Princess Cruises Announces Revised 2025 World Cruise Itineraries

Given the ongoing situation in the Red Sea and surrounding area and following extensive consultation with global security experts and government authorities, Princess Cruises is revising the itineraries for its two 2025 World Cruises.

These cruises will no longer include stops in the Middle East or Asia; instead, they will feature new port destinations in Africa and Europe.

"A Princess World Cruise is truly the voyage of a lifetime and after careful consideration with guidance from global security experts and government authorities, we know our guests will understand and appreciate the change to our upcoming 2025 itineraries to avoid certain areas," said Terry Thornton, chief commercial officer of Princess Cruises. "These global events beyond our control have necessitated these reroutings but we are pleased to continue to ensure these world cruises retain destination-rich itineraries with incredible stops along the west Africa coast and the Mediterranean."

Island Princess World Cruise
Sailing from North America on Island Princess, the 116-day World Cruise offers two roundtrip options with departures from Ft. Lauderdale, embarking on 05JAN, 2025, and Los Angeles on 20JAN, 2025, and ending in Los Angeles on 17MAY, 2025. This ship will visit 46 destinations in 24 countries and six continents. The voyage includes visits to historic Bar, Montenegro and Taranto, Italy, along with inaugural World Cruise calls to the idyllic Greek Island of Patmos and to Volos – for the Monasteries of Meteora.

The revised World Cruise itinerary, from 16FEB-09APR, departs Sydney and will travel to Melbourne and Perth, then on to South Africa. From there, the cruise resumes the scheduled itinerary starting in Valletta, Malta on 09APR.

Following is the amended portion of the voyage:

Those guests scheduled to originally depart or join the cruise from Dubai on 14MAR, 2025, will now embark or disembark four days earlier on 09MAR in Cape Town, South Africa. Booked guests disembarking in Cape Town will be refunded the amount equivalent to four days of the cruise fare, and those joining earlier will not incur an added cost to their cruise fare. All these guests will also receive a $300 onboard credit as a gesture of goodwill.

Crown Princess World Cruise
Departing from Down Under, Crown Princess - the largest ship to ever host a World Cruise - is scheduled to depart Auckland 31MAY, 2025; and Sydney 04JUN, 2025; and sail on a 113-day adventure visiting 42 destinations in 22 countries, across five continents. This cruise will also bypass the Red Sea and surrounding regions, including the transit of the Suez Canal. The ship will travel via Africa instead of the Red Sea and Asia itinerary. The fully revised itinerary is currently being finalized and will be communicated shortly.

More information about World Cruise itineraries, plus shorter World Cruise segment options, can be found at http://www.princess.com/worldcruise.

Additional information about Princess Cruises is available through a professional travel advisor by calling 1-800-Princess (1-800-774-6237) or by visiting www.princess.com.