This voyage will not include Antarctica. Think Globally Ferdinand Magellan didn't know what he started. When his crew completed the globe's first circumnavigation in 1519, no one could have imagined that world cruisers would one day enjoy similar voyages while lounging in deck chairs, nibbling caviar, and sipping champagne. The modern era of world cruising began in 1922 when Cunard Line's Laconia sailed from New York to New York. Today, world cruises are more popular than ever.
Cruise lines vary their world cruise itineraries from year to year.
Princess Cruises's Royal Princess will sail almost around the world in 2002, beginning the voyage in Fort Lauderdale and ending it in Athens, and Seabourn Cruise Line's Seabourn Sun will begin its world cruise in San Francisco and end it in Fort Lauderdale. World cruises typically depart in January and conclude in March or April, lasting 90 days or more. Shorter segments ranging from eight days to several weeks are usually available. The best entertainment, the best lecturers, expanded menus, and even special shore excursions. Marvin Hamlisch and Jim Nabors were among the featured entertainers on Holland America's 1999 world cruise, for instance, and Regis Philbin and war correspondent Peter Arnett have been scheduled to lecture aboard Crystal Cruises's 2001 world cruise.