Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

20-Night Los Angeles to Auckland Cruise Adventure

Princess · Royal Princess · from Los Angeles

$1,392 per person · next sails Sep 25, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Los Angeles (LAX)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into LAX, home from AKL · $3,018 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Los Angeles

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.

111 mi from Los Angeles

Balboa Park

Your voyage · 20 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there, the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Los Angeles Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Days 2–6
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 7
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor · $118 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Kona
Big Island Manta Ray Night Snorkel · $230 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Days 9–13
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 14
Papeete
Teahupo'o · $1,046 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Moorea
Private Lagoon Safari · $240 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Days 16–17
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 18
Cross International Date Line
⚙ Curating Cross International Date Line’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 19–20
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 21
Auckland Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Auckland

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

10 mi from Auckland

Hobbiton Movie Set

1 mi from Auckland

Rotorua Geothermal Tour

Home

Fly home from Auckland (AKL)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into LAX, home from AKL · 2 travelers $3,018 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Los Angeles · Premium~$812
Cruise fare20 nights · Princess · 2 guests$2,784
Shore excursions4 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,634
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$8,428
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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