Those who plan to cruise in 2025, whether by taking an expedition sailing around the Galápagos Islands, a food-filled voyage in the Mediterranean, or even an ocean adventure to Antarctica, would do well to book it soon. While it might feel a little early to start planning, the end of the year is a great time to secure the best price for your cruise. The Black Friday cruise deals are out and they will help you save thousands of dollars on next vacation.
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Save Up to $6,000 on Your Next Cruise With These Black Friday Deals
- Black Friday deals with Royal Caribbean
- Black Friday deals with Princess Cruises
- Black Friday deals with Celebrity Cruises
- Black Friday cruise deals with HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions)
- Black Friday cruise deals with Aurora Expeditions
- Black Friday deals with Ecoventura
- Black Friday deals with Viking
- Black Friday deals with Uniworld
- Black Friday deals with Oceania Cruises
- Black Friday deals with Victory Cruise Lines
- Black Friday deals with Cruise Croatia
- Black Friday deals with MSC Cruises
- Black Friday deals with Explora Journeys
- Black Friday deals with Sea Cloud Cruises
- Black Friday deals with Holland America Line
- Black Friday deals with Hurtigruten
- Black Friday deals with Virgin Voyages
- Black Friday deals with Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours
- Black Friday deals with Emerald Cruises
- Black Friday deals with Paul Gauguin Cruises
Black Friday deals with Royal Caribbean
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For Black Friday this year, Royal Caribbean is offering 60 percent off a second guest (when booked in the same stateroom as the first guests), and 30 percent off any additional guests booked in the same room. The cruise line is also offering free sailing for kids under the age of 12 for voyages of three nights or longer. Book between November 8 and December 9. Some restrictions apply.
Black Friday cruise deals with Princess Cruises
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This year, Princess Cruises offering travelers savings on 2024, 2025, and 2026 cruises, including up to 50 percent off cruise fares on voyages all over the globe, 50 percent off deposits, and free sailing for third and fourth guests when booked in the same stateroom as the first and second guests. Book between November 1 and November 25.
- Seven-day Western Caribbean with Mexico in November 2025, starting at $559
- Seven-day Mediterranean with France and Italy in March 2025, starting at $949
- 12-day Panama Canal with Costa Rica and Caribbean in November 2025, starting at $1,189
- 16-day Iceland and Greenland in July 2025, starting at $1,749
Read more about what it’s like to cruise with Princess Cruises thanks to Matador Network’s review of the cruise line during a seven-day, food-filled Mediterranean sailing on board the Sun Princess.
Black Friday deals with Celebrity Cruises
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This year, Celebrity cruises is offering savings up to 75 percent on the second guest in their stateroom. Book between November 8 and December 9. The offer is applicable for sailings departing from November 8 through May 10, 2027. (Note that this offer is not valid on Galapagos cruises of nine nights or longer.)
Black Friday cruise deals with HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions)
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HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions) is offering up to 50 percent off select 2024-2025 voyages (including bird watching-focused Audubon Voyages) to Antarctica, the Galápagos Islands, Alaska, the Northwest Passage, Greenland, Svalbard, and South America. Book between November 12 and December 9. The offer is valid for departures from December 1 to October 31, 2025 (inclusive).
- Highlights of Antarctica, from $8,596
- Galápagos — In Darwin’s Footsteps, from $6,774
- Grand Greenland: Mythical Lands of the North, from $11,016
- Svalbard in Spring: Return of the Sun, from $6,389
- Alaska’s Inside Passage and Aleutian Islands — Northbound, from $9,101
Read more about what it’s like to cruise to Antarctica with HX thanks to Matador Network’s review of the cruise line during a 12-day trip aboard the MS Fridtjof Nansen.
Black Friday cruise deals with Aurora Expeditions
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Aurora Expeditions is offering up to 25 percent off select Antarctica voyages in 2024 and 2025, up to 20 percent off and free cabin upgrades on select Arctic voyages in 2025, and up to 20 percent off and no solo supplement on select Arctic voyages in 2025. Book between November 18 and December 3.
- Svalbard in Depth: 15 days from/to: Oslo, Norway, save 20 percent and get a free stateroom upgrade
- Wild Antarctica featuring the Weddell Sea: 12 days from/to Ushuaia, Argentina, save 20 percent
- Spirit of Antarctica featuring the Chilean Fjords: 13 days from Punta Arenas, Chile, to Ushuaia, Argentina, save 25 percent.
Read more about what it’s like to cruise to Antarctica with Aurora Expeditions thanks to Matador Network’s review of the cruise line during the Sylvia Earle’s maiden voyage to the White Continent.
Black Friday cruise deals with Ecoventura
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This year, Ecoventura is offering 20 percent off more than two dozens select 2025 Galápagos Islands cruises when you book between November 29 and December 6. That is a $2100 per person savings off the published rate of $10,500 per person for double occupancy rooms. For solo travelers, Ecoventura is offering $6,050 in savings per cabin, i.e. a rate of $12,950.
Read more about what it’s like to cruise around the Galápagos Islands with Ecoventura thanks to Matador Network’s review of the cruise line during a seven-day trip aboard on of their three expedition yachts.
Black Friday cruise deals with Viking
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Viking is offering savings on airfare, deposits, and reduced fares for its river, ocean, and expedition cruises. Book between November 1 and November 30.
- River cruises: Up to free international airfare, all-inclusive voyages from $1,999, and $25 deposit
- Ocean cruises: international airfare from $799, reduced fares, and $25 deposit
- Expeditions cruises on the Great Lakes: Up to free roundtrip airfare, reduced fares, and $25 deposit
- Expeditions cruises in Antarctica: Up to free international airfare, reduced fares, and $25 deposit
Black Friday cruise deals with Uniworld
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Uniworld Boutique River Cruises is launching its 12 Days of Christmas event on Black Friday (November 29). There will be daily savings and surprises ranging from 50 percent off popular cruises to free trip extensions, complimentary suite upgrades, waived solo traveler supplements, and more. Offers will be valid for travel on select sailings in 2025.
Black Friday cruise deals with Oceania Cruises
This year, Oceania cruises is offering travelers to make their vacation extra luxurious with a four-categrory upgrade sale on more than 90 sailings throughout 2025. Cruisers can upgrade their stateroom from Inside to Oceanview, Oceanview to Veranda, Veranda to Concierge, or even Concierge to Penthouse Suite. Not only that, but travelers also get to choose one among of the following perks: Unlimited wine, beer, and spirits; shipboard credit up to $1000; or free or reduced airfare. Book between November 15 and December 10.
Black Friday cruise deals with Victory Cruise Lines
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In 2024, Victory Cruise Lines is offering savings of $2,000 per stateroom (based on double occupancy) and one free pre-cruise, premium shore excursion for select sailings departing from Toronto and Chicago in April, May, and June 2025. Book between October 30 and December 4, and enter the promo code ‘BLACKFRIDAY’ at checkout.
- Toronto to Chicago: nine or 10-night voyage
- Chicago to Toronto: nine or 10-night voyage
- Roundtrip Chicago: 14 or 15-night voyage
Black Friday cruise deals with Cruise Croatia
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Luxury small-ship cruise operator specializing in sailings along the Adriatic coast, Cruise Croatia is offering up to $700 off per cabin on select departures between Dubrovnik and Split from May to August 2025. Book between November 29 and December 13.
Black Friday cruise deals with MSC Cruises
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Cruises purchased with MSC Cruises from November 12 to 25 can receive up to 35 percent off the typical cost, with drinks and WiFi included and up to a $400 onboard credit. The deals are spread across the entire line — including the newest ship, MSC World America, that launches from Miami in April 2025, as well as the first MSC cruises in Alaska. The savings can lead to at least $700 to four-night cruises after all is said and accounted for, and at least $1,000 of added value to seven-night cruises.
Black Friday cruise deals with Explora Journeys
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Explora Journeys, the all-inclusive luxury cruise line division of MSC, is offering travelers to save up to 50 percent on select sailings in the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, as well as a reduced deposit of five percent of the total price on bookings. This Black Friday cruise deal is valid from now until December 4, 2024, for journeys departing from November 29, 2024.
Black Friday cruise deals with Sea Cloud Cruises
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Save up to 65 percent off of the brochure rates for 10 2025 sailings on the Sea Cloud Spirit, Sea Cloud II, and the originally 1931-built Sea Cloud when purchased between November 29 and December 2. All three are true sailing yachts with sails raised by hand. That includes itineraries from Panama City, Panama, to Miami; a Gran Canaria round trip; Barcelona to Nice, France; a St. Maarten round trip sailing in the Caribbean; and more.
Black Friday cruise deals with Holland America Line
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Holland America Line has deals up to 25 percent off of cruise fares for sailings between December 2024 and September 2026 on select itineraries booked between November 21 and December 1. For certain routes, that includes things like prepaid crew appreciation, a 50 percent reduced deposit, and free fares for the third and fourth guests in the same room. Cruises around New Zealand, the Panama Canal, the Arctic circle, Mexico, the Norwegian Fjords, and more are included. Note that it does not include full-length Grand Voyages and 2026 Alaska Cruise tours.
Black Friday cruise deals with Hurtigruten
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Hurtigruten, Norway’s cruise line with a northern lights guarantee, has deals up to 50 percent off of its normal cruising rates when booked directly with the company during its Black Friday sale running through December 2. That includes 25 percent off of the Signature voyages in the summer for northern lights near the Norwegian coastline and Svalbard archipelago, as well as the North Cape Line. The Original Coastal Express itineraries along 34 ports on the Norwegian coast, northern lights trips that go to Norway and Finland; and the Follow the Midnight Sun routes that include Norway, Sweden, and Finland are up to 50 percent off.
Black Friday cruise deals with Virgin Voyages
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This year for Black Friday, Virgin Voyages, the first adult-only cruise line in the US, offers cruisers 40 percent off all voyages, and up to $300 in free drinks. The offer is valid from now until December 3, 2024, for all voyages from now through 2026, including the inaugural sailings from the cruise line’s newest ship, the Brilliant Lady.
Black Friday cruise deals with Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours
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This Black Friday, Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours offers a range of savings for the travelers seeking luxury at a discount price — if they book by December 4, 2024. Save 30 percent on select 2025 Ultra-Luxury Europe River Cruises like this 11-day Danube voyage; 35 percent on select Scenic Eclipse 2025-2026 ocean cruises, including an epic 22-day sailing in Antarctica; or $350 per person on select 2024, 2025, and 2026 South East Asia River Cruises & Land Journeys, like this 13-day trip along the Mekong river.
Black Friday cruise deals with Emerald Cruises
This year, Emerald Cruises offers travelers the chance to save big on both river and yacht cruises. Save 35 percent off full fare on select 2025 Europe River Cruises (excluding Portugal); save $700 per couple on Southeast Asia River Cruises 2025-2026; or save 35 percent on select 2025-2026 Emerald Yacht Cruises. Those deals include itineraries on the Rhine and Moselle rivers, and in the Mediterranean, among others. Book by December 4, 2024.
Black Friday cruise deals with Paul Gauguin Cruises
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Paul Gauguin Cruises, a luxury cruise line that operates small ships in Polynesia and the South Pacific, has deals of up to $2,900 per person on a large selection of seven to 20-night voyages in 2025. These savings are in addition to the up to 30 percent Bonus Savings already included in published fares. The offer is available from November 25, 2024 to January 3, 2025. 