Karl WP Beyer December 17, 2025 – With the arrival of Phoenix Reisen's Amadea today, the 2025 cruise season in the Baltic Sea resort of Warnemünde comes to an end. The Borealis from Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines was expected earlier, on December 11, as the penultimate cruise ship of the year..
For the season now drawing to a close, Rostock Port recorded 165 ship calls by 35 cruise ships with a total of 592.000 passengers. Shore power was used for 75 calls (a total of 2,2 million kilowatt hours); cruise ships docked in Warnemünde on 126 days of the year.
Rostock Port - Warnemünde Terminal
However, the focus is already on the future: According to preliminary plans, the Warnemünde cruise season 2026 will begin on March 29th with the AIDAdiva. Rostock Port GmbH reports that 163 calls by 35 cruise ships from 20 national and international shipping companies have been registered for next year. AIDA Cruises is planning to... AIDAdiva and AIDAmar a total of 65 passenger changeover calls in the home port of Warnemünde.
Three ships will call at the Warnow estuary for the first time in 2026: the Evrima from Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection on July 18, the Scenic Eclipse II from Scenic Ocean on July 18, and the Seven Seas Grandeur from the luxury cruise line Regent Seven Seas Cruises on August 23. Of the 163 reported calls, 95 are for passenger embarkation and disembarkation and 68 are for transit calls.
According to Rostock Port, the season is scheduled to end on December 29, 2026, with the arrival of the Spirit of Adventure from Saga Cruises.
