Repositioning Cruises

At CruiseMapper's "Repositioning Cruise" hub you can find major cruise companies' ship relocation itineraries scheduled due to deployment changes or refurbishment projects. Our reposition cruise finder allows searching by year, departure and/or arrival ports, countries, ship and company, also by type – transoceanic crossings (Transatlantic, Transpacific), canal transits (Panama Canal, Suez Canal) and seasonal (Spring and Fall).

Repositioning Cruise Finder

All our reposition cruise schedules show only itineraries and prices per person. These are indicative fares on the ships' lowest/cheapest category passenger cabins. All rates are based on double occupancy (twin share) and don't include cruise companies’ or travel agencies’ promotions, group booking rates or any other special offers and discounts.

“Repositioning Cruise” is an one-way voyage on a sea-going vessel with a scheduled redeployment (changing operational regions). Most relocation cruises are in Spring and Fall, and all of them have different embarkation (departure) and disembarkation (arrival) ports. Some itineraries may be portless (without any ports of call along the route).

Examples for reposition cruises are seasonal Panama Canal transits (between Alaska and the Caribbean), Suez Canal transition (between Europe/Mediterranean and Asia and/or Australia), Atlantic Ocean crossings (between Europe and the Americas/USA, Canada, the Caribbean, Brazil, Argentina, Chile), Pacific Ocean crossings (between the USA/Canada and Asia-Australia, also between South America and Australia). As repositioning voyages are also categorized homeport-changing itineraries (when the vessel changes its base-port).

Some of CruiseMapper's relocation cruise itineraries are the first transition voyages of the companies’ newest vessels, many of which are also the fleets' largest and most technologically advanced.

Relocation cruises are often the result of unplanned itinerary changes as the vessels sometimes change destinations/ports, operational regions/year-round deployments, and homeports (turnaround/departure ports from where are operated roundtrip itineraries).

In 3 to 5 years, every passenger ship must undergo a drydocking for regular maintenance works (machinery overhaul, general hotel upkeep, hull cleaning/repainting, repairs, upgrades, etc), safety equipment and classification inspections. These are multi-million projects conducted at specialized facilities (large shipyards) in other countries and even on different continents. They require temporary redeployment with associated repositioning voyages.

The repositioning ship cruises are always rated among the best-priced travel deals. They allow the most affordable access to some of the world’s best-known vacation destinations and adventurous cruising on some of the most famous passenger ships of our time.