EXPLORE EXCEPTIONAL CRUISE SHIPS TO ASIA AND ASIA PACIFIC

Asia-Pacific cruising is a fever-dream captured with surreal images of a travel magazine. Your memories replaying in your mind would recall in one minute so many things: you’re slurping ramen in a Tokyo alley, the next you’re barefoot on a white-sand atoll in Palau watching manta rays glide under your kayak, Singapore’s skyline blinks like a circuit board at dusk, and Bali’s rice terraces steam in the morning mist. You’ll smell Durian in Bangkok, hear temple gongs in Kyoto, and taste fresh chili crab. The ships are your air-conditioned cocoon between chaos and calm. No trains, no jet lag.

Onboard, neon and teak greet your eyes. Cabins have sliding doors that open to salt wind and city lights; buffets run 20 hours with dim sum stations and satay grills. Pools glow with turquoise colors against Manila Bay sunsets, kids vanish into splash zones while grandparents learn mahjong in the card room. Shore days are choose-your-own-adventure: night-market crawl in Taipei, sunrise tai-chi on the Great Wall, or just a Bintang on a beanbag in Phuket. The crew performs services with Japanese precision—your iced Milo appears before you ask.

Sailing from October to April is the best way to avoid monsoon and typhoons. It is advisable to book five months early for the balcony facing cabins because they sell out quickly. Shoulder season is the best, for example, Australia to Japan. You’ll have fewer crowds, cheaper drinks, and many sea days. Book now with us.

Trending Cruise Ships in Asia and Asia Pacific

Ships traveling to Asia treat it like as if it were a tasting menu filled with amazing delicacies. So, we have Azamara Pursuit reaching into tiny Borneo ports that mega-ships can’t touch. While Spectrum of the Seas turns the South China Sea into a floating theme park. Explora III is still on the drawing board (due to enter in Summer of 2026), but already, details are out about its marble bathrooms and sake sommeliers. Whether you want quiet verandas or skydiving simulators, these seven ships are like the seven stars of Pleiades.

The Asia-Pacific promise isn’t just sailing the region, it’s a marination of flavors of experiences: congee stations at 3 a.m., onboard night markets, and captains who’ll slow the ship so you can photograph a Komodo dragon sunning itself on the bow. Pick your experiences: boutique hideaway or neon playground.

Azamara Pursuit

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Pursuit will take you places you haven’t yet discovered: every back-alley noodle stall from Ho Chi Minh to Hokkaido. With only 690 guests, you’ll have exceptional service from the crew. She’ll park overnight in Hong Kong so you can slurp wonton mee at 2 a.m., then slip into Chan May for a private cooking class in a Hoi An rice paddy. Verandas come as a minimum standard, from where the sights of South China Sea will remind you of fish sauce and frangipani. The White Night deck party—glow sticks and lumpia—ends with sunrise over Angkor Wat if you’re on the right itinerary. Quiet luxury with loud flavors. This is what defines the Azamara experience.

Celebrity Millennium

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Millennium had its refurbishment in 2019 and now cruises the Pacific. She carries 2,590 passengers, and with a Rooftop Terrace for movie nights under actual stars, it’s a cinema experience on the open seas. Balconies face Bali sunsets, the kids vanish into Camp at Sea while you sneak off to the Persian Garden for eucalyptus steam. She’ll dock in Phuket at dawn so you can beat the longboats to James Bond Island, then serve tom yum pizza by the pool. Modern cruise experience like this sounds amazing. Why not try?

Costa Serena

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Costa Serena is like an Italian party bus, that travels on the seas. With room for 3,780, she’s got water slides that throw you into the Java Sea, a Samsara Spa with Bali-inspired treatments, and a pizzeria that never sleeps. Cabins are bright and tiny. Book a cabin with a balcony for Singapore fireworks. She’ll stay overnight in Penang so you can savor char kuey teow at Gurney Drive till the hawkers pack up. The crowd is a collection of many nationalities; the vibe is “yes, another limoncello.” It’s chaos at times, but the fun is endless on this amazing ship.

Crystal Symphony

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Crystal Symphony is a yacht, but its amenities are like a resort. Refurbished in 2023, she carries 922 guests in suites that smell like teak and yuzu. The food is delicious—Umi Uma serves Nobu-level sushi, Osteria d’Ovidio pairs Barolo with Hainanese chicken rice. She’ll dock in Borneo for a private orangutan sanctuary visit, then serve caviar on the balcony while you watch proboscis monkeys swing overhead. The crowd is as amazing as it can be. 

Explora III

Photo Courtesy: Explora Journeys

Explora III doesn’t even exist yet (summer 2026 launch), but we decided anyway to list her here. With 922 guests, it’s all-suite, all-veranda, with a culinary program that flies in Michelin-starred chefs for pop-up dinners in Nagasaki. She’ll sneak into Komodo for dragon-spotting at sunrise, then serve wagyu tacos by the infinity pool. The spa offers sound-bath massages with gongs tuned to Bali gamelan. If you want to brag about a ship before your friends have even heard of it, put your name on the waitlist.

MSC Bellissima

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f is the floating mall where you’ll find many delicacies like Dim Sum. She fits 5,686 passengers but somehow still finds you a lounger by the Horizon Pool at 3 p.m. The Cirque du Soleil at sea is worth the upgrade in December 2023. The buffet comprises a variety of dishes like congee, croissants, and conch fritters in one go. Cabins are smartly made—inside ones have virtual windows showing live feeds of Halong Bay. She’ll park in Shanghai overnight so you can enjoy xiaolongbao till dawn, then sail to Jeju for hallabong oranges and black pork. With so many passengers, she manages to have an organized chaos on her deck. Full of joy and many things to do.

Spectrum of the Seas

Photo Courtesy: Royal Caribbean International

Spectrum is a theme park on the open seas, loved by many cruise travelers. Built for Asia, she carries 5,622 guests with a Sky Pad bungee trampoline, a surf simulator, and a North Star capsule that lifts you 300 feet over the South China Sea. Cabins come in family suites with slide-out bunks. The Sichuan Red restaurant does mapo tofu that numbs your tongue in the best way. Don’t forget that delicious Hainan chicken rice. She’ll dock in Nha Trang for mud baths, then turn the pool deck into a night market with hawker stalls and LED dragons. Oh, and did we forget to add that it’s pure adrenaline with many activities to do on this amazing ship, ranging from skydiving, rock climbing, to swimming pools?

Book your Asia and Asia Pacific Cruise with CruiseBooking.com

If you are ready to leave behind the harsh winters for dragonfruit mornings, then CruiseBooking.com is your cheat code to paradise. We’ll line up Pursuit for the back-alley noodle exploration or Spectrum for the skydiving-over-Borneo flex. It’s your call. Compare all seven ships in one click, get the balcony facing Halong Bay before it’s gone, and let us add onboard credit. One click on Book Now button, and you’ll have zero drama, endless congee. Let Asia-Pacific blow your mind—one hawker stall at a time.

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