The new 613-cabin Oceania Allura, from Oceania Cruises, will spend the summer and fall in the Mediterranean, and offer intriguing two-week trips like an Istanbul-to-Barcelona sail.
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The Oceania Allura pool deck.
Regent Seven Seas Cruises will welcome the 411-suite Seven Seas Prestige in 2026. Its inaugural season will be in the Caribbean; it will also transit the Panama Canal twice.
Expedition specialist Ponant will offer a series of summer trips to the North Pole aboard the 123-cabin Le Commandant Charcot, a luxury icebreaker.
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Moorea views from the pool deck of the Paul Gauguin.
The South Pacific is the focus for Paul Gauguin Cruises, which has family-friendly, weeklong trips in Tahiti and the Society Islands next summer.
The newest ship from Princess Cruises, Star Princess, will spend the summer in Alaska. Its weeklong round-trips from Seattle will hit all the highlights, including Juneau, Ketchikan, and Skagway.
Viking has several new three- and four-week itineraries planned for 2026, including one that takes passengers from Rome all the way to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Holland America will offer a round-trip Boston sailing to celebrate America250.
To celebrate America250, Holland America Line is offering a seven-day Boston round-trip that leaves on July 4 and includes stops in New York and Norfolk, Virginia.
Explora Journeys will welcome a third ship in 2026: Explora III will spend summer in the Mediterranean, fall in the U.S. and Canada, and winter in the Caribbean.
Thanks to the Cormorant at 55 South, a new 150-room hotel from Silversea in Puerto Williams, Chile, stopovers for the line’s guests on the way to and from Antarctica will soon be much more comfortable.
National Geographic–Lindblad Expeditions will team up with Aqua Expeditions for a series of October and November departures in the Coral Triangle and Spice Islands of Indonesia aboard the 14-suite Aqua Blu.
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The bow of the Queen Mary 2 seen at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia.
Best known for its transatlantic trips, Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 will spend the first part of 2026 going around the world. After leaving New York, it will transit the Panama Canal, cross the Pacific to Sydney, then hit Cape Town and Southampton, England, among other ports, over 108 days. (And yes, it’s also possible to book shorter legs of the trip.)
Atlas Ocean Voyages has developed a new Arctic expedition for September: a 17-day, go-with-the floe journey from Greenland to Atlantic Canada aboard World Voyager.
In August, Crystal will host its first A&K Expedition Cruise aboard Crystal Serenity, a nine-day trip from Rome to Venice in the company of expert guides.
A version of this story first appeared in the December 2025/January 2026 issue of Travel + Leisure under the headline “Your Next Adventure.”
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