World Odyssey
Semester at Sea’s floating campus, four days at Kaohsiung in December 2027
World Odyssey, port by port along your cruise
Date, port, berth, the hours you can actually use ashore and the time to be back at the gangway. Pick the date your cruise starts and the ports of that sailing line up here; otherwise these are the next 1 of 1 listed calls, through Mon, 13 Dec 2027.
Mon, 13 Dec 2027Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
This ship’s schedule has no embarkation days marked, so pick the day you are at any of these ports.
| Date | Port | Berth | In port | Usable* | Be back by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, 13 Dec 2027 | Kaohsiung (Taiwan) | Wharf 20, Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal | 08:00 → 20:00 on Thu 16 Dec | ~13 h (longest day ashore) | 18:30 on Thu 16 Dec |
* Usable = time in port minus 2 hours: half an hour to get ashore, all-aboard 30 minutes before departure, and back at the gangway an hour before that. "Be back by" is that gangway time. Schedules change; the port's own list is the reference.
Checked · calls from the port schedules and the cruise lines’ itineraries · Takumi Yamada
Where does World Odyssey dock?
The berth decides your day. Port by port, with the one guided day that fits the call most ships make there.
Your call, port by port
Every ship and date at each port
World Odyssey is the ship of Semester at Sea, a study-abroad programme: on the Fall 2027 voyage from the Netherlands she spends four days at Kaohsiung before the voyage ends in Hong Kong.
Three things World Odyssey passengers should know
Kaohsiung over several daysThree nights alongside. For the city, Semester at Sea names the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas at Lotus Pond and the Pier-2 Art Center.
- The terminal is in the city
Wharf 20 is the Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal; the Kaohsiung page covers the way into town from it.
- A campus, not a cruise
The ship carries students, faculty and staff on a semester voyage; her berths are for programme participants.
Questions World Odyssey passengers ask
When is World Odyssey in Kaohsiung?
On the Fall 2027 Semester at Sea voyage she is at Kaohsiung from 13 to 16 December 2027, at Wharf 20 of the Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal, before the voyage ends in Hong Kong on 22 December.
Is World Odyssey a cruise ship?
She is a passenger ship used as a campus: Semester at Sea sails her on semester-long study-abroad voyages with up to 550 students plus faculty and staff.
