Resorts World Cruises Announces Fleet Expansion with Star Scorpio’s first homeport in Singapore starting 26 March 2025
Increasing inbound and outbound cruise travel for Singapore and the region
With additional dual homeports in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam
In time for the various school holidays in the region and the ‘Hari Raya’ celebrations
The Voice of Chandigarh News:
Resorts World Cruises is pleased to announce the 1,800- passenger 78,000 gross ton Star Scorpio as the third cruise ship to join Resorts World Cruises – “The Cruise Line that Knows Asia Best”. Star Scorpio will introduce a series of cruises with Singapore as the homeport. For her maiden voyage, she will depart from the Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC) on 26 March 2025 with a series of voyages that will continue until 21 July 2025. Star Scorpio will sail to many popular destinations, including to Jakarta and Medan in Indonesia, Melaka and Pulau Redang in Malaysia, Bangkok and Ko Samui in Thailand and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
Passengers embarking the Star Scorpio from Singapore will have a variety of exciting itineraries to choose from in 2025. The 6 Day / 5 Night Melaka-Jakarta Cruises will have ten sailings (26 Mar – 15 Apr and 11 June – 1 July) and the 6 Day / 5 Night Bangkok-Ko Samui Cruises (20 Apr – 10 May) will offer five sailings. Besides that, passengers can also enjoy the 5 Day / 4 Night Ko Samui-Pulau Redang Cruises (15 – 23 May) with three sailings, the 4 Day / 3 Night Melaka- Medan Cruises (27 May – 8 June) with five sailings or the 6 Day / 5 Night Melaka-Ho Chi Minh Cruises (6 – 21 July) with four departures from Singapore.
In addition to the Singapore homeport deployment, the itineraries are designed so that 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 start embarking Star Scorpio from Jakarta (via Tanjong Priok Port) from 29 March until 13 April, as well as from 14 until 29 June 2025. During these two periods, Star Scorpio will offer a total of eight sailings from Jakarta with the 6 Day / 5 Night Singapore-Melaka Cruises coinciding with the Indonesian school holidays and the Hari Raya celebrations at the end of March.
From 22 April until 12 May 2025 and in time for Thailand’s school holidays, passengers can embark Star Scorpio from Bangkok (via Laem Chabang Port) to experience the 6 Day / 5 Night Ko Samui-Singapore Cruise with five departures.
Subsequently between 28 May and 9 June 2025, passengers have the option to embark and depart from Melaka (via the ICQS cruise terminal) to enjoy the 4 Day / 3 Night Medan (via Kuala Tanjung)-Singapore Cruise with five sailings during the Malaysian school holidays.
Wrapping up Star Scorpio’s deployment in Southeast Asia, Resorts World Cruises will create new milestones in Vietnam as the first cruise line to homeport in Ho Chi Minh City. Passengers can embark from Ho Chi Minh City (via Phu My Port) and discover the joy of cruising with four sailings of the 6 Day / 5 Night Singapore-Melaka Cruises aboard Star Scorpio from 9 until 24 July 2025 during the Vietnamese school holidays.
With departures from Jakarta, Bangkok, Melaka and Ho Chi Minh City all sailing into Singapore, Star Scorpio will berth conveniently at the Singapore Cruise Center (SCC), which is connected to the HarborFront MRT and VivoCity mall. As such, passengers can commute and explore the city with ease using Singapore’s mass transit system and do more last-minute shopping at the mall.
“We are pleased to introduce Star Scorpio as the third cruise ship for our fleet and to kick start her maiden deployment in Singapore. 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”, said Mr. Michael Goh, President of Resorts World Cruises. “For Vietnam, Star Scorpio will be the first cruise ship to homeport in Ho Chi Minh City, allowing Vietnamese to enjoy affordable cruises to Singapore and Melaka. For Singapore passengers, the 14-hour Jakarta port time will allow passengers to go to the historic city of Bandung using the new high-speed rail, which travels at a speed of up to 250 km per hour with the rare chance to also visit a live volcano” he added.
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. Like other Resorts World Cruises ships, Star Scorpio will have amazing entertainment, parties and activities onboard the ship.
