Within the long-distance cruise sector, where itineraries extend across multiple oceans, Costa Cruises has outlined its 2028 World Cruise, a 139-day itinerary linking 5 continents and 3 oceans.
The voyage, scheduled to depart from Savona in late November 2027, is structured to combine extended port calls with a broad geographic sweep, with 51 destinations across 29 countries.
Costa Deliziosa will undertake a full circumnavigation, returning to homeport Savona in April 2028. An alternative embarkation segment of ~100 days has also been arranged from San Francisco (CA USA), allowing partial participation in the voyage without a Transatlantic crossing.
Following departure from the Mediterranean, the routing proceeds westward across the Atlantic Ocean, incorporating extended stays along both the eastern and western seaboards of the USA, including calls at New York and Los Angeles. The itinerary then continues through the Caribbean before entering the Pacific, where calls are scheduled in the Hawaiian archipelago.
From the central Pacific, the passage extends into Oceania, linking ports in Fiji and Samoa before reaching New Zealand and Australia. The route then transitions into Asia, with calls across Japan and Southeast Asia, followed by a westbound crossing of the Indian Ocean toward Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Mauritius. The final stages of the voyage trace the southern African coastline, including South Africa and Namibia, before a return to Europe via Atlantic island groups and western Mediterranean ports.
The itinerary has been structured to include a series of extended port stays and inland excursions, enabling deeper access to selected destinations. Company representatives indicated that the voyage reflects a continued emphasis on long-duration travel, combining major global ports with less-frequented locations and integrating shore-based programmes intended to broaden the scope of each call.
On board, the vessel maintains a configuration typical of extended world cruises, with facilities and programming designed to support prolonged occupancy, including varied dining, entertainment and enrichment activities aligned with the regions visited.
The 2028 deployment forms part of Costa’s continuing world cruise programme, which positions long-haul itineraries as a core offering within its portfolio, balancing transoceanic navigation with a distributed pattern of port calls across multiple regions.