Ten nights round trip from Singapore aboard Quantum of the Seas, calling at Laem Chabang, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang. Five days at sea.
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Three ports, and five days at sea. You end where you started.
Singapore 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.
Ships use either the Marina Bay Cruise Centre or the older terminal at HarbourFront, and both sit on the MRT network, so the city is a train ride rather than a taxi fare. She sails at 16:30, so the first evening is aboard. The two cruise terminals are on opposite sides of the city, so check which one your ship uses before booking a hotel or a transfer.
The first of five days at sea. She is running for Laem Chabang. Everything on board is open and the day is yours to spend on it.
Nobody comes for Laem Chabang. Bangkok is the reason for the call: the Grand Palace and Wat Pho, the river boats, and the markets. It is a long day for a short list. Pattaya is much nearer and much less interesting, though the Sanctuary of Truth, an enormous carved teak building on the shore, is genuinely worth the shorter drive. Ayutthaya, the old capital and its brick temple ruins, is the other option and is inland. Laem Chabang is a container port with nothing walkable around it; Pattaya is roughly 40 minutes away by road and Bangkok around two hours. Docked. Overnight in port - no departure this day. Laem Chabang is roughly 2 hours from Bangkok.
Nobody comes for Laem Chabang. Bangkok is the reason for the call: the Grand Palace and Wat Pho, the river boats, and the markets. It is a long day for a short list. Pattaya is much nearer and much less interesting, though the Sanctuary of Truth, an enormous carved teak building on the shore, is genuinely worth the shorter drive. Ayutthaya, the old capital and its brick temple ruins, is the other option and is inland. Laem Chabang is a container port with nothing walkable around it; Pattaya is roughly 40 minutes away by road and Bangkok around two hours. Docked. Second day of the overnight - no arrival this day.
The second of five days at sea. She is running for Ho Chi Minh City. Everything on board is open and the day is yours to spend on it.
The city is the day and the drive is the cost of it. The Reunification Palace, the War Remnants Museum, the Notre-Dame cathedral and the old post office are within walking distance of each other, and Ben Thanh market is a short way off. The War Remnants Museum is blunt and worth the time. The Cu Chi tunnels are the other direction from the city and add hours. Traffic is dense and crossing the road is a skill. Ships berth at Phu My, an industrial port about 60 to 70 kilometres from central Ho Chi Minh City, which is around two hours each way by road depending on traffic. Docked at Phu My, roughly 2 hours from Ho Chi Minh City.
The third of five days at sea. She is running for Da Nang. Everything on board is open and the day is yours to spend on it.
Hoi An is what most people come for and it is about an hour from the berth: a preserved trading town of low yellow houses, a Japanese covered bridge, tailors, and lanterns after dark. Da Nang itself has the Marble Mountains, with caves and pagodas inside them and steps to the top, and the Lady Buddha above the bay. The beach along My Khe is long and flat and is where the city actually goes. Most ships tie up at Tien Sa, a working port on the Son Tra peninsula about 20 to 30 minutes from central Da Nang; some sailings use Chan May instead, which is further north and closer to Hue. Docked at Chan May, the port for Hue and Da Nang.
The fourth of five days at sea. She is running for Singapore. Everything on board is open and the day is yours to spend on it.
The fifth of five days at sea. She is running for Singapore. Everything on board is open and the day is yours to spend on it.
The cruise ends here and you disembark in the morning. Ships use either the Marina Bay Cruise Centre or the older terminal at HarbourFront, and both sit on the MRT network, so the city is a train ride rather than a taxi fare. The two cruise terminals are on opposite sides of the city, so check which one your ship uses before booking a hotel or a transfer.
Seven 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.
Built for one and sold without the single supplement that normally makes a solo booking cost close to two fares. There are twenty of them, each with a virtual balcony rather than a window, at about ten square metres - genuinely small. They go early, and not one of them will take a second guest at any price.
An interior cabin with a floor-to-ceiling screen carrying a live feed from a camera on the bow or the side. It gives you the time of day and the weather without paying for glass, and it suits anyone who dislikes waking with no idea whether it is morning. It is a screen, not a view, and most people switch it off at night.
A sealed window, usually round, generally on a lower deck. The cheapest way to have real daylight and a horizon, which is worth more than it sounds if anyone in the party is prone to seasickness. There are only about a hundred and fifty on this ship against fourteen hundred balconies, so the choice of position is narrow.
The same single-occupancy deal with daylight and a real balcony, which is unusual - ships that sell solo cabins usually sell them windowless. There are eight. It suits someone travelling alone who wants outdoor space and will not pay a double fare for it, and it is still small and still strictly one person.
Royal Caribbean's full name for a standard balcony, and by a wide margin the most common cabin on board. Private outdoor space, and the upgrade most people are glad of on any sailing with sea days. Less compelling on an itinerary that puts you ashore every day, when you may use it twice.
More floor area, a proper sitting area, a bath as well as a shower and a larger balcony. The thing to know is that it sits outside Royal Suite Class, so it buys the space and almost none of the privileges - no private restaurant, no suite lounge, no concierge. Judge it as a large balcony cabin, not as a suite.
Tiered as Sea, Sky and Star, and what separates them is access rather than floor area: a private restaurant, a suite lounge, a concierge, priority boarding and tendering, with Star adding a dedicated attendant. Sizes run from a one-bedroom Grand Suite to a two-storey loft. Suites carry a higher daily gratuity, which is easy to miss when comparing.
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.
Singapore. Cambodian passport: NO VISA REQUIRED. Cambodia does not appear on Singapore's list of nationalities requiring an entry visa (the ICA list of 40 visa-required countries and territories). Passport must have at least 6 months validity. Australian passport: NO VISA REQUIRED. Australia does not appear on ICA's visa-required list. Passport must have at least 6 months validity.
Thailand. Cambodian passport: No visa, on two independent footings. (1) BILATERAL AGREEMENT: the Thai MFA Department of Consular Affairs summary lists Cambodia under 'Bilateral Agreement -- period of stay 14 days' for ORDINARY passport holders; the only other entry in that column is Myanmar, and Myanmar's is restricted to international airports while Cambodia's is not. (2) UNILATERAL SCHEME: the MFA announcement of the visa exemption scheme in force from 15 July 2024 lists Cambodia as number 11 of 93 countries and territories entitled to visa exemption, with a stay of up to 60 days for tourism. THIS IS THE ASEAN-NEIGHBOUR EXEMPTION AND IT IS REAL AND DOCUMENTED, not inferred -- Thailand states it as a Cambodia-specific bilateral agreement, separately from the 93-country list. Australian passport: No visa. Australia is listed at number 3 of the 93 countries and territories entitled to visa exemption under the scheme in force from 15 July 2024, stay up to 60 days for tourism. Australia also appears in the earlier MFA consular summary under the unilateral tourist visa exemption scheme. Australia holds no 14-day bilateral agreement with Thailand -- that column contains only Cambodia and Myanmar -- so the unilateral scheme is the whole of the Australian position.
Vietnam. Cambodian passport: No visa for up to 30 days. Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs publishes a visa exemption list (page dated 30 June 2025) in which entry 15 is 'Cambodia (Kingdom)', with the ORDINARY passport column ticked alongside Diplomatic and Official, and a duration of stay of '30 days'. The entry carries no asterisk, which on that table marks the unilateral tourism-stimulus exemptions -- so Cambodia's is a standing bilateral agreement rather than a temporary programme that can lapse. THE ASEAN-NEIGHBOUR EXEMPTION IS REAL FOR VIETNAM AND IT COVERS ORDINARY PASSPORTS. Australian passport: A visa is required. Australia is absent from Vietnam's official visa exemption list (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, page dated 30 June 2025), which covers both the standing bilateral agreements and the asterisked unilateral tourism-stimulus exemptions. The ordinary route is the E-VISA: the Vietnam Immigration Department's own portal states the e-visa 'is valid for maximum of 90 days, single or multiple entry', and lists the conditions as being outside Vietnam, holding a valid passport, and not being suspended from entry under Article 21 of the Law on foreigners' entry, exit, transit and residence -- no nationality condition.
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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