You're Not Booking a Cruise. You're Stepping Into a Holiday Spectacle.
The Christmas Spectacular: Markets & Magic on the Rhine
An immersive holiday experience featuring world-renowned magicians, iconic Christmas markets, and a five-star floating resort — all privately chartered.
Markets by Day. Magic by Night. Luxury Always.
7-night Transcend Connect charter from Frankfurt to Nuremberg
December 5–12, 2026
Markets by Day. Magic by Night. Luxury Always.
Every detail. Every moment. Every guest.
A Holiday Event, Not a Christmas Cruise
A fully immersive, privately chartered experience designed around wonder, celebration, and connection.
A floating five-star resort combined with intimate access to world-class performers.
Markets by Day. Magic by Night.
Cobblestone streets glowing with lights. Hand-carved wooden ornaments and freshly-baked gingerbread. Mulled wine warming your hands. Each day ashore, the festive spirit of Germany’s most enchanting Christmas markets. Each evening on board, magic, candle-lit dinners, and shared wonder.
Six Magicians. Endless Wonder.
Each evening transforms the ship into an intimate stage. Six internationally celebrated magicians — curated by Magicorp Productions — travel with you for the full voyage, performing parlor shows, close-up sets, and unforgettable hands-on experiences.
Bill Herz
Renowned Corporate Comedy Magician
The Wall Street Journal called him a “modern-day Merlin.” Bill Herz has performed for nearly every name in the Fortune 500 — and in 1987 he founded Magicorp Productions, the agency curating this very voyage. A graduate of Amherst and Cornell and a two-time International Magical Performers Award winner, his magic is interactive, funny, and disarmingly personal. He is also a theatrical consultant for Broadway, film and television, and the author of Secrets of the Astonishing Executive.
Dana Sawyer
Close-Up Mentalist
Raised in a show-business family, Dana traded a career producing television — including Ellen — and tour-managing Michael Carbonaro for the spotlight, and never looked back. A mentalist and magician known for warm, funny, genuinely mind-bending close-up work, she is the creator of Magic Happy Hour and the immersive Magic on the Move. Expect mind-reading, sleight-of-hand, and shared-wonder moments your table will be talking about long after dessert.
Guy Hollingworth
Hollywood Magician of the Year
By day, an English barrister specialising in intellectual-property law. By night, the creator of The Reformation — a signed card torn to pieces and restored one fragment at a time — widely regarded as one of the most beautiful card effects ever devised. Named Magician of the Year by Hollywood's Academy of Magical Arts and author of the classic Drawing Room Deceptions, Guy took his one-man show The Expert at the Card Table from a sold-out Edinburgh Festival to Los Angeles, Las Vegas and London — and directed Neil Patrick Harris in the very same piece. Timeless, elegant, quietly astonishing.
Mac King
Las Vegas Headliner
Penn Jillette calls him “the greatest living comic magician.” Mac King headlined the Las Vegas Strip for more than twenty years — two decades at Harrah's, now at the Excalibur — graduated from Macalester College with a double major in anthropology and magic, holds a Guinness World Record, and is the only magician to appear in all five of NBC's World's Greatest Magic specials. Named Magician of the Year by the Magic Castle, his deceptively simple, laugh-out-loud sleight of hand wins over audiences of every age.
R. Paul Wilson
Sleight of Hand & Deception Expert
Born in Cyprus, raised in Singapore and Scotland, R. Paul Wilson has studied cons, conjuring and cheating since the age of eight. The world came to know him as writer and star of the BBC's The Real Hustle — eleven seasons, syndicated in more than forty-five countries, and now studied by universities and law-enforcement agencies. A film consultant who has worked alongside Sylvester Stallone and Jamie Foxx, and author of The Art of the Con, Paul draws audiences into a world of trust, perception and persuasion — equal parts intrigue, laughter, and impossible moments.
Mike Caveney
Renowned Magic Historian
Fifty years a performer, with a dry wit timed to the second, Mike Caveney was twice voted Stage Magician of the Year by Hollywood's Magic Castle and belongs to the prestigious Inner Magic Circle of London. He is also the most celebrated living magic historian — author of more than fifty books, co-author of Taschen's monumental Magic 1400s–1950s, and since 2000 the curator of the 131-year-old Egyptian Hall Museum, the oldest private magic museum in America. One evening on board, he'll tell the story of magic itself.
You won’t watch the show. You’ll be in it.
You will be whisked away on a magical adventure — Christmas markets by day, the world’s best magicians at arm’s length by night. From the first welcome reception to the final farewell, these legends aren’t on a distant stage and off again to their next city.
They’re at your dinner table. Walking the cobblestones beside you. Sharing close-up wonders just inches from your eyes. Asking what brought you here.
Inches away — not rows away.
A card. A laugh. A friendship.
Long after the trick, the conversation continues.
“Each night, the conversation went a little further and deeper. That’s what makes it fun.”— Bill Herz, Founder, Magicorp Productions
This Is What You’ll Remember
Not the trick — the moment. The hand over your mouth, the laugh you can’t hold in, the friend you turn to and ask did you just see that? Real reactions from real evenings with Magicorp.
ITINERARY
Throughout the journey, curated “Magic Moments Ashore” bring the theme to life — subtle, surprising, and seamlessly woven into each destination.
Times shown are local; itinerary subject to change due to weather, water levels, or operational considerations.
Frankfurt, Germany
By Day: Wander one of Germany’s most iconic Christmas markets, where towering trees, glowing stalls, and the scent of mulled wine fill the historic square.
Highlights:
A Grand Welcome Evening — champagne reception, curated holiday dinner, festive cinema under the stars, your first live magic performance, and an intimate meet & greet with the magicians.
Aschaffenburg, Germany
By Day: Discover a refined baroque town with intimate markets, twinkling lights, and a slower, more elegant holiday atmosphere.
Highlights:
Diamonds & Champagne Night — a sparkling evening of fine dining, flowing champagne, and close-up magic performed just inches away as magicians move effortlessly through the room.
Wertheim, Germany
By Day: Step into a storybook — a medieval village where half-timbered houses and riverside views create a truly magical setting.
Highlights:
Magic & Cinema Experience — iconic illusion films paired with live magician commentary, followed by an interactive discussion that blurs the line between reality and illusion.
Würzburg, Germany
By Day: Explore a grand cultural city — from the Residenz Palace to festive squares filled with music, wine, and seasonal flavors.
Highlights:
The Rotating Magic Experience — multiple intimate performances across the ship, where each space reveals a different magician, a different style, and a new sense of wonder.
Kitzingen, Germany
By Day: A hidden gem in wine country — peaceful, authentic, and filled with local charm and holiday warmth.
Highlights:
Fairytale Christmas Evening — a cozy, elegant dinner followed by an intimate evening of close-up magic.
Bamberg, Germany
By Day: A UNESCO-listed masterpiece — canals, bridges, and cobblestone streets that feel almost too perfect to be real.
Highlights:
Around the World Christmas Celebration — a festive, globally inspired evening of food, music, and magicians weaving through the experience, creating spontaneous, unforgettable moments.
Nuremberg, Germany
By Day: Experience the legendary Christkindlesmarkt — one of the most famous Christmas markets in the world, filled with tradition, craftsmanship, and holiday spirit.
Highlights:
The Grand Finale Spectacular — a show-stopping final evening featuring a Rhineland feast, live entertainment, and the ultimate magic performance that brings the entire journey to a breathtaking close.
Nuremberg, Germany
A final morning wrapped in the glow of the season — one last stroll, one last coffee, and the quiet realization you were part of something truly special.
Highlights:
THE SHIP
Purpose-built for exclusive group charters. 120 guests, 60 staterooms, world-class venues.
The Forum
Two-story dramatic space
The Restaurant
River-facing windows
The Lounge
Flexible seating
Top Deck
Outdoor venue
The Studio
1,500+ sq ft flex space
Aft Spa Lounge
Alternate restaurant
STATEROOMS & SUITES
Category A — Deck 3 Mid/Fwd
210 sq ft
210 sq ft stateroom on Deck 3 with panoramic river views from a premium mid-forward position
- ✓ Deck 3 Infinity Balcony
- ✓ Mid/Forward position
- ✓ All-inclusive dining & beverages
- ✓ Complimentary wellness center
Category B — Deck 2 Mid/Fwd
210 sq ft
210 sq ft stateroom on Deck 2 with panoramic river views from a mid-forward position
- ✓ Deck 2 Infinity Balcony
- ✓ Mid/Forward position
- ✓ All-inclusive dining & beverages
- ✓ Complimentary wellness center
Category C — Deck 3 Aft
210 sq ft
210 sq ft stateroom on Deck 3 in the aft section, close to the Aft Lounge and Spa
- ✓ Deck 3 Infinity Balcony
- ✓ Aft position near lounge
- ✓ All-inclusive dining & beverages
- ✓ Complimentary wellness center
Category D — Deck 2 Aft
210 sq ft
210 sq ft stateroom on Deck 2 aft — select cabins available for single occupancy at US$9,899 (4 cabins only)
- ✓ Deck 2 Infinity Balcony
- ✓ Aft position
- ✓ Single occupancy available
- ✓ All-inclusive dining & beverages
Two-Room Suite — Deck 3 (Combine Cabins)
420 sq ft
Combine two adjacent Deck 3 staterooms into a 420 sq ft Two-Room Suite. Subject to availability — contact Phoenix Voyages to arrange a suite combination at this price.
- ✓ Two combined Deck 3 staterooms
- ✓ Dual Infinity Balconies
- ✓ Separate living room & bedroom
- ✓ Enhanced turndown service
- ✓ Daily canapé service
CAD prices are converted from USD at the prevailing exchange rate plus a 2% foreign exchange buffer and are subject to change. USD prices are guaranteed.