A World Cruise, Your Way: Oceania Unveils 17-Segment 2027 Program
Rather than one marathon voyage, Oceania is opening its 2027 world cruise as 17 distinct routes, spanning marquee cities, smaller ports and multiple overnights.
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Oceania Cruises is leaning into the long-haul trend with a 2027 world cruise program built for travelers who want choice and stamina in equal measure. The brand has carved its 244-day global voyage aboard Oceania Vista into 17 itineraries, offering everything from a nine-day Mediterranean hop to the full eight-month odyssey circling six continents. It’s a way to tap into the romance of a world cruise without asking guests to block off a third of the calendar.
The segmentation approach works on several levels. Demand for extended sailings continues to grow across the upper-premium space, and spreading itineraries across nearly a year gives Oceania room to attract new-to-brand cruisers alongside loyalists who can commit to the full run. Each segment blends marquee cities with smaller ports and includes multiple overnights, a detail that often sways travelers weighing time and value.
The program touches more than 125 ports in 53 countries, moving west-to-east from Miami to Los Angeles and onward through Polynesia, Australia, Southeast Asia, Japan, the Arabian Peninsula, the Mediterranean, and Northern Europe before returning to North America via Iceland and Greenland. The choices range from the 15-day “Treasures of Two Oceans” sailing between Miami and Los Angeles to the 20-day “Arabian & Aegean Gems” itinerary between Doha and Athens. Guests who want the signature Pacific stretch will likely eye the Los Angeles-to-Papeete route, with calls in Hawaii and French Polynesia.
Oceania Vista carries 1,200 guests, all in veranda accommodations, with what the line describes as the most spacious standard staterooms at sea at 291 square feet. The brand’s culinary proposition remains front and center, with one chef for every eight guests and four specialty restaurants included in the fare (Toscana, Red Ginger, Jacques, and Polo Grill). For enrichment-minded travelers, Vista features cooking classes, art workshops, and a wide range of shore tours that skew small-group and interest-driven.
“While our Around the World cruise is an incredible way to explore the world in style, we understand that not all guests have the time to enjoy a 244-day sailing,” said Jason Montague, chief luxury officer of Oceania Cruises. “To make the wonders of the world more accessible while catering to our guests’ varying lifestyles, Oceania Cruises is thrilled to offer this epic Around the World journey, also available as a series of segmented itineraries, each offering the same unparalleled luxury, personalized service, and immersive destination experiences at sea.”With new hardware coming and long-duration sailings accelerating across the sector, Oceania’s modular world cruise strategy feels well-timed. For travelers, it’s a chance to approach a bucket-list journey in chapters rather than in one monumental sweep. For the brand, it’s a way to keep Vista visible across multiple booking cycles while testing demand corridors in some of the most competitive global cruise regions.
