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Monday, September 27, 2010

Elvis is in the house..I mean onboard NCL's EPIC!

I’ve heard that celebrities are sailing aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines “Epic”.

It looks like Britney Spears is heading to the Norwegian Epic. So is Rod Stewart and the late Michael Jackson is making a surprise recovery.

That's right! There are “Stars at Sea” on Norwegian Cruise Line as they announced a new lineup of look-alike celebrities who will be performing in the Legends in Concert show on the three-month-old, 4,100-passenger ship.

The faux Spears, Stewart and Jackson will start on the Epic on Saturday, taking the place of a look-alike Madonna, Tina Turner and Elvis who have been playing the vessel since its debut in June.

These look alike impersonators featured in Legends in Concert, a long running tradition on the Las Vegas Strip for more than 25 years, is just one of several big-name shows that premiered this year on Epic -- the biggest Norwegian Cruise Line ship ever built.

Epic also is home to another well-known icon of Las Vegas, the Blue Man Group, as well as the dueling piano show Howl at the Moon and a comedy show by Chicago's Second City. In addition, the ship houses an unusual circus-and-dinner show called Cirque Dreams located in what's billed as the first big top at sea.

The Legends in Concert look-alikes take the stage in Epic's 685-seat Epic Theater for six 45-minute shows over three days during each seven-day cruise. In addition, a cabaret-style show is performed on three additional nights in the Manhattan Room, the ship's New York-inspired supper club.

Norwegian has said the celebrity performers will change every few months.

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Bon Voyage!