Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate World Cruise is a 274-night journey around the world from December 10, 2023, to September 10, 2024. The cruise will visit 65 countries, including Brazil, China, and Morocco. The starting price for the cruise varies depending on the room style, with prices starting at 61,000 per person. The price for an interior stateroom ranges from 59,999 per person to 760,000 per person for a Royal Suite.
The cruise is available for bookings through Royal Caribbean’s dedicated line, 800-423-2100 (U.S. toll-free). The full 274-day cruise starts at 60,999 per person for an interior stateroom. Starting prices for world cruises on mainstream lines can range from around 25,000 per person to 60,000 depending on the length. Depending on the destination and room choice, prices can vary from 19,895 to 37,268.
The cheapest ticket on Royal Caribbeans World Cruise costs 58,666 per person, which includes taxes, fees, and port charges. The cost of the full 274 days is a steep price: 59,999 per person for an interior stateroom. However, there are impressive options available for those who want to do the full nine months.
In summary, Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate World Cruise offers an incredible value for passengers, with prices starting at 61,000 per person. The cruise will visit 65 countries and offer five types of accommodations, starting at 59,999 per person for the entire trip.
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I also have been following Mike & Nancy from “Living Phase 2” and they have had nothing but good things to say about this cruise AND about Royal Caribbean and the things they have done, especially for those on the entire world cruise. Yeah, I know, these people are being treated differently, right?😂 You sign up for 274 day and yes, there SHOULD be a few extra perks. Yes, a few places they were unable to go to but a couple of places not planned for in its place. They were unable to go into the Red Sea and those particular ports but let the people chose between two alternative sections instead. It has been so successful that RCCL is planning another one.
I could do it. Yes, i love the Broadway shows as well, but a world cruise is about the ports. I would spend the time planning the ports, and entertaining myself in other ways, like socializing with the people i meet on ship, playong boardgames (physically or online) with them. Trying out all the food each restaurant has. Maybe recording my adventures and post processing the recordings. Exercise. Like its 274 days… you have to live your normal life as well. In a sense the comparison its not between a world cruise and a normal cruise, but a world cruise and living life during that time. And i rather live 274 on a cruise than 274 normal days.
The idea is Great Don, however towards the end of 14/16 nights I’ve had enough. Totally different experience when having a vacation, blow off steam etc, than trying to do that every night, all good things come to an end at some point. Personally, and unsure of this world cruise? Rather do for example 2-3 weeks in northern Europe, 2/3 weeks around the med. A couple of weeks around Asia etc – in a 2/3 year period, so you start each part fresh and excited. On this longer voyage, it must get, where are we tomorrow blah blah blah, it becomes a chore. We had building work done during COVID, nightmare took 3 months longer than it should have done, supply issues, staffing issues? At first going out to eat was fine mixed with take aways. It didn’t take long before it became boring. It was worth the hassle, however I think these long cruises would feel similar to me, appreciate others would like going away for 90 days, just don’t think I would.😊
Don, I have been on three world cruises, one with Princess and two with Viking. We are booked on a 2025 world cruise with Holland America. As far as the entertainment goes, Princess had the very best entertainment we ever had on ANY cruise, the entire world cruise. Not only that, but the movies we saw were still currently playing in theaters. Viking’s entertainment was not as good, but still enjoyable and the lectures were outstanding. Some lecturers were so good, that there was standing room only in the main theater. A world cruise is really for destination oriented people. Days at sea can be either relaxing or jam filled with things to do, your choice. You are right about gaining weight. However, my husband uses days at sea to power walk and has LOST as much as 50 pounds on a world cruise. Go figure. A world cruise is a very large commitment to time and money and certainly is not for everyone. However, it takes you to places off the beaten track and gives you a glimpses of places, cultures and peoples you would otherwise never encounter.
Not for us. Too long and would miss the excitement of planning different trips to different parts of the world, different ships and different cuisine, etc. Yes, agree we would become bored after a while. Also, for some stretches, there are 16 or so ports in 16 days. That would really be tough to do as far as sightseeing every day. And the comment you made about gaining weight is a real problem on a long cruise. Just our opinion. Thanks for this and all of your great articles. It’s appreciated.
I refused to watch the articles that pushed “drama” because it was mostly BS by people who don’t understand cruising, don’t understand member levels, and Tik Tokers looking for free stuff getting upset when they weren’t treated like royalty. I’ll pass on them. Like many who have already posted, I’ve been perusal Nancy & Mike from Living Phase 2. Their articles have been delightful to watch, their positivity, even when they weren’t overly impressed by a port, was so refreshing to watch instead of toxic drama crap.
Good riddance to the drama folks, honestly. It was easy to spot who was reporting simply for clicks and clout and who were the folks who genuinely loved cruising and wanted to share their experience. I’ve been following Shulls Set Sail since December. They’ve been positive about the cruise and RC and even when things didn’t work out, like ports being closed, etc, they’ve always found a way to still have a great time regardless. I don’t know if I would do a world cruise on one ship, but I would do a “world” tour using multiple ships and itineraries to keep things fresh.
I will be on leg 16 of 17 of the Ultimate World Cruise, but didn’t know that when I signed up. Living Phase 2 is a great YouTube series. They did have to redo their itinerary when the Suez Canal basically shut down. The cruise is itinerary based, not on board entertainment. I like the smaller ships. I am doing my own world cruise over a 5 to 7 year basis.
The cruisers on the world Cruise that I have been following or having a wonderful time. And the pictures they are posting from the different ports are absolutely wonderful. It looks like a trip of a lifetime. I don’t know if I could do it because I would miss my family, but the ones that I have been perusal seem to love every minute.
Nah, no World Cruise for my wife nor me. We prefer a 14+ night or 21 night back-to-back. A 200+ day cruise requires dog and house sitting, medications pre-filled, insurance, blah blah. We were on a 16 night Sky Princess re-po FLL to Southampton, including stops in the Azores, Casablanca, Spain and Portugal. My entertainment was sitting on my balcony during 4 meter seas. Meeting people. perusal a lecture or a guitar player in the main theater. AND WALKING AWAY from negative people. If I have no expectations, I’m always pleased.😊.
All these activities and game shows etc. that you show in Princess, has put us right off Princess. We like a quiet time and keep our energy to enjoy the ports. The more ports the better for us, so definitely not big ship people. All have their own preferences though. We could quite happily stay on board for a very long time with those conditions.
I do not feel a world cruise or living on a residential cruise ship is the right thing for me either. The longest cruise I’ve done is 16 nights, and that was a transatlantic with the best cruise director I’ve ever had. He not only had activities for the entire trip, they were the kind of activities I enjoyed. There were all kinds of guest entertainers, plus the standard production shows. I think ship vocalists had a show one night. Oh, and movies in the theater are always a way they pad things out if they have to. I mean, I’ve been on Disney Wish twice; once on a four night, and once on a three night, and each trip had all three of their production shows (plus their Pirates in the Caribbean deck show), but on the four night cruise, the night of the Pirate show had a movie showing in the theater. I do like the production shows (I think my favorites are Piano Men and Born to Dance), though I think I’ll skip that tango based one in the future (I’ve seen it a few times, and it just isn’t my thing). 16 nights is probably close the maximum I’m willing to sail. Ships are only a vacation if I’m not constantly sailing. I mean, I moved to Las Vegas in 1999, and it’s home. It’s also not a vacation destination for me. I don’t gamble, and I don’t go to shows very often. The most common reason I’m on the Strip is to go to Golden Knight hockey games (season tickets; yes, I saw them win the Cup last year from my seat). I’ve actually done a little more of that since Vegas was out of the playoffs, only because it was an alternative to traveling (I might have gone on one of those low fares to Alaska, but I was already booked on an Alaska cruise in early September).
I am wondering kind of the same for my 4 B2B or 45 days in Oct going to Australia from Honolulu. The games, sorry I never tire of them. The shows…I found I do. I was on 2 B2B this Spring and I reluctantly went to the shows a second time. A year long cruise…I’m not so sure. Besides the cost…maybe when I older and frail.
I would do it if I didn’t have pets. Here’s an idea what the ship could do for entertainment. They could gather up anyone who wants to participate to put on a variety show or dance show or …? They could have rehearsals and present it in the main theatre on the second to last night of the cruise. They would even have enough time to do this a couple times or more. This is what I did on the Celebrity Reflection’s first transatlantic crossing in 2012. One of the cruise director helpers choreographed a dance and about 15 of us performed it on the stage. It was fun!
Too much drama is tedious….especially when first time cruisers don’t understand how cruising works. Would love to try a 30 day cruise if money was no object just to try being a a ship for a long time. I’ve done a 3 week cruise and would have loved a week longer. After that, I might want to get home to check on things and see my fur babies.
Nope, definitely couldn’t do it. I get very tired of cruise food. I would say 21 days is my max. My first cruise in the 80’s was a 7 day Hawaii that overnighted in Kauai. Four of us got off, rented a car, headed north, rented a room on the beach, and looked for the first restaurant we could find with simple food! Lois😄
I would do it but don’t know if I could. My husband and,I have 4 dogs and 3 cats and I know we couldn’t bring them with us. I also have health issues that require numerous doctors and medical equipment that gets delivered to me every 2 months that I would need. But I do love the Serenade—it’s our favorite of the smaller and older Royal Caribbean ships
Serenade is my fav ship. We’re Diamond+ but my desire to cruise just vanished. A daughter took my place on 3 B2Bs out of Amsterdam, 42 day trip, they’re on the Norway cruise now. At 71yo, I’d rather be home or take the RV out for short trips. The increasing cost of cruises & long flights to/from take time & $$ I’d rather spend elsewhere, like getting our family Christmas tree farm going.
I’m not sure if I could do a world cruise. I would love to visit all the wonderful places. Besides, unless I had a traveling companion, my anxiety would interfere with me having fun. I have been following Living Phase 2 and they have always said, No drama, guess it is like you said, the people probably tried to have drama and are no longer on board.
I would be able to last but I’d have the same concerns with it getting to repetitive. But to see that many places, I’d just always take advantage of leaving the ship and eating at the port a lot. I took a back to back cruise and was sick of the same entertainment on week 2…so you’d have to just do your own thing like at home.
The people on the Ultimate World Cruise are those who booked it and are getting what they want out of the cruise. Most likely those who were creating the DRAMA are long gone, got their clicks and did what they went on board to do. I would not do that many months on a cruise at one time. I could do at most 10 days and take a break then cruise again. I need to have some home time on land.
We joined the World Cruise for the Beijing (Tianjin) to Singapore segment and had a great time. The majority of the travelers we met were drama free, positive, and wonderful people. There was a group of ignorant travelers, who had their usual dinner “spot” in the Windjammer who remarked, out loud, that segment travelers should eat in the main dining room. I guess they failed to subscribe to Mark Twain’s quote “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness” Safe travels to all who are still onboard.
I don’t think I’d like the world cruise. Like you I enjoy the entertainment a lot and the game shows. If they don’t change often enough, I’d be bored. Also I would miss cooking and baking. After a few weeks, I’d probably offer to help out in the kitchen because I love to cook and bake. I was once on a 10 day Panama cruise and I was getting bored. A week is good though.
There’s been world cruises long before, and there’ll be world cruises long after. As for longest world cruise, whatever, there’s a first time for everything. As for the ignoramuses who were manufacturing drama for clicks, I guess many/most of them finally got a clue as they became accustomed to cruising, and/or moved on as they weren’t on board for the whole cruise anyways, and hopefully actually found a life (or one can hope, anyways 🙄).
Hey Don. Are you going to talk about the protests against tourism in Barcelona right now? These protestors are firing water guns at all the tourists in the city. It’s crazy for foreigners in that city right now. And with Barcelona being a major cruise hub, I would think this would be a top story to have.
No way would I attempt a world cruise of that nature. Even though I’m retired, and would have the time to do it, I much prefer to do cruising in stages. We would have to sell our house, would have to offer our dogs to someone else to look after, and then what? Come home to nothing? It’s always great to go on a cruise, but it’s even better to come home again. I would have a problem keeping my medications up. Also my hormone treatment for prostate cancer would definitely not be possible on a world cruise. Not to mention the cost, which for us seniors we just couldn’t afford it. Living in that confined space of a balcony cabin would soon get to me. No thanks, Don. But you wanted our opinion.
Anyone else love learning the Canadian language? I guess in Canadian they pronounce it Draaama and in American we say droma. I love how Don re-enforced this new word 17 times. Notice how on the last one he really annunciated it to drive that Canadian pronunciation home (What a great teaching style). Love this website, not only do you get Cruise news, but you check a free language lesson on how to speak Canadian…. LOL