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.