With the change of seasons come changes in cruise destinations, especially in spring and fall when cruise lines offer new itineraries in anticipation of warmer or colder weather. At these times, cruise lines move their ships from...
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With the change of seasons come changes in cruise destinations, especially in spring and fall when cruise lines offer new itineraries in anticipation of warmer or colder weather. At these times, cruise lines move their ships from one home port to another in a strategic fleet movement that’s called “repositioning.” Of course, those ships don’t move around empty; instead, what you get is a “repositioning cruise” (or “repo cruise”) — a unique, one-way itinerary that is available only once a year. In spring, the most common repositioning itineraries are from the Caribbean to Europe or from the Caribbean to Alaska; in fall, these itineraries are reversed. Repo cruises to Alaska commonly include popular stops on the cruise line’s eastern, western, and southern Caribbean itineraries, a transit of the Panama Canal and stops along the Mexican Riviera. Silversea Cruises adds an interesting side trip to the Pacific leg, sending its Silver Shadow across the Bering Sea for a stop in Petropavlovsk, Russia, before ending the cruise in Anchorage. Trans-Atlantic repositioning cruises from the Caribbean to Europe can include stops in Portugal, Spain and Morocco. For example, when Holland America’s Prinsendam sets sail from its winter port of Fort Lauderdale to begin its Mediterranean season, it will visit Madeira, Palma and Casablanca.
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