The 1,800-passenger Star Scorpio will join Resorts World Cruises (RWC) and offer a series of sailings with Singapore as her homeport between March 26 and July 21 next year.
The third vessel in the RWC fleet, Star Scorpio, will embark on her maiden voyage from the Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC) on March 26, 2025. She will then offer a series of sailings until July 21, 2025, visiting a variety of destinations such as Jakarta and Medan in Indonesia, Melaka and Pulau Redang in Malaysia, Bangkok and Ko Samui in Thailand, and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
Itineraries include the six-day-five-night Melaka-Jakarta Cruises (March 26 to April 15 and June 11 to July 1) and the six-day-five-night Bangkok-Ko Samui Cruises (April 20 to May 10) Passengers can also enjoy the five-day-four-night Ko Samui-Pulau Redang Cruises (May 15-23), the four-day-three-night Melaka-Medan Cruises (May 27 to June 8) or the six-day-five-night Melaka-Ho Chi Minh Cruises (July 6-21).
In addition to the Singapore homeport deployment, passengers can also embark for round-trip cruises at the dual homeports in Jakarta, Bangkok (via Laem Chabang), Melaka and Ho Chi Minh City (via Phu My Port).
Passengers can board Star Scorpio from Jakarta (via Tanjong Priok Port) from March 29 to April 13, as well as from June 14 to 29 next year. During these two periods, Star Scorpio will offer a total of eight sailings from Jakarta with the six-day-five-night Singapore-Melaka Cruises.
From April 22 to May 12, 2025, passengers can embark Star Scorpio from Bangkok (via Laem Chabang Port) to experience the six-day-five-night Ko Samui-Singapore Cruise with five departures.
Subsequently between May 28 and June 9, 2025, passengers have the option to embark and depart from Melaka (via the ICQS cruise terminal) to enjoy the four-day-three-night Medan (via Kuala Tanjung)-Singapore Cruise with five sailings.
Wrapping up Star Scorpio’s deployment in South-east Asia, RWC will be the first cruise line to homeport in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where cruise-goers can embark from Ho Chi Minh City (via Phu My Port) for the six-day-five-night Singapore-Melaka Cruises aboard Star Scorpio from July 9-24, 2025.
Prior to commencing operations in 2025, Star Scorpio will undergo a US$50 million renovation and upgrade in Singapore and will feature many restaurants, bars, showroom and other recreational facilities.
Bookings for Star Scorpio’s cruise itineraries will be available from January 10, 2025 onwards.
RWC president Michael Goh said: “Star Scorpio’s dual homeport in Singapore with different countries in Asia will offer Indonesians, Thais, Malaysians and Vietnamese round-trip cruises from their ports during their peak holiday periods without the need to fly to another country.”
