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Ruby Princess doesn’t have an autumn so much as a relay race. She finishes a 16-night Hawaii loop on November 24, and a 5-night Thanksgiving hop leaves the same day. That one returns on November 29, and another 16-night Hawaii…
Norwegian Prima’s autumn is really a costume change. For a few weeks she’s a Florida-based weekender and week-long island hopper. By mid-November she’s packed up for Puerto Rico and, on at least one listing, doing six ports in six days.…
Anthem of the Seas leaves Sydney on Monday 1 February 2027 for 11 nights of New Zealand and is back on Friday 12 February. This one is defined by its geography: two sea days across the Tasman each way, five…
It’s 30 October, and Silver Dawn sails out of Barcelona on Sunday. If you’re reading this with a half-packed suitcase, hello, brave soul. I see you, and so does your passport. For everyone else, here’s whether Silversea’s autumn Mediterranean run…
It is 30 October, and I’ll say this up front: two Seven Seas Explorer sailings leave Tokyo tomorrow, so that ship has sailed, or very nearly. The rest of the season is the real story. Over the next few months…
Norwegian Joy leaves Miami on Friday 5 February 2027 for three nights in the Bahamas and is due back Monday 8 February. It’s a weekend escape with a boarding pass: a Breakaway Plus ship freshened up in 2024 with a…
Harmony of the Seas leaves Port Canaveral on Saturday, February 6, 2027, for seven nights. She is a 2016 Oasis Class ship that just strutted out of a 2026 drydock refit with more cabins and new restaurants (a glow-up, basically).…
Oceania Marina has had a very busy autumn, and most of it has happened out of sight. She went into dry dock in October for a whole-ship makeover. Now she’s about to launch a season that starts in the Mediterranean,…
Here’s the honest pitch for the Disney Fantasy this autumn. It’s a big, polished, very Disney ship that spends its November and December sailing short loops out of Port Canaveral. It calls at two beach islands Disney built itself, plus…
Quick Reference: Viking Neptune, Autumn in the Mediterranean Detail What to know Ship Viking Neptune (Viking Ocean class, built 2022, 47,842 GT, 10 decks) Capacity 928 passengers, 465 crew Season Autumn (sailings from 27 October 2026) Region Mediterranean: Greece, the…
