Seven nights round trip from Brisbane aboard Voyager of the Seas, calling at Luganville and Royal Beach Club Lelepa. Four days at sea.
Every time on this page is ship’s time. It is set by the captain and does not always match the local clock — or your phone.
Two ports, and four days at sea. You end where you started.
Brisbane is where you board and where you return. The line on the map is indicative; the course a ship actually steers is set on the day for weather and traffic.
Times are the ship’s scheduled arrival and departure and can move for weather or port traffic. All-aboard is normally 30 minutes before sailing.
The Brisbane International Cruise Terminal is at Luggage Point in Pinkenba near the river mouth, roughly 25 to 30 minutes' drive from the city centre. She sails at four in the afternoon, so the first evening is aboard. Embark Brisbane.
The first of four days at sea. She is running for Luganville. Everything on board is open and the day is yours to spend on it.
The second of four days at sea. She is running for Luganville. Everything on board is open and the day is yours to spend on it.
Espiritu Santo was a vast American base in the Second World War and much of what you do here comes from that. Million Dollar Point is where the surplus was bulldozed into the sea in 1945 and is now snorkelled over. The President Coolidge, a liner sunk offshore, is one of the more accessible large wreck dives anywhere. Away from the war, the blue holes inland are spring-fed freshwater pools, and Champagne Beach is the postcard one. Ships tie up at the wharf on the edge of Luganville, and the main street, the market and the cafes are 10 to 15 minutes' walk away. The beaches and the blue holes are the better part of an hour out of town on rough roads, so getting to them takes most of the day.
A private beach day rather than a port. Royal Caribbean's plan is two beaches, one family-oriented and one for activity, plus a nature trail, with entry included in the fare and extras charged on top. It is due to open in October 2027 and no ship has called there yet, so nothing about it has been seen by a passenger. Everything published about it is a description of what is intended rather than of what is there. It is a tender call: guests are taken ashore by boat to a jetty being built for the purpose on Lelepa Island. Royal Beach Club Lelepa, Vanuatu. Royal Caribbean's own beach club, opening October 2027 -- so this 29 Oct 2027 departure is within days of it opening. Entry is included in the cruise fare, with two beaches, island dining and a nature trail. Earliest arrival and latest departure of any call in this drop, 11.5 hours alongside.
The third of four days at sea. She is running for Brisbane. Everything on board is open and the day is yours to spend on it.
The fourth of four days at sea. She is running for Brisbane. Everything on board is open and the day is yours to spend on it.
The cruise ends here and you disembark in the morning. The Brisbane International Cruise Terminal is at Luggage Point in Pinkenba near the river mouth, roughly 25 to 30 minutes' drive from the city centre. Disembark Brisbane.
Twelve grades on this ship. The gap between the cheapest and the dearest is wider than most people expect, and so is the difference in what you get.
No window, and the cheapest way onto the ship. Completely dark with the lights off, which some people sleep better in and others find disorienting. The standard interior on a Voyager-class hull is modest by current standards, so it works best on an itinerary that keeps you ashore or on deck most of the day.
An interior cabin fitted with a full-height screen showing a live feed from a camera outside. It supplies the time of day and the weather, which is the real complaint about interior cabins rather than the lack of a view. It costs less than a window, and it is a screen; it can be switched off.
An interior cabin with a bay window looking down onto the Royal Promenade, the four-deck indoor street this class introduced. There are a hundred and fifty-seven, and they are a genuine novelty. They are also directly above late-running bars, bands and parades, and the window does very little about the noise.
A sealed picture window, mostly on lower decks. Daylight and a horizon for the smallest step up from an interior, and the horizon is what settles the stomach if anyone in the party feels the movement. Several categories within the grade are partly obstructed by lifeboats, so check the cabin number rather than the grade.
Forward-facing with a wraparound floor-to-ceiling window nearly two metres high and over six metres wide - the best outlook on the ship short of a suite, and about two dozen exist. No balcony, no opening window, and the bow is the part of the ship that moves most, which is the trade you are making.
The largest ocean-view cabin on the ship and one of the largest rooms outside the suites, with no balcony and berths for four or more. Royal Caribbean did not offer it to one or two guests on any departure checked - it appears only once you ask for three - so a couple will not see it at all.
Private outdoor space and the grade that changes a sea day. Voyager's standard balconies are small by the standard of newer ships - the hull dates from 1999 - and this grade is the plain one, with the larger aft balconies and the roomier cabins sold as separate categories above it. Connecting pairs exist as their own category.
The same balcony but with meaningfully more cabin behind it, and berths for three or four. It is the grade to ask about for a family who want outdoor space without paying suite money. The balcony itself is no bigger than the standard one, which catches people out - what you are buying is the room, not the terrace.
Aft-facing over the wake, and the balcony is much deeper than the standard one for the same grade - which is why it is worth naming rather than accepting whatever the grade allocates. A Spacious Sunset version exists with more cabin behind it. Aft cabins carry more engine vibration, and on a 1999 hull that is not subtle.
Forward-facing, behind floor-to-ceiling glass, with suite floor area and no balcony whatsoever - say that plainly to anyone considering it, because the word suite does the opposite of warning them. The view forward is the best on board. It is also the part of the ship that moves most, and the glass does not open.
A bigger cabin with a separate sitting area, a bath and a larger balcony - but outside Royal Suite Class, so no suite restaurant, no lounge and no concierge. The name misleads more people here than on any other grade. Sound value if what you want is room; poor value if what you want is service.
Grand Suite and above, tiered by access rather than area: a private restaurant, a suite lounge, a concierge, priority boarding and tendering. On a ship launched in 1999 the suite count is small and the fittings are of their period, however well refitted. Suites are charged at the higher daily gratuity rate.
Midship and low is the calmest ride. A ship pitches around its middle and rolls around its centreline, so the middle of the ship low down moves least. Forward and high is the worst combination.
A “guarantee” fare is a category, not a room. It saves real money and the line assigns your actual cabin whenever it likes — sometimes days before departure, sometimes with an obstructed view. Fine for a couple who do not mind. A poor choice if you are travelling with children, need a specific location, or are prone to seasickness. On some lines a family of four booked this way can be split across two cabins.
The fare you compare online rarely covers everything. Tick anything you want priced with the cruise — bought with the booking it is usually cheaper than on board, and you know the total before you go.
Australia. Cambodian passport: Visitor visa (subclass 600), Tourist stream, applied for from outside Australia. Not eligible for the ETA (subclass 601), whose eligible passports are Brunei, Canada, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States; not eligible for eVisitor (subclass 651), which is for European passports. Home Affairs states the subclass 600 Tourist stream covers going on a cruise. Australian passport: Australian citizens have a right of entry to Australia and hold no visa. Home Affairs states that Australian citizens are ineligible to apply for an ETA and directs them to Entering Australia instead.
Vanuatu. Cambodian passport: A visa obtained in advance. Two relevant classes are published: a Tourist Visa (maximum 120 days, not extendable) and a Visitor Visa (up to 30 days, application charge 7,420 VUV, applicant must be outside Vanuatu when applying). Both are applied for through the Vanuatu eVisa portal. Australian passport: Same instrument as shore leave -- tourist visa on arrival, maximum stay 120 days, not extendable. No advance application.
Checked 2026-08-12. Immigration rules move, so we re-check yours when you book — and we arrange the visas ourselves.
The fares above include taxes, fees and port expenses. The line charges an automatic daily gratuity to your onboard account, and drinks, specialty dining and shore excursions are extra. We set the whole total out for you before you pay a deposit.
Many standard travel policies exclude medical treatment beyond a set distance from land — which is exactly where you are on a sea day — and cap or exclude evacuation from a vessel. Helicopter evacuation from a ship runs into six figures.
Buy a policy with explicit cruise cover, and buy it on the day you pay the deposit, not before you fly. Cancellation cover only works if the policy is already in force when the thing that cancels your trip happens — and cancellation penalties on a cruise typically begin months before departure, not days.
Check the evacuation limit as a number. “Unlimited medical” does not always mean unlimited evacuation.
Seasickness is a smaller problem than most people expect — about one in ten visits to a ship’s medical centre. Slips and falls, and ordinary coughs and colds, are both more common.
If you are susceptible: take something before you sail rather than after symptoms start, pick a cabin midship and low, and get where you can see the horizon. This route is sheltered by comparison with open ocean, and a ship this size moves very little.
The medical centre is an urgent-care clinic, not a hospital, and it is not free — consultations and medicines are charged. Bring your own of anything you take regularly.
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