A surge in global interest in cruising, driven by economic confidence and the receding pandemic, is poised to make 2025 a banner year for ocean voyages. This article explores the trends shaping the cruise industry, highlighting the diverse options available to travelers from budget-conscious to luxury seekers.
Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth will get a major makeover in advance of a summer in Alaska. If “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” had a book devoted to travel, three entries could be: 1) banana is a popular pizza topping in Sweden; 2) Alaska is both the westernmost and easternmost U.S. state; and 3) roughly eight of every 10 Americans have never cruised.Except for proponents of tomatoes being the only fruit that belongs on pizza, perhaps the most mind-boggling of the above is how many among the U.S.
From the value-based mainstream category to the lah-de-dah luxury level, the cruise industry is working harder than ever to float your boat, especially as Americans’ confidence in the economy improves and the pandemic fades farther in the rearview mirror with every nautical mile. So, let’s hoist the anchor and embark on a tour of ocean cruise lines that look the most shipshape for 2025.Artist’s rendering of Carnival’s adults-only Pearl Cove Beach Club opening in July.
NCL’s 20th ship will include an industry-first hybrid rollercoaster-waterslide and a production show set to the music of Prince. Out of San Pedro, the 4,004-passenger Bliss will make roundtrips to the Mexican Riviera in the early spring and mid-autumn, and homeport in Seattle for the Alaska season the rest of the year.
Star of the Seas, roughly 2,000 GTs more than Icon of the Seas, which debuted to dropped jaws last January, will earn her sea legs with seven-night cruises from Port Canaveral to destinations in the eastern and western Caribbean. Out West, Royal Caribbean’s workhorse in California will again be the 3,286-guest Navigator of the Seas, spending all of 2025 making roundtrips of three to eight nights from L.A. to Mexico.
Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth will get a major makeover in advance of a summer in Alaska. ) sends a newly retrofitted Queen Elizabeth to Seattle for the Alaska cruise season. The 2,081-passenger ship is getting a makeover in February that will spiffy up signature spaces and reimagine dining experiences.
Live piano music adds ambiance to the already stately atrium of Viking Venus, which serves the West Coast this summer. ) is unveiling a brand new luxury vessel next December. The 224-guest Star Seeker will sail from Spain to Florida for the christening ceremony and a few revenue cruises in the Caribbean before settling down in Vancouver for the summer Alaskan cruise season.) has a host of themed cruises in store for 2025, and one of the most compelling sails out of Long Beach in March.
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