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Please feel free to delete cruises that have departed, and add your upcoming ones from the thread. This wiki is current through post #621. Keeping this list in chronological order will make it easier for people to meet up.

2026
13 Jul: AmaVerde - 14 nights - Grand Danube (Giurgiu to Vilshofen) - mahasamatman

26 Sep: NCL Escape - 16 nights - Transatlantic (NY to Barcelona) - ysolde

07 Oct: Seabourn Ovation - 12 nights - Atlantic Canada and New England (Montréal to New York) - mahasamatman
10 Oct: Sky Princess - 14 nights - Search for the Northern Lights (Southampton round-trip) - BamaVol
19 Oct: Seabourn Ovation - 12 nights - Atlantic Canada and New England (New York to Montréal) - mahasamatman

03 Nov: Seabourn Encore - 12 nights - Japan/Korea - 747FC

19 Dec: Ponant Le Soléal - 9 nights - Coral and Tasman Seas (Cairns to Dunedin) - mahasamatman
28 Dec: Ponant Le Soléal - 14 nights - New Zealand’s Subantarctic Islands (Dunedin round-trip) - mahasamatman

2027
24 Jan: Regent Seven Seas Grandeur - 16 nights - Ultimate Panama Canal Transit (Los Angeles to Miami) - ysolde

19 Mar: Silver Spirit - 12 nights - Caribbean (Miami to Bridgetown) - mahasamatman
31 Mar: Silver Spirit - 13 nights - Transatlantic (Bridgetown to Lisbon) - mahasamatman

01 Jun: Explora III - 9 nights - Alaska (Vancouver round-trip) - mahasamatman

02 Aug: Crystal Serenity - 7 nights - Pacific Coast North America (Vancouver to San Diego) - mahasamatman
09 Aug: Crystal Serenity - 11 nights - Pacific Coast Central America (San Diego to Fuerte Amador) - mahasamatman
20 Aug: Crystal Serenity - 14 nights - Panama Canal, Caribbean, and Atlantic Coast (Fuerte Amador to New York) - mahasamatman

10 Nov: Regent Seven Seas Mariner - 27 nights - Minarets and Mandalas (Doha to Benoa) - mahasamatman

2028
15 Feb: Silver Shadow - 12 nights - South America (Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro) - mahasamatman
27 Feb: Silver Shadow - 19 nights - Transatlantic (Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town) - mahasamatman

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Oct 4, 2024 | 5:36 pm

#601

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 747FC

Many thanks for the link and info. I asked you a bunch of questions on the other thread.

I know your questions are intended for FlyStef, but I did Antarctica & South Georgia on Seabourn Quest in 2014/2015 as well as a couple of expedition voyages on Seabourn Venture & Pursuit this year. I will go on the other thread to comment on some of your questions.

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Oct 4, 2024 | 6:16 pm

#602

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Being Bipolar, in addition to booking our Antarctica and South Georgia Island cruise, we booked the Seabourn Venture for 12 nights to explore Svalbard, Greenland and Iceland. Starts June 6, 2025.

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Oct 4, 2024 | 6:18 pm

#603

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyerStef

To the two of you on the 21 day Seabourn Antarctica over the holidays, I am very jealous - I did it last year and it is the best trip I have ever been on - posted about it here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/antarctica/2148194-back-antartica-seabourn-venture.html You are going to have a blast.

We have done some future bookings recently, got hit by the 'how can we not have anything booked' bug:

- Seabourn Encore 6/15/25 Istanbul to Athens
- SeaDream II 2/14/27 (!!) St Martin to St Thomas

Prices are getting very pricey for some of these, hence the booking out to 2027 for a decent deal.

If you haven't already done so, please consider adding these voyages to the Wiki above.

Nov 8, 2024 | 3:36 pm

#604

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Unfortunately, we've had to cancel our first two cruises of 2025 for health reasons. I hope we don't need to cancel any more!

Nov 8, 2024 | 4:26 pm

#605

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Originally Posted by mahasamatman

Unfortunately, we've had to cancel our first two cruises of 2025 for health reasons. I hope we don't need to cancel any more!

Speedy recovery!

Nov 8, 2024 | 8:21 pm

#606

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So we had a look at some videos on YouTube with the cabin category we had selected (the former junior suite), and my husband definitely felt that, on a longer cruise like this, we would feel cramped. So we upgraded a bit to a non-Haven, two person suite. More space, a few perks. It will suit us better. I think we have been spoiled by the space on Regent.

21 days till this cruise. There were a whole series of price reductions awhile back, so our travel agency got us upgraded to a two-bedroom family suite in The Haven. Ridiculously large for two people, but we are not complaining. I have to say our travel agency has done great job thus far.

Nov 13, 2024 | 9:42 am

#607

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mahasamatman

Unfortunately, we've had to cancel our first two cruises of 2025 for health reasons. I hope we don't need to cancel any more!

Hopefully things will resolve in the best-way possible. Our upcoming cruise in a few days (fly out this Sunday) is the beginning of a new era, my wife living past her cancer's initial expiration date some months back and hopefully passing many more anniversaries of that expiration date down the road.

This getting older thing... it's a bit tougher and more frustrating than I thought!

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Nov 14, 2024 | 10:29 pm

#608

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Originally Posted by mahasamatman

Unfortunately, we've had to cancel our first two cruises of 2025 for health reasons. I hope we don't need to cancel any more!

Wishing you a speedy recovery and good health.

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Dec 22, 2024 | 10:47 am

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I'm on a booking spree. Just booked 21 days on MSC Yacht Club for January 2026, and will shortly book 32 days on Silversea for April/May 2026 (once our status match goes through) and our first Ponant cruise for January 2027.

Dec 22, 2024 | 11:32 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mahasamatman

I did the same thing this year. Had six back to back cruises booked. When it got close to 2 months I was ready for a break.😅 I never get exhausted from land travel, but cruising seems to wear me out after many weeks.

Enjoy your cruising!

Feb 21, 2025 | 3:53 pm

#611

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Just made final payments on two of my bookings for this year. Now that my schedule is "work-free", I was finally able to book a longer voyage in May up the western coast of Europe, with 3 days in Bordeaux. During my work years, it was impossible to fit anything in during May/June due to conference schedules.

May 27th - Silversea Silver Spirit - Lisbon to Southampton
July 27th - Silversea Silver Spirit - Stockholm to Copenhagen

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Mar 13, 2025 | 11:08 am

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Just posted our crossing on the Queen Mary 2 above. We are getting excited for this one!

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Mar 13, 2025 | 11:33 am

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Just posted our crossing on the Queen Mary 2 above. We are getting excited for this one!

Enjoy your cruise. The ship is fabulous. I did the crossing twice.

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Mar 19, 2025 | 7:29 pm

#614

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 747FC

Being Bipolar, in addition to booking our Antarctica and South Georgia Island cruise, we booked the Seabourn Venture for 12 nights to explore Svalbard, Greenland and Iceland. Starts June 6, 2025.

Unfortunately, due to a scheduled surgery, need to cancel the Svalbard cruise

May 6, 2025 | 10:51 am

#615

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Unfortunately, due to a scheduled surgery, need to cancel the Svalbard cruise

Hope everything works out well.

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