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Disney Wonder Autumn 2026 at a Glance Detail Info Ship Disney Wonder (built 1999, refreshed 2026; 84,130 tons, 1,754 guests, 947 crew, 11 decks) Season Autumn 2026 (this guide covers departures from October 27 to December 22) Region Mexican Riviera…
Let’s get the awkward part out of the way: the Celebrity Silhouette is not the newest ship in Fort Lauderdale, and it won’t pretend to be. She’s a 2011 Solstice-class ship that had a 2020 refresh, and she’s now working…
Carnival Pride This Autumn at a Glance Detail What to know Ship Carnival Pride, Spirit Class, built 2001, refurbished 2026 Size 85,920 gross tons, 13 decks, 2,124 passengers, 930 crew Season Autumn into winter: the first departure is 1 November…
Picture it: Saturday, January 16, 2027, Manhattan is doing its best frozen-tundra impression, and Norwegian Bliss slides out of New York for an 8-night round trip that is a lot more than a beach holiday in disguise. It has four…
Quick Reference: Disney Dream, Autumn 2026 Detail What to know Ship Disney Dream (Dream Class, built 2011, refurbished 2024) Size 129,690 gross tons, 14 decks, up to 4,000 passengers, 1,458 crew Season Autumn 2026: October 26 to mid-December departures covered…
Here is the first thing to know about Aurora’s Northern Europe autumn: you’ve mostly missed the fjords. This week she’s up in Norway on the 14-night sailing that left Southampton on 20 October and gets home on 3 November. By…
Anthem of the Seas leaves Sydney on Friday 15 January 2027 for nine nights in the South Pacific, in peak southern-hemisphere summer. Our database calls this a “winter” sailing, which is adorable and wrong. Pack for hot, wet and mildly…
Quick Reference: MSC Grandiosa This Autumn Detail What to know Ship MSC Grandiosa, Meraviglia Plus class, built 2019, refurbished 2024, 181,541 GT, 18 decks Season Autumn 2026. Caribbean sailings start November 14. Region Caribbean / Bahamas, after a run of…
Harmony of the Seas leaves Port Canaveral on Tuesday, February 2, 2027, for four nights. She’s fresh from a 2026 refit that rewrote her restaurant list, and yes, the drama is real (more on that below). Our database has no…
The calendar says “autumn”. That’s true if you’re reading from London or Chicago. Down Under, Viking Venus spends this stretch sliding from late spring into full summer. Eleven sailings depart between 26 October 2026 and 15 February 2027. They run…
