Voyager of the Seas adds Japan cruises for spring 2028
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Royal Caribbean put Voyager of the Seas on Japan and Asia cruises for spring 2028. Cruise Industry News, dated 1 Oct 2026, sets the window from late February through April 2028 and describes the routes. TRAICY Global, dated 2 Oct 2026, prints departure dates in March and April. TRAICY uses Yokohama. Cruise Industry News uses Tokyo. No English Royal Caribbean press release for this spring program was available for this post. A press-center page titled for Voyager’s 2028 Asia Pacific season returned no article text. The English line release that does exist covers a different season.
Routes in Cruise Industry News
Three products sit in the 1 Oct article.
A 10-night open-jaw runs from Hong Kong to Tokyo. It calls Nagasaki and Kagoshima, stays overnight in Kobe, then calls Osaka and continues to Tokyo.
Three roundtrips from Tokyo run 11 to 12 nights. Cruise Industry News says they explore Japan and South Korea. Ports named across that set are Kobe, Osaka, Kumamoto, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, and Sasebo. Select cruises call Jeju at Seogwipo and Busan. Other highlights are Mount Fuji at Shimizu and an overnight in Okinawa. The article does not assign those ports to one date.
A 16-night crossing runs from Tokyo to Seattle. The ship calls Sapporo at Muroran, with an overnight in Hokkaido. Sea days follow, including a crossing of the International Date Line. The cruise ends in Seattle.
Cruise Industry News says the line highlighted these trips as ways to see parts of Japan during cherry blossom season, among other things. Treat that as the article’s season framing. The article does not promise blossoms on your date.
Dates in TRAICY
TRAICY’s English page says the text was produced by automatic GPT-4 translation and may be inaccurate. Use it for the calendar. Check the sailing on Royal Caribbean’s site.
TRAICY’s roundtrips leave Yokohama.
An 11-night cruise leaves 10 Mar 2028, titled Kyushu, Jeju Island and Shimizu. An 11-night cruise leaves 21 Mar 2028, titled Kobe, Kyushu, Jeju Island and Busan. A 12-night cruise leaves 1 Apr 2028, titled Osaka, Jeju Island, Kyushu, Naha and Shimizu.
TRAICY also prints two one-ways. The Hong Kong sailing is a 10-night cruise on 10 Mar 2028 to Yokohama, titled Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Kobe and Osaka. The Seattle crossing is a 16-night cruise from Yokohama on 13 Apr 2028, titled Transpacific.
TRAICY also prints a day count next to each night count. An 11-night cruise is labeled 12 days. The 16-night crossing is labeled 16 days. Book the night count and the date. The day label is TRAICY’s.
TRAICY prints two departures on 10 Mar 2028. One is the Yokohama roundtrip. One is the Hong Kong one-way. One ship cannot leave both ports that morning. The translation warning sits on that page. Open the date before you treat 10 Mar as settled.
Cruise Industry News says the program runs from late February through April. TRAICY’s earliest printed departure is 10 Mar. TRAICY’s window line says March through April. A February date appears in Cruise Industry News as late February. That article does not print the February calendar day.
Separate from the Alaska season
The 2028 Alaska post puts Voyager on seven-night cruises from Seattle from April through September. This Japan program is the earlier Asia season. The 16-night crossing ends in Seattle. Book that crossing on its own date. Use the Alaska post for the summer Seattle cruises.
Cruise Industry News also places these Japan cruises inside Voyager’s wider 2027-28 Asia Pacific season, with trips from Brisbane, Sydney, Singapore, and Hong Kong. That wider season is a different product from the Alaska release.
An English PR Newswire release on 27 Aug 2026, timed 13:29 CST, homeports Voyager in Hong Kong from January to February 2028 for Chinese New Year. Sailings in that release run 4 to 10 nights, including Hong Kong trips to Ishigaki and Okinawa. Bookings in that release are for the China market. That release does not list the March and April dates in this post.
What you should do
Match a TRAICY date to the Cruise Industry News route before you deposit. The Hong Kong one-way and a Yokohama roundtrip are both printed on 10 Mar, so confirm which 10 Mar page loads. The other Yokohama roundtrips in TRAICY leave 21 Mar and 1 Apr. The Seattle crossing leaves Yokohama on 13 Apr in TRAICY and leaves Tokyo in Cruise Industry News. Neither article prints a fare. Facts above follow Cruise Industry News on 1 Oct 2026 and TRAICY Global on 2 Oct 2026. The Hong Kong season follows the Royal Caribbean PR Newswire release on 27 Aug 2026.
Sources
Tier 1 = the cruise line’s own published material · Tier 2 = an established cruise-news outlet- TIER 2Cruise Industry News, 1 Oct 2026: Royal Caribbean announced Japan and Asia itineraries on Voyager of the Seas in spring 2028, from late February through April 2028; the line highlighted three itineraries for exploring different parts of Japan during cherry blossom season, among other things; a 10-night open-jaw from Hong Kong to Tokyo visits Nagasaki and Kagoshima, with an overnight in Kobe, then Osaka, then Tokyo; three roundtrips from Tokyo run 11 to 12 nights and explore Japan and South Korea, with Kobe, Osaka, Kumamoto, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, and Sasebo named across the set, select calls at Jeju (Seogwipo) and Busan, Mount Fuji (Shimizu), and an overnight in Okinawa; a 16-night Pacific crossing from Tokyo to Seattle calls Sapporo (Muroran) with an overnight in Hokkaido, then sea days including a crossing of the International Date Line, then Seattle; the cruises are part of Voyager's broader 2027-28 Asia Pacific season, previously reported as 2- to 16-night itineraries from Brisbane, Sydney, Singapore, and Hong Kong across Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, and South Korea; the article prints no calendar departure dates, no Yokohama label, no fare, and no blossom guarantee for a specific sailing
Cruise Industry News, checked 1 Oct 2026 · Use this article for the route shape and the late February through April window. Calendar dates are not in it. Cherry blossom is the article's season framing, with the words among other things. - TIER 2TRAICY Global, 2 Oct 2026: Royal Caribbean will operate cruises departing from and returning to Japan on Voyager of the Seas from March through April 2028; roundtrip Yokohama itineraries are an 11-night, 12-day Kyushu, Jeju Island and Shimizu cruise on 10 Mar, an 11-night, 12-day Kobe, Kyushu, Jeju Island and Busan cruise on 21 Mar, and a 12-night, 13-day Osaka, Jeju Island, Kyushu, Naha and Shimizu cruise on 1 Apr; one-ways are a 10-night, 11-day Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Kobe and Osaka cruise departing Hong Kong on 10 Mar and arriving in Yokohama, and a 16-night, 16-day Transpacific cruise departing Yokohama on 13 Apr and arriving in Seattle; the English page states the article was generated by automatic GPT-4 translation and that the translation may not be accurate; the page prints no fare and no cherry-blossom claim
TRAICY Global, checked 2 Oct 2026 · Source for the calendar dates and the Yokohama names. The page warns that the English text is a machine translation. It also prints a Yokohama roundtrip and a Hong Kong departure on the same date, 10 Mar 2028. - TIER 1Royal Caribbean PR Newswire release, Shanghai, 27 Aug 2026, 13:29 CST: Voyager of the Seas will be seasonally homeported in Hong Kong from January to February 2028 for Chinese New Year and the winter school holiday, alongside Spectrum of the Seas; Voyager sailings in this release run 4 to 10 nights, including 4- or 5-night Hong Kong trips to Ishigaki and Okinawa, Japan, with select overnights in Okinawa, plus calls that can include Taipei (Keelung) and Hue/Danang (Chan May); related sailings were open for bookings in China; the release does not list March or April 2028 Japan departures, a Hong Kong to Tokyo open-jaw, a Yokohama roundtrip, or a Seattle crossing
PR Newswire / Royal Caribbean, checked 27 Aug 2026 · English Tier 1 release for a different, earlier Hong Kong season. It is not a source for the spring 2028 Japan dates. No English Tier 1 release for the March and April program was found for this post.
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