The whole plan — fly-in, every port, what it runs — in your inbox.
Get there
Fly into Sydney (SYD)
Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.
Open-jaw · fly into SYD, home from NCE · $4,400 for two est.
Before you sail
Bucket-list days near Sydney
Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.
Exactly where the ship takes you — the day you board, every port it calls, any days at sea, and the day you step off.
Day 1SydneyEmbark
Days 2–3At sea
Day 4Noumea
Day 5At sea
Day 6Luganville
Days 7–9At sea
Day 10Pago Pago
Day 10Apia
Days 11–15At sea
Day 16Honolulu
Day 17Hilo
Days 18–22At sea
Day 23Los Angeles
Days 24–25At sea
Day 26Cabo San Lucas
Days 27–29At sea
Day 30Puntarenas
Day 31At sea
Day 32Balboa
Day 33Cruising Panama Canal
Days 34–35At sea
Day 36La Romana
Day 37Road Town
Day 38Philipsburg
Days 39–44At sea
Day 45Las Palmas
Days 46–47At sea
Day 48Ibiza
Day 49At sea
Day 50Naples
Day 51Civitavecchia (Rome)
Day 52Genoa
Day 53MarseilleDisembark
The voyage · 52 nights
The unforgettable thing at every port
We’ve found the single bucket-list experience at 14 of your 19 ports — the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach. The rest are being curated now — check back shortly.
open-jaw · fly into SYD, home from NCE · 2 travelers
$4,400 est.
Hotel before you sail
1 night · Sydney · Contemporary
~$79
Cruise fare
52 nights · MSC Cruises · 2 guests
$16,518
Shore excursions
14 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑
~$3,876
Transfers
airport ↔ ship, private car
~$180
Trip total
$25,053
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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★ Why Fantasize
We tell you the cruise to take — and the excursions to book.
Most cruise sites hand you a search box and leave you to it. We’re the concierge: the verdict, the plan, the trip of your life — at the exact same fare.
11,000 sailings to sift through→One cruise, chosen for you
Search a catalog of excursions yourself→We tell you the exact excursions to book
“Do your homework” on every port→A free port-by-port plan, in your inbox
Booking fees and a pushy upsell call→No fees, no pressure — the same fare
We'll email you this exact plan — where to fly in, the days before and after, the single most extraordinary thing to do at every port, and what it all runs.
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