Now if you’ve got a spare £1,549 down the back of your sofa and want to get away from it all why not get on a ROL cruising around the world.
The round-the-world cruise is of course the ultimate in travel aspiration though as I’m constantly reminded SHE has already circumnavigated the globe as a child.
Coming back from Australia on a working ship under the stewardship of her parents and visiting Tahiti, enjoying a Neptune crossing the Equator party and going through the Panama Canal.
For the rest of us we need to save our pennies for a lifetime although thankfully our friends at ROL are keen to help us out by cutting the price.
Panama chat
Pitching Arcadia’s official 2026 no-fly Grand World Voyage from only £99 per night it all hinges on that magical Panama Canal crossing.
You will, of course, be 100 nights at sea with six overnight stays and a full daytime transit of the canal.
Now your cruise which sets out on January 2026 will take you from Southampton to an atlas of countries (you do the counting!)
You’ll see Seville (from Cadiz) and one of the most beautiful harbours in the world in Valletta in Malta.
And get your first canal under your belt with a transit of the Suez and take in the Middle East and the Gulf.
Before your first overnighter in Dubai.
Asia and Oceania
You’ll dip your feet in the Sub-Continent in Colombo, Sri Lanka , take in south-east Asia before another overnighter in Singapore.
And that’ll set you up for your city-hopping odyssey of Australia and New Zealand before going all tropical in Fiji.
Say Aloha, or Howiya to Hawaii with another overnighter, in Honolulu.
Aperitifs in the New World
ROL clearly don’t want to make waves with the Californians by getting involved in the big debate of whose city is better.
So they’ll get you off board in San Francisco and Los Angeles for overnighters.
Give you a sight of Manzanillo, Mexico, that unforgettable passaged through the Panama Canal, and a taste of Caribbean life.
SHE likes to regale us of when she visited Curacao, where the sea is as blue as their liqueur, although I hit back with Bridgetown, Barbados.
You’ll see both.
Before you head across the Atlantic and touch ground on the westernmost part of Europe, the Azores.
Early bird
Now what you need to know is that you’ll get on-board spending money of up to £1,910 if you pre-book by 8pm next Wednesday, October 18 to secure the lowest price.
And you’ll be on a ROL cruising around the world.
