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Featured Cruises: Port Chalmers, Emerald Princess, Avalon Affinity, Carnival Triumph and Grand Princess – January 12, 2017

Featured Destination: Port Chalmers, New Zealand

Upcoming cruises to Port Chalmers

October 30, 2017: Celebrity Solstice – 12 Night New Zealand from Sydney, Australia
November 7, 2017: Radiance of the Seas – 11 Night New Zealand from Sydney, Australia
November 11, 2017: Celebrity Solstice – 14 Night New Zealand from Auckland, New Zealand
November 11, 2017: Celebrity Solstice – 14 Night New Zealand from Auckland, New Zealand
November 18, 2017: Radiance of the Seas – 11 Night New Zealand from Sydney, Australia

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Featured Cruises: Princess Cays, Queen Victoria, Viking Beyla, MSC Armonia and Viking Star – January 4, 2017

Featured Destination: Princess Cays, Bahamas

Upcoming cruises to Princess Cays

October 7, 2017: Caribbean Princess – 14 Night Circle Caribbean from Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida
October 21, 2017: Caribbean Princess – 10 Night Panama Canal with Costa Rica and Caribbean from Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida
October 31, 2017: Caribbean Princess – 10 Night Panama Canal with Costa Rica and Caribbean from Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida
November 5, 2017: Regal Princess – 7 Night Western Caribbean from Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida
November 5, 2017: Regal Princess – 14 Night Caribbean West/East Adventurer from Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

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Cruise Ships to San Diego

San Diego is both a cruise departure port and a destination for cruises that begin elsewhere. Located on the Pacific Ocean at the southern end of California, it’s regularly ranked as one of the nicest places to live in the United States. Great for short visits, too.

  1. Ruby Princess – from San Pedro (Los Angeles), California
  2. Seven Seas Navigator – from Miami, Florida
  3. Grand Princess – from San Francisco, California
  4. Amsterdam – from Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida
  5. Sirena – from Miami, Florida
  6. Regatta – from San Pedro (Los Angeles), California
  7. Insignia – from San Pedro (Los Angeles), California
  8. Celebrity Infinity – from Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida
  9. Veendam – from Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida
  10. Eurodam – from Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida
  11. Disney Wonder – from Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia
  12. Crystal Serenity – from San Pedro (Los Angeles), California
  13. Nieuw Amsterdam – from Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida
  14. Maasdam – from Auckland, New Zealand
  15. Zaandam – from Valparaiso (Santiago), Chile

Featured Cruises for October 11, 2016: From New York, San Francisco, Port Canaveral and Civitavecchia

Given the weather systems we’ve seen in the Atlantic Ocean recently, we wish smooth sailing to those who are departing on the Queen Mary 2 from New York today! And to the folks sailing from San Francisco to Hawaii on the Grand Princess in January – we’re just plain envious.

Departing Today

Queen Mary 2 – Cunard
7 Night Transatlantic Eastbound
Departing from: New York, New York
Visiting: Southampton (London), England


Departing in 90 Days: January 9, 2017

Grand PrincessPrincess Cruises
15 Night Hawaiian Islands
Departing from: San Francisco, California
Visiting: Hilo, Hawaii; Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii; Nawiliwili, Kauai, Hawaii; Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii; Ensenada, Mexico


Departing in 6 Months: April 9, 2017

Disney WonderDisney Cruise Line
4 Night Bahamas
Departing from: Port Canaveral (Orlando), Florida
Visiting: Nassau, Bahamas; Castaway Cay (Disney Private Island)


Departing in 9 Months: July 8, 2017

Carnival MagicCarnival Cruise Lines
7 Night Western Caribbean
Departing from: Port Canaveral (Orlando), Florida
Visiting: Cozumel, Mexico; Belize City, Belize; Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras; Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico


Departing in 1 Year: October 11, 2017

Royal PrincessPrincess Cruises
10 Night Western Mediterranean
Departing from: Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy
Visiting: Naples, Italy; Messina, Sicily, Italy; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Kotor, Montenegro; Corfu (Kerkyra), Greece; Corsica; Toulon, France; Barcelona, Spain

Ocean Cruises from the South Pacific to the Caribbean – August 31, 2016

A very wide variety of cruises today, ranging from an extended tour of the South Pacific to a New England cruise on the North Atlantic to a trip through the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic…

Departing Today

Regatta
18 Night Panama Canal Passage
Departing from: San Francisco, California
Visiting: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; Huatulco, Mexico; San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua; Puntarenas, Costa Rica; Panama Canal Full Transit; Cartagena, Colombia; Charleston, South Carolina; New York, New York

More Cruises Sailing Wednesday August 31st:
Volendam7 Night Alaska Glacier Discovery
Viking Rinda7 Night Paris and the Heart of Normandy
Norwegian Epic7 Night Western Mediterranean
Island Princess7 Night Voyage of the Glaciers Northbound
Viking Heimdal7 Night Lyon and Provence Northbound


Departing in 30 Days – September 30, 2016

Amsterdam
48 Night Tales of the South Pacific
Departing from: San Diego, California
Visiting: Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii; Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii; Nawiliwili, Kauai, Hawaii; Kailua-Kona, Hawaii; Hilo, Hawaii; Cross International Dateline; Cross The Equator; Fanning Island, Kiribati; Pago Pago, Tutuila, American Samoa; Apia, Upolu, Samoa; Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji; Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji

More Cruises Sailing Friday September 30th:
Norwegian Sun14 Night Panama Canal Eastbound
Viking Emerald12 Night Imperial Jewels Of China
Norwegian Sky3 Night Bahamas
Koningsdam24 Night Treasures Of The Mediterranean
Viking Vili14 Night Grand European Tour Eastbound


Departing in 90 Days – November 29, 2016

Explorer of the Seas
9 Night South Pacific
Departing from: Sydney, Australia
Visiting: Lifou Isle, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia; Port Vila, Efate, Vanuatu; Mystery Island, Vanuatu; Noumea, New Caledonia

More Cruises Sailing Tuesday November 29th:
Avalon Impression6 Night Christmastime on the Danube Eastbound
Diamond Princess10 Night Southeast Asia
Diamond Princess13 Night Malaysia Thailand and Vietnam
Regatta23 Night Rainforests and Rivers


Departing in 6 months – February 27, 2017

Disney Dream
4 Night Bahamas
Departing from: Port Canaveral (Orlando), Florida
Visiting: Nassau, Bahamas; Castaway Cay (Disney Private Island)

More Cruises Sailing Monday February 27th:
Vision of the Seas7 Night Arabian Gulf
Mariner of the Seas4 Night Port Klang and Phuket
Majesty of the Seas4 Night Bahamas
Norwegian Gem10 Night Eastern Caribbean
Norwegian Sky4 Night Bahamas


Departing in 1 year – August 31, 2017

Insignia
10 Night Cottages Coves and Coasts
Departing from: New York, New York
Visiting: Newport, Rhode Island; Boston, Massachusetts; Bar Harbor, Maine; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Hamilton, Bermuda

More Cruises Sailing Thursday August 31st:
Silver Shadow7 Night Alaska Northbound
Wind Spirit7 Night Dreams of Tahiti
AmaLyra7 Night Paris and Normandy
Carnival Imagination3 Night Baja Mexico
Regatta10 Night Peaks Parks and Preserves

Today’s Cruises – October 4, 2013

There are 14 cruises scheduled for departure on Friday, October 4, 2013, including:

  • Celebrity Solstice is starting an 18-night voyage from Honolulu to Sydney that will include visits to Tahiti, Bora-Bora and New Zealand;
  • Contrary to its name, Costa Atlantica won’t be traveling anywhere near the Atlantic on the 5-day round-trip from Shanghai that begins today;
  • Grand Princess begins a 15-night round-trip cruise from San Francisco to Hawaii today, something it will do 11 more times between now and the end of April 2014.

Looking nine months ahead, there are currently 23 cruise ships scheduled for departures on Friday July 4, 2014, including seven different cruises to Alaska.

Today’s Cruises – September 27, 2013

We’ve got a lucky 13 ships departing today, including…

Looking ahead:  There are 17 cruises to choose from departing four months from now, January 27, 2014.  And another 22 scheduled for six months out, Friday June 27, 2014.

Today’s Cruises – September 25, 2013

Not many cruises scheduled for today, but today’s departures include:

Looking ahead:  Six months from now there are five cruises scheduled for departure on March 25, 2014, including a 5-day voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to the Bahamas on Carnival Fantasy.  Nine months from now, June 25, 2014, you could be leaving on a 12-night “Imperial Jewels of China” river cruise on Viking’s Century Emerald.

Today’s Cruises – September 17, 2013

Tuesday’s are a light day for cruise departures, but there are still 8 cruises leaving port today, including a couple of interesting ones offered by Princess Cruises…

Looking ahead:  Four months from today you could be starting the new year with a real “Cruise of a Lifetime” as the luxury cruise ship Seven Seas Voyager departs from Auckland, New Zealand on a 136-night voyage that hits all the high spots in New Zealand, Australia, China, Vietnam, Thailand, India and the Mediterranean before arriving in Southampton, England.