Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

26-Night Los Angeles to Brisbane Cruise Adventure

Royal Caribbean · Quantum of the Seas · from Los Angeles

$3,195 per person · next sails Sep 26, 2026 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 BNE · $7,408 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 · 26 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 and the operator who runs it — 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).
Day 2
Private Golf Cart Tour of Avalon with Expert Local… · $520 for two with Avalon Local Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Days 3–7
CRUISING
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Day 8
Lanikai Pillbox Sunrise Hike with Ko'olau Ridge Vi… · $300 for two with Hawaii Private Tours (HawaiiTours.com)how to make it yours → ·
Days 9–10
Diamond Head Summit Hike & Waikiki · $962 for two with Tours by Locals — Honoluluhow to make it yours →
Days 11–15
CRUISING
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Day 16
Authentic Polynesian Experience · $282 for two with Raiatea Authentic Tours (local operator via TripAdvisor verified listing)how to make it yours → ·
Day 17
Teahupo'o · $1,046 for two with Unique Tahiti Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 18
Private Lagoon Safari · $240 for two with Akivai Lagoon Adventures Mooreahow to make it yours → ·
Days 19–20
CRUISING
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Day 21
INTERNATIONAL DATELINE
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Days 22–26
CRUISING
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Day 27
Brisbane Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Los Angeles

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

110 mi from Los Angeles · fly SAN

Salt Marsh to Surf Break: San Diego's Wild, Cultured Edge

Coast Culture Adventure

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Home

Fly home from Brisbane (BNE)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into LAX, home from BNE · 2 travelers $7,408 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Los Angeles · Contemporary~$490
Cruise fare26 nights · Royal Caribbean · 2 guests$6,390
Shore excursions6 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$3,350
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$17,818
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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