Five nights round trip from Singapore aboard Navigator of the Seas, calling at Penang, Langkawi and Phuket. One day 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.
Three ports, and one day 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 four in the afternoon, so the first evening is aboard. Embarkation, Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore.
George Town is a walking day. The old quarter is shophouses, clan houses and Chinese, Indian and colonial buildings within a few blocks of each other, with street art scattered through it that people follow like a trail. Food is the other reason to come, and the hawker stalls do it better than the restaurants. Penang Hill and the Kek Lok Si temple are out of town and need a taxi, which is a half-day in itself. Swettenham Pier is inside George Town, so the shophouse streets, the clan jetties and Little India are all within a walk of the ship. Afternoon and evening call only - Penang is a half day.
Langkawi is a beach and duty-free island rather than a sightseeing one. The cable car up Machinchang and the curved sky bridge at the top is what most people come for, and the view runs to Thailand on a clear day. Otherwise it is Cenang beach, a mangrove boat trip through the limestone, or the waterfalls inland. Kuah itself is shops rather than scenery. Rain here is heavy and brief rather than all day. Ships berth at the jetty at Kuah, the island's main town, with the duty-free shops and the waterfront eagle statue a short walk away. The cable car closes in high wind and for maintenance, and it is the one thing most passengers plan the day around.
Phuket is beaches, limestone and a very developed tourist strip, and which of those you get depends on how far you are willing to drive. Phang Nga Bay by longtail or speedboat is the scenery people remember: karst islands straight out of the water, sea caves, quiet lagoons. Ashore, the old town in Phuket City has Sino-Portuguese shophouses and is the more interesting walk. Patong is the busy beach and is where most tenders land. It is a tender call for much of the year, so weather in the bay can shorten or cancel the day ashore.
A full day 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. Disembarkation.
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. The cheapest cabin on the ship and completely dark with the lights off, which suits some sleepers and disorients others. This is an older ship than the Quantum pair and the standard interior is smaller, so it is worth treating as somewhere to sleep and change rather than anywhere to sit.
Eighty-one interior cabins were fitted with floor-to-ceiling screens carrying a live outside camera feed during the 2019 refit, on decks nine and ten. It tells you the time of day and the weather, which is most of what an interior cabin lacks. It is a screen and it does not make the cabin any bigger.
An interior cabin with a bay window onto the Royal Promenade, the four-deck indoor street running through the ship - a genuinely unusual room, and there are a hundred and thirty-eight of them. The drawback is straightforward and worth taking seriously: parades, bands and bars run late directly below you, and the glass does not stop much of it.
A sealed picture window, generally low down and forward or aft. The cheapest way to have daylight and a horizon, and the horizon is the part that matters if anyone in the party is prone to seasickness. Some categories in this grade are partly blocked by lifeboats, so the specific cabin number matters.
Forward-facing, with a floor-to-ceiling window running almost the full width of the cabin. It is the best view on the ship without buying a suite, and there are only about two dozen. No balcony, the glass does not open, and forward is the part of the ship that pitches most in a swell.
A very large ocean-view cabin with no balcony, built to take four or more berths and sold mainly to families. It buys more floor area than any balcony grade on this ship and prices below them. The trade is straightforward - no outdoor space of any kind - and the window is sealed, as every ocean-view window here is.
Private outdoor space, and the grade most people are pleased they paid for on any sailing with sea days. Navigator's standard balconies are small by current standards - this is a 2002 hull - so the cabin is the ordinary size and the terrace is narrow. Connecting pairs are sold as their own category.
A balcony cabin with noticeably more inside floor area than the standard one, and enough berths for a family of four. On a hull of this age the extra room is the point rather than the balcony, which is the same modest size as every other balcony on board. Ask for the cabin number; the grade spans several positions.
Aft-facing, looking back down the wake, with a balcony substantially larger than the ship's standard one - the best balcony on board for the money. A Spacious version with more inside room is sold alongside it. There are few of them, and the aft of the ship is where engine vibration is most noticeable.
A suite in floor area and in name, forward-facing behind a wall of glass, with no balcony at all - which is the one thing to be certain a client has understood before booking it. The outlook is the best on the ship. Forward is also where the hull pitches most in a swell.
A larger cabin with a sitting area, a bath and a bigger balcony. It sits outside Royal Suite Class, so it comes with the floor area and none of the suite restaurant, lounge or concierge access. On this ship the step from balcony to junior suite buys space and very little else, which is worth being clear about.
Grand Suite upward, tiered by what they admit you to rather than by size: a private restaurant, a suite lounge, a concierge and priority boarding and tendering. The top rooms are genuinely large. Suites are charged the higher daily gratuity rate, and there are relatively few of them on a ship of this age.
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.
Malaysia. Cambodian passport: No visa for a stay of under one month. Cambodia does not appear on Immigration's published list of 'Countries required to apply for a visa to enter Malaysia', and the note under that list states: 'Visa is not required for a stay of less than one (1) month for ASEAN nationals except Myanmar. Visas required for duration of stay exceeds (1) month except for Brunei and Singapore nationals.' Cambodia is an ASEAN member and is not the excepted Myanmar. THIS IS THE ASEAN EXEMPTION AND IT DOES APPLY HERE -- it is stated by Malaysian Immigration as a rule covering ASEAN nationals as a class, not inferred from another country's treatment. Australian passport: No visa. Australia is not on Immigration's visa-required list, and appears in the department's second list -- countries 'which do not require a visa for any purpose of entry' (entry 3 of 51, between Antigua & Barbuda and Bahamas).
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.
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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