Aroya Cruises made its first go to to Mykonos earlier this week.
As a part of its debut within the Mediterranean, the Aroya arrived on the Greek island on Tuesday.
The name is a part of the ship’s first seven-night cruise in European waters, which sailed from Istanbul’s Galataport Cruise Terminal on June 28, 2025.
The prolonged go to to Mykonos began at 6 AM, with the ship remaining anchored off the island by means of 1 AM on Wednesday.
In addition to the island, the three,400-guest vessel additionally sailed to 2 different locations in Greece: Piraeus, which serves as a gateway to Athens, and Souda Bay in Crete.
The Aroya is now scheduled to make a go to to Bodrum, Turkey, earlier than returning to its summer season homeport of Istanbul.
Over 12,000 company visited Mykonos on Tuesday, because the vessel was joined by Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas, the Costa Fascinosa and the Celebrity Eclipse.
After finishing its first cruise within the area, the Aroya is ready to supply extra weeklong cruises to locations in Turkey, Greece and Egypt.
The seven-night itineraries function visits to a variety of ports of name, together with Alexandria, Rhodes, Marmaris and Kaş.
Aroya’s first season within the Mediterranean extends by means of September, when the ship is scheduled to return to the Red Sea.
Originally constructed as Genting’s World Dream, the vessel entered service in 2017 earlier than being acquired by Cruise Saudi in 2023.
After an entire refurbishment, which noticed over 95 % of public areas rebuilt, the ship entered service for Aroya Cruises in late 2024.
According to the corporate’s President, Dr. Joerg Rudolph, roughly 100,000 company boarded the ship throughout its inaugural season within the Red Sea.
Sailing from Jeddah, the ship provided a sequence of three- to seven-night cruises to locations in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, together with Aroya’s personal island vacation spot of Jabal Al-Sabaya.