Full circle
90–120 days · Book 12–18 months ahead
One ship, one crew, the long way around
Cunard, Regent, Silversea, or Holland America
- A published world-cruise port list
- The stops long enough to leave the ship
Sample itineraries
Sample routings.
These are typical routings and ports. Ships, dates, and fares change.
AllAlaskanAsiaAustralia & New ZealandBermudaCanada & New EnglandCaribbeanEuropeanExpeditionHawaiiMediterraneanNorthern EuropePanama CanalRiverSouth AmericaWorld
World Cruises
Destination page
Embark on the ultimate travel milestone.
More on World, including excursions
Optional excursions
These can be arranged in the port or the city, as an add-on to enrich the trip. They are not in the cruise fare unless the line includes them.
Use the overnight, ignore the glance
A port where the ship stays past dinner. A full day and an evening.
Crossing days, on purpose
The Atlantic or a long Pacific stretch. Several days at sea.
A segment, not the whole circle
A 20- to 40-night slice of a longer voyage. The sector you choose.
Half the map
45–70 days · Book 12 to 18 months ahead
An arc — Med to Asia, or Pacific to the Atlantic
Often a segment of the full world cruise
- You can board in the middle of the voyage and leave before it ends
- Flights on both ends, which we can arrange
Transatlantic crossing
7–14 nights · Eastbound in fall, westbound in spring
New York or Southampton, ocean in between
Cunard crosses the Atlantic, and other lines do too
- Most of the crossing has no ports
- You spend the crossing on the ocean
- A sensible first long voyage