AIDAcara is operating this year's cruise, but next year, AIDAaura has been chosen to make the epic journey, and again it will be a complete circumnavigation of the globe. AIDAaura will sail from Hamburg on October 7, 2018. Her itinerary will 41 ports in 20 countries on four continents over the next 117 days, meaning she won't return to Hamburg until February 2, 2019.
The complete story appeared in the July 20 edition of Cruise News Daily.
