25 Nights - Coral Princess (Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan)

25 Night cruise on the Coral Princess
(Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan)

We booked with Costco after Lynn saw multiple Thailand and Vietnam stops on this cruise (on our bucket list) during a time period we were open. It is also shortly after my birthday and during Lynn's, so here is our present to each other. This cruise also had multiple Japan stops which Lynn and I enjoyed on our 2024 Asia cruise.

The cruise was $10,044 for an inside room. We had to give a $800 deposit, but it is refundable until 120 days before (Nov. 20,2025). We get $755 Digital Costco Shop Card after sailing, due to booking with Costco travel. It was $5,200 more for a balcony, so we didn't think it was worth it to us, and we have a lot of other cruises booked we need to pay for. Lynn will also still be elite status, due to our purchased upgrade on our 53 day cruise, so free laundry and discount on excursions for her. Final payment is due 11-8-25 for $9,244.40.

We will probably park at the Pullman hotel. Parking for 23 days was about $222, so a little more for this trip. Tips will be extra ($34 per night) and excursions, etc. will be add ons.

5 Nights hotel in Singapore starting March 17, 2026

January 10, 2025, Lynn thought it would be nice to go to Singapore early and stay late in Tokyo, to explore both cities. She used our Princess promotion we bought for the Nov. 2025 South America cruise (two 2-day, two 5-day vouchers for 4 or 5 star hotels that you only pay the tax) and booked five days ahead in Singapore ($242.90) and two days in Tokyo ($271.84). They are both refundable if the cruise changes ports, or we change our minds. We already used one of the 2-day promotions during the 2024 Fantasy fest in Key West so if we do use these two, we have one 5-day voucher left from the promotion package we bought.

Insurance

Lynn purchased Go Ready Travel Insurance from AEGIS for $396 which goes for one year starting March 30th, 2025 - March 30, 2026, so we will need to add another year. It covers items like: Trip Interruption, Airline Ticket Change Fee, Baggage Delay, Baggage / Personal Effects, Accidental Death, Emergency Accident and Emergency Sickness Medical Expense, Emergency Medical Evacuation, etc. Each with limits from $200 - $50,000.

Coral Princess for March 22 - April 16, 2026

The Coral Princess holds 1,970 passengers, 900 crew, we booked a guaranteed inside room catagory ID. Guarantee means that catory of room or better but you don't know your room until close to sailing. This will be a smaller ships for us as we have mostly cruised on ships from 4,004 to 1,380 passengers, crews from 550 to 1,735.

We fly to Singapore so a one hour drive to our parking, then long flight(s). Flight cost will be extra, planning to come. Below I will only list stops and not sea days.

Singapore

We will fly in March 17th and stay 5 nights in our Norwegian promotion booked hotel through March 22nd. March March 22nd cruise departs at 11 pm. More information to come as we plan and go...................