Princess Cruises is launching “Exotic Sailings” for the 2018-2019 season, a program that will take guests to exotic destinations on its many cruises around the world. This program will offer more than 50 sailings ranging from 3 to 111 days on board. Six ships will sail 27 unique itineraries across five continents, visiting 93 different destinations in 47 countries.
“Our ExoticSailings program offers our guests the opportunity to travel to spectacular destinations around the world, allowing them to experience the diverse cultures and landscapes of their dream destinations,” said Jan Swartz, president of Princess Cruises. “We are proud that these award-winning itineraries make us the leading destination cruise company in the industry.”.
The “ExoticSailings” program offers:
- More than 20 UNESCO-protected destinations, declared World Heritage Sites such as Glacier Bay National Park, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Komodo National Park, the Great Barrier Reef, Robben Island in Cape Town and many more.
- Itineraries with longer layovers, including nights in 18 different ports spread across five continents.
- The Pacific Princess's 111-day round-the-world voyage, including a visit to the Cape of Good Hope in Africa.
- The Royal Princess, an Ocean Medallion-class ship, will make its maiden voyage around Cape Horn on a 49-day South American adventure, becoming the largest cruise ship to sail the continent. Guests will have access to the most advanced wearable device and cutting-edge technology within the Access Network™ (O·C·E·A·N™), achieving a new level of personalization and offering an enhanced experience unlike anything seen before in the global vacation industry.
- A 60-day cruise on the Coral Princess through the North Pacific Circle from Los Angeles, heading to 22 destinations in 8 countries, including Asia, Alaska, and Hawaii.
- Two cruises of 14 and 15 days in duration, sailing around Asia on the Sapphire Princess departing from Shanghai and Singapore, complement the cruises on this continent, of the company's new ship, the Majestic Princess.
Wide variety of itineraries:
Asia: Coral Princess, Diamond Princess and Sapphire Princess
- The Coral Princess will debut an epic 60-day North Pacific Circle voyage (round trip to Los Angeles), featuring Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Guam, and Hawaii, as well as the best of Alaska, including a scenic cruise through Glacier Bay, Juneau, Icy Strait Point, and our first call at Kodiak in nearly a decade. Nine ports of call feature overnight stops in Juneau, Tokyo (Yokohama), Osaka, Seoul (Incheon), Beijing (Tianjin), Shanghai, Taipei (Keelung), Hong Kong, and Honolulu. This voyage will also be offered in the following variations: 28 days from Los Angeles to Shanghai; and 32 days from Shanghai to Los Angeles.
- The Diamond Princess and Sapphire Princess will return to Singapore together, offering a season of cruises ranging from 3 to 21 days, with stops in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. For the Christmas and New Year holidays, the Diamond Princess will sail a 10-day Southeast Asian itinerary and an 11-day Peninsular Malaysian and Indonesian itinerary. These itineraries can be combined into a 21-day cruise. Additionally, the Sapphire Princess will offer a 15-day Asian itinerary, including an overnight stay in Hong Kong. For Lunar New Year 2019, the Sapphire Princess is offering a 7-day Vietnam and Thailand itinerary (round-trip from Singapore).
South America: Royal Princess and Emerald Princess
- The Royal Princess and Emerald Princess offer seven itineraries and 15 sailings ranging from 14 to 49 days, visiting 25 destinations from four departure ports. The Royal Princess will make its inaugural voyage to South America on a 49-day adventure from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles. The Emerald Princess returns to South America, sailing around Cape Horn on five departures between Santiago (Valparaíso) and Buenos Aires. Both ships also offer the Great Adventure in Brazil, a 19-day cruise between Fort Lauderdale and Buenos Aires, which can be combined with the 14-day Cape Horn cruises.
Around the world: Pacific Princess
- The Pacific Princess offers a 111-day round-trip world cruise from either Los Angeles or Fort Lauderdale, visiting 41 destinations in 27 countries across five continents. This itinerary includes a circumnavigation around the Cape of Good Hope with overnight stays in Cape Town and Singapore. The cruise also features three ports of call: Stewart Island (New Zealand), the remote island of St. Helena (a UK territory), and Guadeloupe (Pointe-à-Pitre). For a second round-the-world option, the Pacific Princess offers a 96-day cruise embarking in Los Angeles and disembarking in Fort Lauderdale.
Princess Cruises also offers the opportunity to join the cruise for part of the trip, including a 72-day cruise through the Indian and Pacific Oceans, or 43 days through Australia and Africa, 39 days in Africa, South America and the Panama Canal, 29 days in Hawaii and the South Pacific, 24 days in Africa and South America and a choice of two 15-day Panama Canal cruises from Los Angeles to Ft. Lauderdale.
Cruise Tours
To further enhance your cruise experience, Princess Cruises is pleased to offer two Cruise Tours on its Emerald Princess and Royal Princess cruises on South American itineraries. During the Iguazu Falls Cruise Tour, guests will visit Rio de Janeiro with a full-day tour that takes them to Sugarloaf Mountain and the Christ the Redeemer statue. The tour continues through the jungle on the border of Brazil and Argentina to the breathtaking Iguazu Falls, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. During the Machu Picchu Cruise Tour, guests will travel through the Andes to the magical Machu Picchu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and visit the historic city of Cusco and the Sacred Valley, including visits to Sacsayhuaman, Ollantaytambo, and an authentic market in Pisac.
