Celestyal Journey Now Sailing Inaugural Aegean Voyage

Celestyal Cruises’ newest ship, the 1,260-passenger Celestyal Journey, set sail on its maiden voyage Sept. 2 after a $21 million renovation. 

The ship is operating the seven-night “Idyllic Aegean” itinerary, from Piraeus, Athens, visiting Thessaloniki, Kusadasi, Heraklion (Crete), Santorini, Mykonos, and Milos. The itinerary was previously operated by Celestyal Crystal, which is being sold. The company now operates two ships, Celestyal Journey and Celestyal Olympia.

“Celestyal Journey signals a new and exciting chapter in our offering as we continue to invest into our fleet, aligning the company’s vision to offer a new premium stay-in-style and experience-rich cruise offering to the Greek islands and Eastern Mediterranean,” said Lee Haslett, Celestyal’s chief commercial officer. “Initial reactions have been fantastic, and we are committed to continue to delight our guests with our renowned hospitality, local expertise, and quality facilities.” 

To celebrate its inaugural voyage and to showcase the expanded premium balcony capacity, Celestyal is extending a promotion of a complimentary suite upgrade on all Journey bookings made by Oct. 31, for travel for the rest of the year. This includes the seven-night “Three Continents” itinerary that starts on the new ship from Oct. 21, and the special 11-, 18- and 19-night festive sailings departing in December.

Celestyal Journey was built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy and first entered service in 1994 as Holland America Line’s Ryndam. After two decades of service, it was transferred to P&O Cruises Australia in 2015, becoming the Pacific Aria. Five years later, in 2020, the vessel was sold to Seajets, remaining laid-up in Greece before being resold to Celestyal in February.

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