Sun, Jan 1, 2017
The new year cruise heads for Cuba. Passenger Niels seeks to find there before marriage his dream car, a 1958er Edsel with his bachelor party, kid brother Sven and best man Maik, but spiked rum-tasting brings them in dangerous, yet rewarding wandering trough Havana. Astrology-amateur doc Oskar focuses on 'madam' Doris. Lonely workaholic learns there's more to life dancing with constant traveler Maria, whose trust fund finally runs out and her senior youth lover, charming"Son Cubano" band leader Ernesto. Colleagues Bernd. and Nora, with opposite characters, bond bizarrely on sunken galleon treasure hunt.
Sun, Apr 16, 2017
Old friends Felix Staudinger and Justus Erbrecht compete annually for the best wildlife picture in the photography club they lead, but this team play dirty. Robin Schmelting and husband Mann Kai go attend her father Herbert Frohme's testament reading and bump into her brother Steffen with whom she fell out after their mother's death. Robin knows Kai cheats on her with hairdresser Larissa, who is engaged short term aboard without telling him. *Steffen Frohme urgently needs capital to prevent the family sausages factory going bust and sees no alternative but smuggle rhino-horn, but on arrival father Herbert Frohme reveals he only faked his death to lure theme 'home'. Promising officer Florian Barner is torn between captain Burger's plans for him and his band with two crew-mates, which is offered a unique tour launch, while unsuspecting cruise director Schifferle books them for the gala aboard.
Tue, Dec 26, 2017
Robert and Ariane Hambach, 'attracted opposites', boarded to seek a common interest on marriage counselor's advise, but nothing works, except perhaps dancing, only Ariane feels his elbow and gets jealous of his great dance with a local other in Montevideo, then finds her own dance match in the hotel. Back aboard they avoid each-other, but she finds the red dress Robert brought along, which she wore as they met. Fellow teachers Joachim Wicker and Thomas Voss's friendship broke up as both tried in vain to become principal, yet booked together and rival for passenger Lale Hansen, whose husband dumped her after 25 years, which proves painful, even requires Doktor Sander's help, complete with courting advice. The trio unexpectedly all booked the same rough excursion to a winery Estancia (ranch) with a sexy gaucho, which brings more pain, and it goes on back aboard. Mystery illness-terminal passenger Caroline Helmer booked her last-ever voyage to make up with estranged daughter Nadine, but didn't count on the captain being her near-altar-dumped fiance Victor Burger, who learns after a happy day she's terminal and has a daughter, yet manages a reconciliation. Schifferle and Sander assume Beatrice's recently acquired Italian house is a ruin, and commandeer crew to fix "Casa sul Vento".