Royal Caribbean has opened bookings on a 25 night Pacific crossing for fall 2027.
Voyager of the Seas will sail from Seattle to Brisbane, Australia, departing October 1, 2027.
The ship arrives in Brisbane on October 27.
Along the way it calls in Hawaii, French Polynesia and Vanuatu, with fares starting around $3,200 per person.
Here’s the full route, what makes it different from the Pacific crossing Royal Caribbean is running this fall, and what to think about if you’re tempted.
Where Voyager Of The Seas Stops On The Way To Brisbane
Voyager leaves Seattle on a Friday afternoon in early October.
Then it does almost nothing for five days.
That’s the first ocean stretch. No ports, no land, just the North Pacific.
The first call is Honolulu, and it’s an overnight.
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The ship arrives the morning of October 7 and doesn’t pull away until the evening of the 8th.
Two full days on Oahu is rare on a crossing like this.
Most repositioning routes hand you a single rushed port morning and a 4pm all aboard.
After Hawaii comes another five days at sea.
Then the stretch most people are booking this for.
Three consecutive days in French Polynesia: Moorea, then Papeete in Tahiti, then Raiatea.
Raiatea is where you’ll find Marae Taputapuatea, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the most significant ceremonial centers in Polynesia.
The longest stretch comes next.
Six straight sea days, including the International Date Line crossing on day 19, where the calendar jumps a full 24 hours.
Then Vanuatu, back to back: Mystery Island, then Port Vila.
Two final sea days, and Brisbane.
Add it up and 18 of the 25 nights are sea days.
Heads up: Royal Caribbean’s own port notes for Mystery Island warn there are no rental operators on the island, so bring your own snorkel gear. The island also has no pier, which means the call depends on tender conditions.
What Makes This Different From The Los Angeles Crossing
Royal Caribbean is already running a 25 night Pacific crossing this fall in 2026.
That one is Quantum of the Seas, leaving Los Angeles on September 26, 2026 for Brisbane. We covered it in our look at the September sailing.
Same length. Same finish line.
Different almost everything else.
| Quantum, Sept 2026 | Voyager, Oct 2027 | |
|---|---|---|
| Departs from | Los Angeles | Seattle |
| Hawaii | Kailua Kona plus Honolulu overnight | Honolulu overnight only |
| French Polynesia | Raiatea, Papeete, Moorea | Moorea, Papeete, Raiatea |
| Vanuatu | None | Mystery Island, Port Vila |
| Other calls | Catalina Island | None |
| Sea days | About 18 | 18 |
The tradeoff is easy to see at a glance.
You give up Catalina Island and the Big Island.
You pick up two South Pacific island calls that the 2026 route skips entirely.
Why The Crossing Starts In Seattle
The short answer is that the ship is already there.
Voyager spends the summer of 2027 running seven night Alaska sailings out of Seattle.
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When that season wraps, Royal Caribbean needs the ship in Queensland for the Australian summer.
Rather than sail an empty ship across the Pacific, the line sells the relocation as a product.
That’s what a repositioning cruise is.
It’s also why these routes reach ports nothing else visits and stack up sea days the way they do.
Worth knowing what you’re stepping onto, though.
Voyager is the original Voyager class ship, around 137,276 gross tons and roughly 3,600 guests at double occupancy.
Quantum is newer. It has North Star and the skydiving simulator, and it generally packs in more to do.
On a route with 18 sea days, that gap is not academic.
What This Means If You Want To Book
Fares open around $3,200 per person at the low end.
Book early anyway.
Crossings like this attract a specific crowd that books far out, and inventory on a one time sailing doesn’t refresh.
The bigger cost is the one that catches people on every crossing.
You fly home from Brisbane.
That airfare is not small, and it’s easy to leave out of the math while you’re staring at a cruise fare. It’s the same category of expense we get into in our breakdown of the costs that don’t show up on the booking page.
Seattle helps some travelers and hurts others.
If you’re on the East Coast, it’s one more domestic flight either way. If you’re in the Pacific Northwest, you can drive to the terminal.
I’d take this one over the Los Angeles route.
The Vanuatu calls and the Honolulu overnight are worth more to me than a newer ship, and on a sailing where most of your days are spent looking at open water, two extra islands beat two extra waterslides.
That flips completely if you’re bringing kids.
What To Watch Next
The crossing is the opening act of a much bigger Australian season.
Once Voyager reaches Brisbane, it runs seven departures of two to 11 nights through December.
Those hit Noumea, Lifou, Mystery Island, Port Vila and Luganville.
From Sydney there’s a 10 night Christmas run to New Zealand, then a 15 night repositioning to Singapore.
Beginning in January 2028, Voyager leaves Australia entirely for a season sailing from Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Ovation of the Seas joins the Brisbane lineup in November 2027, and Anthem of the Seas returns to Sydney.
That gives Royal Caribbean three ships in Australia for the season.
For most cruisers, the short Queensland sailings will be the realistic option.
The 25 night crossing is the one a small group of people plan a year out and build a whole vacation around.
If the Pacific in the other direction fits your calendar better, there’s also a Carnival crossing running Sydney to San Francisco.
Would you take the 2027 route with Vanuatu and the Honolulu overnight, or would you rather have the newer ship on the Los Angeles crossing?
I can’t find the 2027 cruise on Royal Caribbean Voyager of the Seas that leaves from Seattle to Brisbane in October. Do you have a link to it?