Princess Cruises Announces New Around-the-World Voyage for 2020

The new 111-day sailing on the Pacific Princess will kick off Jan. 5, 2020 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. and include stops in 42 ports in 26 countries. The voyage will end April 26, 2020 in Ft. Lauderdale.

Pacific Princess already is scheduled to operate a 111-day voyage around the world in early 2019. While identical in length, the new trip involves a slightly different route around the globe.

The 2020 sailing will start with a passage through the Panama Canal to the west coast of Central America as the Pacific Princess heads to Los Angeles. From there, the 688-passenger ship will cross the Pacific to Hawaii, French Polynesia, New Zealand and Australia before turning northward to Asia for stops in such destinations as Bali, Indonesia; Singapore; and Phuket, Thailand.

Continuing westward, Pacific Princess will visit Sri Lanka, the Maldives and the Seychelles on its way to South Africa. Other stops in Africa will include Madagascar and Namibia. Leaving Africa, the vessel will cross the Atlantic to Brazil and French Guiana in South America before crossing the Caribbean back to Ft. Lauderdale.

The voyage includes visits to 20 UNESCO World Heritage Sites and 12 late-night stays in such ports as Melbourne, Australia and Phuket. The sailing will cover 34,287 nautical miles in all and include four crossings of the equator.