SummmerInKefalonia

Hello, did you learn why it took so long? I heard Zakynthos is not a port suitable for big cruises ships but 3 hours just to get 6 tenders ashore is too long!

https://brochures.rssc.com/view/61199382/

They have literally 3 ships doing the same itineraries all season in the Med, (Sun, Star & Majestic Princess). Shame Island/Coral Princess will not be in Med giving more variety to the itineraries.

Just try with a taxi, at the port gate there are plenty.

Review from a website of a passenger of MSC Lirica that called in Zakynthos one week ago: Port is not ideal for cruise ship passengers. Most great beaches require a boat ride to get to, which adds to the time of the excursion. However, ship anchors at sea here and everyone had to endure the incredibly inefficient tender process by MSC again. Burned 2 and an half hours just for the tender process btwn morning and afternoon, while the ship only in port 8 hours.

Usually it is 35€ per hour.

Sphere Class (2025), Sky, Regal & Emerald Princess are confirmed for Europe 2025 based on port listings.

From what I hear they will be changes to some itineraries due to emissions like it happened this year with some ships.

Us lol! 😁 Kefalonia (Argostoli) of course!

If anyone finds through their TA the new 2024 cruises of Explora I in Med, please post them here.

Option 2 or 3.

If there was a cruise pier and no tendering was involved, 1 big or 2 medium cruise ships would be ok. But if shipwreck beach is closed then it's game over.

P&O's 2025 summer itineraries have appeared on some TA sites. So they will probably launch soon on the official site too!

Zakynthos in not a destination for cruise ships, especially big ones. Without port facilities and Shipwreck beach, I doubt if any cruise ship will still go there this summer.

Last year they were released mid April...

This is huge and maybe impact the calls there in a much more extented capacity (cancellation).

https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2023/03/carnival-corporation-sells-seabourn-odyssey-to-mol-group/ *****?!

Popular Zakynthos beach to remain closed this summer due to landslide risk!

Thank you so much!

Can someone share the images of the 2024 itineraries here please? Thank you!

The ports are exactly the same for 10 years now... Such less variety in ports and cruises considering they have only one ship in the area.

They delayed the announcement for 5 months and they present the same old boring itineraries... From John Heald fb post: • Carnival Journeys – 12-Day Transatlantic from Baltimore, MD (Monday departure) 2024: 04/15/2024 Mon Baltimore, MD 6:00 PM Tue "Fun Day" At Sea Wed "Fun Day" At Sea Thu "Fun Day" At Sea Fri "Fun Day" At Sea Sat "Fun Day" At Sea Sun "Fun Day" At Sea Mon Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal 9:30 AM 6:30 PM Tue "Fun Day" At Sea Wed "Fun Day" At Sea Thu Malaga, Spain 7:00 AM 4:00 PM Fri Valencia, Spain 11:30 AM 7:30 PM Sat Barcelona, Spain 6:00 AM BARCELONA • 8-Day Mediterranean from Barcelona, Spain (Thursday departure) 2024: 05/30/2024 Thu Barcelona, Spain 7:00 PM Fri "Fun Day" At Sea Sat Valletta, Malta 8:00 AM 6:00 PM Sun Messina (Sicily), Italy 7:00 AM 4:00 PM Mon Naples, Italy 7:00 AM 7:00 PM Tue Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 7:00 AM 8:00 PM Wed Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Italy 7:00 AM 7:00 PM Thu Toulon (Provence), France 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Fri Barcelona, Spain 6:00 AM • 9-Day Western Europe from Barcelona, Spain (Friday departure) 2024: 06/07/2024 Fri Barcelona, Spain 5:00 PM Sat "Fun Day" At Sea Sun Malaga, Spain 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Mon Seville (Cadiz), Spain 7:00 AM 4:00 PM Tue Lisbon, Portugal 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Wed Leixoes (Porto), Portugal 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Thu La Coruna, Spain 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Fri "Fun Day" At Sea Sat Paris (Le Havre), France 7:00 AM 8:00 PM Sun London (Dover), England 5:00 AM LONDON (DOVER) • 9-Day British Isles from London (Dover), England (Friday departure) 2024: 06/28/2024, 07/19/2024 Fri London (Dover), England 5:00 PM Sat "Fun Day" At Sea Sun Holyhead, Wales, UK 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Mon Glasgow (Greenock), Scotland, UK 10:00 AM 8:00 PM Tue Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Wed Liverpool, England 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Thu Dublin (Dun Laoghaire), Ireland 7:30 AM 5:30 PM Fri Cork (Cobh), Ireland 8:00 AM 7:00 PM Sat "Fun Day" At Sea Sun London (Dover), England 5:00 AM • 9-Day British Isles from London (Dover), England (Friday departure) 2024: 08/09/2024 Fri London (Dover), England 5:00 PM Sat "Fun Day" At Sea Sun Cork (Cobh), Ireland 8:00 AM 7:00 PM Mon Holyhead, Wales, UK 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Tue Dublin (Dun Laoghaire), Ireland 7:30 AM 5:30 PM Wed Liverpool, England 7:00 AM 4:00 PM Thu Glasgow (Greenock), Scotland, UK 10:00 AM 11:59 PM Fri Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Sat "Fun Day" At Sea Sun London (Dover), England 5:00 AM • 12-Day Iceland & British Isles from London (Dover), England (Sunday departure) 2024: 06/16/2024, 07/07/2024 Sun London (Dover), England 5:00 PM Mon "Fun Day" At Sea Tue Dublin (Dun Laoghaire), Ireland 7:30 AM 5:30 PM Wed Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK 7:00 AM 4:00 PM Thu "Fun Day" At Sea Fri Reykjavik, Iceland 9:00 AM 11:00 PM Sat Grundarfjordur, Iceland 7:00 AM 4:00 PM Sun Akureyri, Iceland 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Mon Seydisfjordur, Iceland 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Tue "Fun Day" At Sea Wed Invergordon, Scotland 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Thu "Fun Day" At Sea Fri London (Dover), England 5:00 AM • 12-Day Western Europe from London (Dover), England (Sunday departure) 2024: 07/28/2024 Sun London (Dover), England 5:00 PM Mon Zeebrugge (Brussels), Belgium 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Tue Rotterdam, The Netherlands 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Wed Amsterdam (Ijmuiden), Holland 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Thu "Fun Day" At Sea Fri Gothenburg, Sweden 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Sat Copenhagen, Denmark 7:00 AM 4:00 PM Sun Berlin, (Warnemunde), Germany 6:30 AM 11:00 PM Mon "Fun Day" At Sea At Sea At Sea Tue "Fun Day" At Sea At Sea At Sea Wed Edinburgh, Scotland 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Thu "Fun Day" At Sea At Sea At Sea Fri London (Dover), England 5:00 AM • 9-Day Western Europe from London (Dover), England (Sunday departure) 2024: 08/18/2024 Sun London (Dover), England 5:00 PM Mon "Fun Day" At Sea Tue La Coruna, Spain 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Wed Leixoes (Porto), Portugal 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Thu Lisbon, Portugal 7:00 AM 4:00 PM Fri Seville (Cadiz), Spain 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Sat Malaga, Spain 8:00 AM 6:00 PM Sun Cartagena (Murcia), Spain 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Mon "Fun Day" At Sea Tue Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 6:00 AM ROME (CIVITAVECCHIA) • 10-Day Mediterranean from Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy (Tuesday departure) 2024: 08/27/2024 Tue Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 7:00 PM Wed "Fun Day" At Sea Thu "Fun Day" At Sea Fri Mykonos, Greece 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Sat Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Sun Santorini, Greece 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Mon Athens, Greece 6:00 AM 5:00 PM Tue Katakolon, Greece 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Wed Messina (Sicily), Italy 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Thu Naples, Italy 7:00 AM 7:00 PM Fri Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 6:00 AM • 10-Day Mediterranean from Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy (Friday departure) 2024: 09/06/2024 Fri Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 7:00 PM Sat "Fun Day" At Sea At Sea At Sea Sun "Fun Day" At Sea At Sea At Sea Mon Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Tue Mykonos, Greece 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Wed Santorini, Greece 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Thu Athens, Greece 6:00 AM 5:00 PM Fri Katakolon, Greece 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Sat Messina (Sicily), Italy 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Sun Naples, Italy 7:00 AM 7:00 PM Mon Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 6:00 AM • 10-Day Mediterranean from Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy (Monday departure) 2024: 09/16/2024 Mon Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 7:00 PM Tue "Fun Day" At Sea Wed "Fun Day" At Sea Thu Mykonos, Greece 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Fri Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Sat Santorini, Greece 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Sun Athens, Greece 6:00 AM 5:00 PM Mon Katakolon, Greece 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Tue Messina (Sicily), Italy 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Wed Naples, Italy 7:00 AM 7:00 PM Thu Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 6:00 AM • 10-Day Mediterranean from Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy (Thursday departure) 2024: 09/26/2024 Thu Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 7:00 PM Fri "Fun Day" At Sea Sat "Fun Day" At Sea Sun Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Mon Mykonos, Greece 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Tue Santorini, Greece 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Wed Athens, Greece 6:00 AM 5:00 PM Thu Katakolon, Greece 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Fri Messina (Sicily), Italy 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Sat Naples, Italy 7:00 AM 7:00 PM Sun Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 6:00 AM • 10-Day Mediterranean from Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy (Sunday departure) 2024: 10/06/2024 Sun Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 7:00 PM Mon "Fun Day" At Sea Tue "Fun Day" At Sea Wed Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Thu Mykonos, Greece 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Fri Santorini, Greece 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Sat Athens, Greece 6:00 AM 5:00 PM Sun Katakolon, Greece 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Mon Messina (Sicily), Italy 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Tue Naples, Italy 7:00 AM 7:00 PM Wed Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 6:00 AM • 10-Day Mediterranean from Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy (Wednesday departure) 2024: 10/16/2024 Wed Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 7:00 PM Thu "Fun Day" At Sea Fri "Fun Day" At Sea Sat Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Sun Mykonos, Greece 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Mon Santorini, Greece 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Tue Athens, Greece 6:00 AM 5:00 PM Wed Katakolon, Greece 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Thu Messina (Sicily), Italy 9:00 AM 6:00 PM Fri Naples, Italy 7:00 AM 7:00 PM Sat Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 6:00 AM • Carnival Journeys – 15-Day Transatlantic from Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy (Saturday departure) 2023: 10/26/2024 Sat Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 7:00 PM Sun "Fun Day" At Sea Mon Cartagena (Murcia), Spain 7:00 AM 4:00 PM Tue "Fun Day" At Sea Wed Funchal (Madeira), Portugal 11:00 AM 7:00 PM Thu "Fun Day" At Sea Fri Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal 7:00 AM 4:00 PM Sat "Fun Day" At Sea Sun "Fun Day" At Sea Mon "Fun Day" At Sea Tue "Fun Day" At Sea Wed "Fun Day" At Sea Thu "Fun Day" At Sea Fri Nassau, The Bahamas 8:00 AM 4:00 PM Sat "Fun Day" At Sea Sun Tampa, FL 8:00 AM

As someone already said, Carnival Group has already announced it will not order any new ships for the near future. But I still expect to maybe do some inside movements to ships. Island Princess, Coral Princess & Arcadia are good candidates for HAL. Also they can try to remove the less efficient ships from their brands, so Volendam & Zaandam eventually will be retired.

Drydock in Cadiz.

Kotor and Chania are the most beautiful destinations in this cruise. Least charming are Zakynthos and Split (you can stay onboard). Mykonos is always 50/50 since it may get cancelled due to strong winds. Embarkation ports are not the best for this purpose (Piraeus & Ravenna).