beds – folding beds, bathroom with shower, telephone, TV, hairdryer, minibar, safe, air conditioning, wireless Internet for extra / fee).
Inside cabin “FANTASTICA”: in the cabin 2 beds, put together or separately (at your request), extra beds – folding beds, bathroom with shower, telephone, TV, hairdryer, mini bar, safe, air conditioning, wireless Internet ( for extra / fee). Cabins in this category provide FANTASTICA service: 24 hour cabin service (free delivery), breakfast room service (breakfast and free delivery), 50% discount on fitness classes (for example, yoga) and a personal trainer (subject to availability). ), special children’s events: game study of basic phrases in foreign languages and culinary master class “from the chef” (if available) *
Cabin with a window “BELLA”: in the cabin 2 beds, put together or separately (at your request), extra beds – folding beds, bathroom with shower, telephone, TV, hairdryer, mini bar, safe, air conditioning, wireless Internet (for extra / fee).
Cabin with window “FANTASTICA”: in the cabin 2 beds, put together or separately (at your request), extra beds – folding beds, bathroom with shower, telephone, TV, hairdryer, mini bar, safe, air conditioning, wireless Internet (for extra / fee). Cabins in this category provide FANTASTICA service: 24 hour cabin service (free delivery), breakfast room service (breakfast and free delivery), 50% discount on fitness classes (for example, yoga) and a personal trainer (subject to availability). ), special children’s events: game study of basic phrases in foreign languages and culinary master class “from the chef” * if available
Cabin with balcony “BELLA”: in the cabin 2 beds, put together or separately (at your request), extra beds: sofa bed, bathroom with shower, telephone, TV, hairdryer, mini bar, safe, air conditioning, wireless Internet (extra / fee).
Cabin with a balcony “FANTASTICA”: in the cabin 2 beds, put together or separately (at your request), sofa bed, bathroom with shower, telephone, TV, hairdryer, mini bar, safe, air conditioning, wireless Internet (for / fee). Cabins in this category provide service on the FANTASTICA system: service in cabins for 24 hours (free delivery), ordering breakfast service in the cabin (breakfast and free delivery), 50% discount on fitness classes and personal trainer (if available), special children’s activities : game study of basic phrases in foreign languages and culinary master class “from the chef” (if available)
MSC Meraviglia’s main restaurants serve first-class Mediterranean and international specialties in elegant surroundings. Menus change every day, and exquisite dishes have been created for the elegant dinners by awarded-winning Spanish Master Chef Ramón Freixa and the Internationally acclaimed German Master Chef Harald Wohlfahrt.
A mouthwatering seafood menu of fish dishes including oven baked rock salt crust whole Mediterranean seabass, steam king crabs, Boston lobster, brown crabs, oyster, tiger prawn’s seafood platter to share and so much more, made with the freshest ingredients and complemented by a wonderful international fine wines list: these are the magic ingredients of our fish Seafood restaurant on MSC Meraviglia.
Open 20 hours a day, it’s the ideal place for enjoying a great informal Mediterranean dining experience with a spectacular sea view. Visible kitchens and a Mozzarella-making area allow guests to watch our chefs preparing the fresh food. The extensive buffet area includes various multifunction corners serving international dishes, ethnic cuisine, healthy options and a multitude of other tastes.
Перекусить можно в Pool Area (15 палуба, середина судна), с 6 до 7 утра – ранний завтрак, с 7 до 11 – континентальный завтрак, с 12 дня и до двух ночи готовят пиццу, а в период с 12:00 до 17:00 и с 18:30 до 23:00 – гриль.
One of the most intricate and exciting water parks at sea – featuring three twisting slides, a ‘Himalayan Bridge,’ and a range of pools – provides fun and activities for all ages.
This 315 ft. central promenade is filled with boutiques, restaurants and tranquil spots for shopping, eating and relaxing… as well as socializing. And in the evening, it comes alive with music, parties and entertainment.
The entire ceiling of the inside promenade will be covered by a giant 5,200 sq.ft. LED screen transmitting visual magic around the clock: an atmospheric digital sky that animates the whole area from above with inspiring vistas, events, sunrises, sunsets, and starry night skies.
With around 108 sq.ft. of public space per guest, poolside space on MSC Meraviglia is some of the most plentiful to be found at sea.
Beautiful lighting, a giant screen and atmospheric design make the main pool area even more alluring after dark.