Cruises elsewhere in December 2026: 195 compared, balcony from $114/night

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Cruises elsewhere in December 2026

195 sailings on 17 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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195 other sailings leave in December 2026; 179 of them, on 15 lines, have a balcony cabin for sale. The lowest balcony price per night is $114 per person, on Princess' Emerald Princess (16 nights from Los Angeles, Dec 14, $1,829 for the cruise). Running below their usual balcony price this month: Viking River (25% under), Celebrity (23% under) and Norwegian (23% under). Running above it: Disney (44% over), Oceania (20% over) and Carnival (18% over). Prices per person with taxes and port fees, read from the booking page Nov 15, 2026.

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MSC Virtuosa · Rio de Janeiro
MSC Lirica · Venice
MSC Poesia · Miami
MSC Preziosa · Le Havre (Paris)
MSC Musica · Paranagua
MSC Musica · Itajai
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Disney Wish · Port Canaveral
Majestic Princess · Buenos Aires
Emerald Princess · Los Angeles
Majestic Princess · San Antonio
Ruby Princess · San Francisco
Viking Venus · Auckland
Viking Mars · Panama City
Viking Jupiter · Valparaiso (Santiago)
Viking Venus · Sydney
Viking Mars · West Palm Beach (Port of Palm Beach)
Oceania Nautica · Bali
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Oosterdam · San Antonio
Zaandam · San Diego
Viking Mississippi · Memphis
Viking Mississippi · New Orleans
Seven Seas Explorer · Bali
Seven Seas Navigator · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Azamara Pursuit · Sydney
Azamara Pursuit · Auckland

Striped: 16 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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Cruises elsewhere in December 2026: the lines compared (balcony cabins)

Cruise lineSailingsShipsLowest price, whole cruiseTypical per nightAgainst its usual
Carnival238 $412 Carnival Conquest, Dec 18, 3 nights $186 ▲ 18% over
Royal Caribbean93 $1,123 Anthem of the Seas, Dec 11, 8 nights $211 ▲ 13% over
MSC Cruises579 $164 MSC Virtuosa, Dec 1, 1 nights $227 typical (+6%)
Norwegian94 $1,299 Norwegian Pearl, Dec 18, 5 nights $278 ▼ 23% under
Disney11 $2,673 Disney Wish, Dec 24, 4 nights $668 ▲ 44% over
Princess64 $1,829 Emerald Princess, Dec 14, 16 nights $162 ▼ 10% under
Celebrity94 $1,683 Celebrity Edge, Dec 1, 11 nights $287 ▼ 23% under
Viking Ocean53 $3,999 Viking Mars, Dec 17, 10 nights $553 typical (0%)
Oceania32 $7,599 Oceania Riviera, Dec 3, 12 nights $594 ▲ 20% over
Holland America11 $3,724 Oosterdam, Dec 4, 15 nights $248 ▼ 20% under
Viking River31 $3,799 Viking Mississippi, Dec 29, 7 nights $593 ▼ 25% under
Silversea157 $5,900 Silver Whisper, Dec 13, 7 nights $2,343 typical (+8%)
Windstar62 $4,006 Star Breeze, Dec 3, 7 nights $572 ▼ 19% under
AmaWaterways123 $6,469 AmaNubia, Dec 12, 11 nights $790 typical (-9%)
Costa202 $670 Costa Diadema, Dec 2, 3 nights $245 ▲ 11% over

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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