Voyage of the Glaciers from Vancouver
Date: 28 Aug 2024
Duration: 7 nights
Ship: Grand Princess
Line: Princess Cruises
Those innovative people, the Japanese, are copying ancient Vikings, by choosing to cremate their departed loved ones on crematorium ships and getting a cruise out of it, to boot. The Nippon Foundation thinks they have the answer to Japan’s cramped urban centres, where there are long waiting lists for grave sites. Their solution is called Somaru, a 26 ton ship with a car ferry, ceremony hall and four purpose-built crematoria. Rather surprisingly, there are distinct advantages to cremations on cruise ships: they don’t have large construction costs, nor do they need land, their mobility means there is no opposition from residents of areas where crematorium construction is planned, and, of course, they allow for the scattering of a loved one’s ashes at sea.
Date: 28 Aug 2024
Duration: 7 nights
Ship: Grand Princess
Line: Princess Cruises
£538 OUTSIDE
£1,469 BALCONY
Date: 25 Jul 2024
Duration: 17 nights
Ship: MSC Seascape
Line: MSC Cruises
£3,799 OUTSIDE
£4,049 BALCONY
Date: 19 Feb 2025
Duration: 10 nights
Ship: Eurodam
Line: Holland America Line
£1,939 OUTSIDE
£2,456 BALCONY
Date: 12 Nov 2024
Duration: 34 nights
Ship: Oosterdam
Line: Holland America Line
£4,799 BALCONY
£4,799 OUTSIDE
Date: 6 Mar 2024
Duration: 10 nights
Ship: Eurodam
Line: Holland America Line
£1,748 OUTSIDE
£2,068 BALCONY