If you have been waiting for a program that pairs small-ship calm with big-scope choice, Oceania has delivered. The new release stretches across continents and seasons, with long port days, thoughtful overnights, and culinary depth that rewards unhurried travel. Think winter-quiet Mediterranean streets, spice-tinged market mornings in Asia, glacier views in Alaska, and months-long Grand Voyages that read like chapters rather than checklists.
Oceania has opened reservations for a worldwide 2027-2028 schedule featuring more than 230 itineraries on seven small ships, spanning 7 to 96 days and all seven continents. Highlights include Allura’s first winter Mediterranean program, Riviera’s Alaska season, two Vista Grand Voyages, deeper Asia coverage, the line’s largest Europe slate yet, and added overnights that enhance city time and guest flow.
Oceania’s new map adds fresh shapes to familiar routes, with ideas we have not covered in recent posts about Princess or Holland America. The emphasis is variety without haste, so you can choose a week, a fortnight, or a season at sea and keep the same relaxed rhythm across ports.
Allura will sail from November to March when plazas feel local and museum queues are short. This is the Mediterranean that rewards cafés, galleries, and slow neighbourhood walks, with overnights that let you dine late, sleep well, then revisit a favourite quarter at first light. For returning Europe fans, it reframes familiar cities in cool, clear air and brings holiday markets into play without the crush of summer.
Riviera’s seven to eleven day runs tilt toward balanced distances, so glacier viewing, historic town time, and onboard learning all fit without clock watching. Expect chef’s market dinners that echo what you just saw on the pier, chowders and salmon in multiple styles, and hands-on classes in The Culinary Center that send you home with practical skills. Small-ship scale also means compact transfers and easy step-off days.
Vista anchors two centrepieces, a 59-day South Pacific Grand Voyage from Miami to Sydney through the canal, and a 96-day journey from Auckland to Rome that threads Asia, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean. These are stitched as chapters, with overnights, museum mornings, and generous sea-day spacing. If you have a cross-hemisphere wish list and want it in one narrative, this is the elegant way to do it.
The collection spans seven continents, yet most days are about human-scale places that reward walking shoes. You will see headline cities, then pivot to boutique ports that deliver contrast and breathing room.
This is Oceania’s most extensive European slate to date, ranging from Rome and Istanbul to the Greek isle of Milos with its sculpted cliffs and coves. Northern arcs reach Dublin and Stockholm, then bend toward Greenland and Norway for fjord light that makes deck time addictive. A first holiday-season run in the Mediterranean adds lamplit squares and market stalls, a gentle alternative to peak summer crowds.
Caribbean routes link Jamaica and Aruba with Panama Canal transits, while South Pacific voyages hop French Polynesia and Fiji on the way to New Zealand or Australia. Asia leans into overnight stays in Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Singapore, which matters for night markets, river cruises, and temple mornings that feel right at dawn. Coastal towns balance the tempo with shrine walks, fishing harbours, and hot-spring detours.
Alaska serves glacier fronts, spruce-lined channels, and Tlingit heritage in places like Klawock, with itineraries tuned for scenery and shore time. On the East Coast, autumn colour frames Montréal and Boston, and Saguenay Fjord proves that scenic cruising can be the day’s main event from your balcony stateroom. Transoceanic sectors use gateways well, Miami to the Azores and Europe, or Vancouver west to Japan, repositionings that feel like discovery rather than transit.
Oceania’s ships are intimate by modern standards, which keeps queues short, service personnel, and public rooms calm. The culinary promise is not marketing fluff, it is a rhythm that connects what you tasted ashore with what appears on the plate that evening.
Menus track the map, grilled fish and market vegetables on Mediterranean weeks, chowders and Pacific salmon in Alaska, and delicate sushi or hawker-style plates around Asia calls. Vista and Riviera layer multiple open-seating restaurants with chef’s market dinners that tie galley creativity to the stalls you visited that morning. Cooking classes focus on useful techniques, so you bring home skills, not just recipes.
Guest counts top out around 1,250, which means promenades, lounges, and terraces stay usable even on sea days. Choose your cabin for the route you booked, balconies pay off on glacier mornings and fjord transits, ocean-views stretch a budget on winter Med weeks when you will be ashore for long hours. Solo travellers benefit from the scale, easy to meet others at a tasting or lecture, then retreat to a quiet corner with a book.
Sea days are not filler here. Expect guest speakers who link ports to history and culture, wine flights that mirror upcoming regions, and a spa program that does not require a sprint to book. Libraries matter on these ships, which says something about pace. You can pack your schedule, or you can practice the art of doing very little while the horizon keeps you company.
A little structure upfront turns choice into clarity. Start with time, then layer in weather, walking surfaces, and how much night-time city energy you want.
Seven days suit work calendars and quick resets, especially in Alaska or the winter Mediterranean, where distances are short. Ten to fourteen nights deepen the story in Europe and across Asia. If you have a longer window, the Grand Voyages replace multiple flights with a single, elegant line on the map, and the spacing of overnights keeps it humane.
Beyond always-included items such as specialty dining, Wi-Fi, and gratuities, you can tune the value to your style. Complimentary wine and beer by the glass at lunch and dinner is ideal if you love lingering meals on board. If you plan to dig into local culture ashore, a shore excursion credit directed at small-group tours or private guides makes sense. The Best Value Guarantee removes timing anxiety so you can book when your plans firm up.
Small-ship size reduces friction for solo travellers, couples get late dinners and quiet cafés, and mixed-age groups do well on Alaska and Mediterranean weeks where transfers are short and easy-paced excursions sit beside more active options. Choose itineraries with overnights if evenings matter to your crew, and build one true rest day into every week so no one runs out of steam.
These are the context pieces fleet fans like to keep in mind when they plan for the next few years.
Summer 2027 is your last chance to sail Insignia before retirement in November. Expect a sentimental mix of British Isles, Nordics, and Baltic routes that balance icons like Venice and Athens with quieter stops such as Zakynthos and Bodrum. If intimate ships are your thing, it is a graceful goodbye with the scale and service that built Oceania’s following.
Vista and Riviera split Asia duty with a focus on Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand. Overnights in major cities give you time for both night markets and morning shrine visits, while coastal towns slow the pulse with harbour walks and easy local trains. It is a region where small-ship size pays dividends, berths are closer, and coach times are shorter.
A first opportunity to celebrate the holidays at sea in the Mediterranean brings lamplit squares, market treats, and quieter galleries. Overnights enable late suppers and early museum doors, while cooler weather makes city walking simple. Photographers will love the winter light on stone façades, and sea days take on a cosy, reading-room feel.
Before you pick dates, it helps to see everything side by side. Our Cruise Finder lets you filter by month, region, ship, and voyage length, then map the Oceania Cruises 2027-2028 Collection against your calendar and save a shortlist in minutes:
If you are weighing winter Med against Alaska, or a seven-day hop against a months-long epic, use Cruise Finder to compare overnights, sea-day spacing, and port density. You will quickly see which sailings fit your pace and what you value most.
The Oceania Cruises 2027-2028 Collection blends small-ship poise with wide-angle choice, from winter-quiet Europe to months-long crossings on Vista. If you would like help matching routes to dates, shaping shore days, or choosing cabins that suit how you travel, chat with our cruise specialist, and we will curate options, flag prime overnights, and secure the extras that matter to you.