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Avalon vs Windstar vs Explora Journeys cruises in July 2028

110 sailings on 3 lines · prices per person for the whole cruiseprices for two sharing a cabin, whole cruiseprices per person, per night, taxes & port fees included.

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110 Avalon and Windstar and Explora Journeys sailings leave in July 2028; 29 of them, on 2 lines, have a balcony cabin for sale. The lowest balcony price per night is $320 per person, on Explora Journeys' EXPLORA I (14 nights from Fusina (Venice), Jul 8, $4,475 for the cruise). Prices per person with taxes and port fees, read from the booking page Nov 15, 2026.

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Avalon Panorama · Amsterdam
Avalon Illumination · Vilshofen
Avalon Impression · Amsterdam
Avalon Panorama · Basel
Avalon Illumination · Budapest
Avalon Expression · Oltenita
Avalon Imagery II · Basel
Avalon Impression · Budapest
Avalon Illumination · Amsterdam
Avalon Impression · Oltenita
Avalon Expression · Vilshofen

Striped: 81 sailings have no balcony price listed in the last two weeks. The bar shows the cheapest cabin that is priced (or, where none is, the lowest fare in the Cruisebound catalog); tap it for that sailing.

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Avalon vs Windstar vs Explora Journeys cruises in July 2028: the lines compared (balcony cabins)

Cruise lineSailingsShipsLowest price, whole cruiseTypical per nightAgainst its usual
Windstar123 $2,640 Star Legend, Jul 17, 4 nights $718 typical (-3%)
Explora Journeys174 $4,475 EXPLORA I, Jul 8, 14 nights $639 typical (0%)

Per person, taxes and port fees included, read from the booking page Nov 15, 2026. “Against its usual” is the middle of this line’s sailings here, each compared with the same cabin on other dates of the same sailing, else the same ship or line at that length.

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