Ocean Discovery – Hamburg, Ijmuiden & Dover
About this cruise
Somewhere around day five the ship stops being transport and starts being home. This 25-night sailing from Hamburg on November 8, 2026 visits IJmuiden (Amsterdam), Dover and Le Havre (Paris), with additional stops along the Caribbean. You wind up in Fort-de-France, so it's worth planning a night or two there. There's a stretch of back-to-back port days, so those days are busy, but the sea days around them give you time to recharge. The Caribbean route takes in Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Portugal, Spain, Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Kitts & Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, British Virgin Islands and Dominican Republic, 11 countries, and the differences show up in the food, the architecture, and the mood. Most ports give you about 11 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, Costa Favolosa: 3,016 guests, 13 decks. Entertainment, dining, and enough space that it never feels cramped. By night three you start recognising faces; by night ten you're swapping numbers. That's the magic of a longer sailing. If you like having options (restaurants, bars, activities, entertainment), a big ship delivers that. Being shoulder season helps: golden light, comfortable weather, and shorter queues at the popular spots. Hard to ask for much more than that, honestly.
View on official site
We added Costa Cruises's mandatory service charge to the prices above, so they show the real total. Costa Cruises bills it on board rather than in the fare, so their own site will quote you less.
- Cruise fare on Costa Cruises's site
- $2,267.51
- Service charge, paid on board
- +$325
- What you actually pay, per person
- $2,592.51
$13 per guest per night × 25 nights.
What's included in this price
Your cabin with daily housekeeping, every meal on board, and the shows, pools and gym.
Costa charges a mandatory hotel service charge (servizio alberghiero) to your onboard account and it can't be removed. The price shown here already includes it, so it compares like for like with Costa's site plus the charge.
Also available to buy on board: Alcohol, Soft drinks, Wi-Fi, Specialty restaurants, Excursions.
Price History
Getting there: out to Hamburg, home from Fort-de-France
This cruise does not return to Hamburg. It ends in Fort-de-France, so your flight home leaves from there.
