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Most ships pick a neighbourhood and stay in it. Evrima treats the planet like a tasting menu. This autumn she does the western Med, a Caribbean-to-Panama run, a Hawaii-to-Tahiti crossing and then a string of Tahiti loops. Our database files…
Quantum of the Seas leaves Brisbane on Friday 22 January 2027 for seven nights, and it’s a very particular kind of trip. It’s peak southern summer and cyclone season, with four sea days and two Vanuatu stops that depend on…
Here is the first thing to know about Oceania Allura’s autumn: it’s a two-act play, and only the second act is set in the Caribbean. From mid-October to mid-November the ship works through the Mediterranean and then crosses the Atlantic.…
While the rest of the country argues about pumpkin spice, Carnival Panorama spends her autumn shuttling between Los Angeles and Baja. She needs no sweater and has no regrets. Our listings show 6- and 8-night sailings running from mid-October into…
Silver Moon’s autumn in Asia opens with a fortnight of Japan and Korea, then turns south for a long, slow slide through Taiwan, Hong Kong and Vietnam into Singapore. The first sailing leaves Tokyo tomorrow. If you’re reading this on…
Carnival Miracle has had a busy stretch since spring 2025. She went through a Cadiz drydock in April 2025, spent that summer in Europe, wintered in Tampa, and spent summer 2026 sailing Alaska from Seattle. Now she has come south…
Quantum of the Seas leaves Brisbane on Friday 8 January 2027 for eight nights, and yes, you read the calendar right. This is mid-summer in the Southern Hemisphere and smack inside cyclone season, whatever the weather in your head says.…
Quantum of the Seas leaves Brisbane on Tuesday 5 January 2027, sails off with all the confidence of a ship that has somewhere to be, and comes straight back on Friday 8 January having visited precisely nobody. That’s the whole…
Carnival Magic is a 2011-built Dream Class ship that spent 35 days at the Grand Bahama Shipyard this spring getting a glow-up. She has been back sailing out of Miami since late May, and the autumn run I’m covering kicks…
Harmony of the Seas leaves Port Canaveral on Saturday 23 January 2027 for five nights. She’s fresh from her 2026 “Amplified” refit, with roughly 90+ new staterooms, new restaurants and a casino that swallowed a comedy club whole. It’s a…
