It’s been three years within the making and Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate World Cruise has finally set sail.
The epic nine-month-long holiday is a first-of-its-kind for the cruise liner, they usually’re not surprised it’s gone viral on TikTok despite having hit shores just over per week ago.
“Many guests booked their tickets over two to 3 years ago in the course of the pandemic and we’re thrilled to be hosting a variety of guests from young solo travelers, to couples and families,” Dave Humpreys, director of sales at Royal Caribbean International AUNZ, told news.com.au.
“We’ve got a powerful variety of Gen Z and millennial cruisers, with a major variety of guests between the ages of 18-30 joining us on various legs of this cruise.”
Just because the name suggests, it’s a reasonably ‘ultimate’ experience, with the cruise traveling to greater than 60 countries and 11 wonders of the world in 274 days.
The cruise is broken into 4 segments — Ultimate Americas Cruise, Ultimate Asia Pacific Cruise, Ultimate Middle East & Med Cruise and Ultimate Europe & Beyond Cruise.
Depending on the destination and room you select, prices can vary from $19,895 to $37,268.
But, if you wish to do the complete nine months, the value tag is lots heftier. The most cost effective is $88,000 for an interior stateroom, and as much as $1.2 million per person for a Royal Suite.
“Each guest who has booked the Ultimate World Cruise Package received business class airfare, premium transportation and a pre-cruise hotel of their package as much as the worth of $5892 per person,” Mr Humphreys said.
“The business class airfare applies to specific getaway cities. The package also features a beverage package, laundry services, inclusive gratuities and a VOOM Surf and Stream package.”
TikTok has develop into inundated with passengers sharing their experiences to date from the meals they’re eating, restaurants they’re visiting, gym classes they’re taking, to glimpses of what their rooms appear to be and the entertainment and performances they’re attending.
“I’m LIVING on your videos. Please pretty please don’t stop. Greedily. I’ll beg you to post more,” one viewer commented on a passenger’s ‘sea day in my life’ clip.
Mr. Humpreys said together with the broader TikTok community, additionally they can’t wait to virtually join a few of these guests.
“There can be 27,000 passengers on the varied legs, of which over 600 are sailing for the complete nine months,” he told news.com.au.
“We’ve got almost 2,000 Australians joining us along the best way, including 30 Aussies who’re doing the complete nine-month world cruise.”
He said guests were offered the flexibleness to book a number of of the 4 expedition packages.
Mr Humphreys described it as a “once-in-a-lifetime experience where guests can traverse the globe in a single incredible journey”.
“It’s going to be epic.”