USD 1,688 per person in a balcony stateroom, USD 200 more than the interior cabin on the same sailing. Two nights in a Shanghai hotel either side of four nights aboard the Adora Magic City, China’s first domestically built large cruise ship, 136,000 tons over fifteen decks.
The balcony earns its money on Day 5. That is the full sea day between Busan and Shanghai, and a private balcony is a different experience from an inside cabin when there is nowhere to be. It also means daylight and your own air on the two port mornings.
The route runs Shanghai to Jeju to Busan and back. A full afternoon and evening at Jeju, and twelve hours at Busan from ten in the morning.
Three things to sort before booking, all in the section below: this departs Cebu, you need a Korean visa for Busan, and shore excursions are extra with Chinese speaking guides.
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Booking Information – Upon booking, please expect an email from us with your voucher, your reminders and what happens next.
Airfare – This package does not include your flights. Book your own, then tell us your arrival and departure times so we can set your transfers and your tour around them.
Hotel – Rooms are twin sharing. Standard check-in is 2PM and check out is 12NN unless the itinerary says otherwise. Early check-in and late check-out are subject to availability and fees. Children are arranged in the same room as their parents. If an extra room is needed, or for special requests, additional costs will apply.
Dates – The rate holds until 31 December 2026 and is not available over Christmas, New Year or public holidays. Rates are subject to change and all rooms are subject to availability.
Depart Cebu at midday on Cathay Pacific, connect at Hong Kong, arrive Shanghai Pudong at 22:10
Meet your local guide
Transfer to the hotel and check in
Meals: Breakfast
Hotel: Shanghai hotel
Breakfast at the hotel
Shanghai Chenghuang Temple Market
Transfer to the Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal
Luggage consignment, security and customs, then boarding from 16:00
The ship sails at 19:00
Bring your original passport and your ferry ticket. Copies are not accepted.
Meals: Breakfast, then all meals aboard
Accommodation: Balcony Twin aboard the Adora Magic City
Arrive Jeju at 13:00, sail at 21:00
Shore excursion time. You can buy the shared bus tour on board, guided in Chinese, or go ashore independently.
Meals: All meals aboard
Accommodation: Adora Magic City
Arrive Busan at 10:00, sail at 22:00. A full twelve hours in port
A Korea visa is required to go ashore here. Shore excursion time again, either the onboard shared bus tour guided in Chinese or your own way around.
Meals: All meals aboard
Accommodation: Adora Magic City
A full day aboard, and the day your balcony earns its price. The ship has fifteen decks and includes the first cruise ship industrial aesthetic exhibition hall, covering how China built its first large cruise ship.
Meals: All meals aboard
Accommodation: Adora Magic City
Arrive Shanghai at 07:00 and disembark
Transfer to the hotel and check in
Meals: Breakfast aboard
Hotel: Shanghai hotel
Breakfast and check out
Transfer to the airport
Depart Shanghai at 09:35, connect at Hong Kong, arriving Cebu at 18:10
Meals: Breakfast
It depends on how you travel. Over four nights it works out at USD 50 a night for daylight, fresh air and your own outdoor space. Day 5 is a full day at sea with nowhere to go, and that is when people who booked inside cabins usually wish they had not. If you are the sort who wants to be out on deck all day anyway, the interior cabin at USD 1,488 does the same job for less.
No. This sailing departs Mactan-Cebu International Airport. If you are travelling from Manila or anywhere else you need to get yourself to Cebu, and that flight is not included.
Yes, and you apply for it yourself. The ship calls at Busan on Day 4 and you cannot go ashore without one. It is separate from your China visa and it takes time, so start early.
Because it has to be a double entry. You enter China at Shanghai, sail out to Korea, then return to China before flying home. That is USD 80 per person rather than the USD 40 single entry on our land tours.
No. Both Jeju and Busan are free time. The shared bus tour can be bought on board but the onboard guides speak Chinese only. Going ashore independently is straightforward at both ports.
Around HKD 140 per person per night on your shipboard account. Over four cruise nights that is roughly HKD 560 per person, and it is not collected by us.
Your original passport and your ferry ticket. Photocopies and phone photos are not accepted for boarding.

