A few times a year the ship leaves the Malaysia shuttle behind and sails for Ko Samui, Redang, Bangkok or Bali — including one itinerary that calls at both ends of Bali. The dates, the ports, and why Laem Chabang is not Bangkok.
Most of the year the Genting Dream runs a shuttle: two and three nights, Malaysia and Thailand, over and over. A few times a year she does something else entirely and goes somewhere that takes real sea time to reach.
These sailings are dated events rather than a service. There is no "next available" — there is one date, or two, on the whole calendar. If one of them is the trip you want, the date is the fixed point and everything else moves around it.
Four nights: Ko Samui and Redang
| Day | Port | Arrives | Departs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Singapore | — | 8pm |
| Day 2 | High Seas | — | — |
| Day 3 | Ko Samui | 8am (7am) | 7pm (6pm) |
| Day 4 | Redang | 11am | 7pm |
| Day 5 | Singapore | 2pm | — |
Every date on the current calendar has now sailed. Ask us for the next one — the operator publishes a new schedule two to three times a year.
A Monday departure with a sea day, then two island calls that could not be more different. Ko Samui is a developed Thai resort island — beaches, a big Buddha, restaurants, things to buy. Redang is a Malaysian marine park in the South China Sea, and its selling point is that there is almost nothing on it: clear water, coral, and a beach. Snorkelling is the reason to go.
Note that Redang is a tender port and a genuinely small place. When a ship of this size calls, the island is busy. Go early, go snorkelling, and let the beach fill up behind you.
Five nights: Bangkok and Ko Samui
| Day | Port | Arrives | Departs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Singapore | — | 8pm |
| Day 2 | High Seas | — | — |
| Day 3 | Bangkok (Laem Chabang) | 11am (10am) | 11.59pm (11pm) |
| Day 4 | Ko Samui | 1pm (12pm) | 10pm (9pm) |
| Day 5 | High Seas | — | — |
| Day 6 | Singapore | 2pm | — |
Every date on the current calendar has now sailed. Ask us for the next one — the operator publishes a new schedule two to three times a year.
The Bangkok call is at Laem Chabang, and this is the thing to understand before booking it: Laem Chabang is a container port roughly two hours from Bangkok. The itinerary shows a long day — 11am to nearly midnight — and it needs to be, because four of those hours are the road.
Take the ship's excursion for this one. An independent run at Bangkok from Laem Chabang is four hours of driving and a hard deadline, and the Grand Palace does not care that your taxi is stuck on the motorway. Pattaya is much closer if you would rather have a relaxed day than a famous one.
Five nights: Bali
| Day | Port | Arrives | Departs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Singapore | — | 5pm |
| Day 2 | High Seas | — | — |
| Day 3 | South Bali (Benoa) | 5pm | — |
| Day 4 | South Bali (Benoa) | — | 2am |
| Day 4 | North Bali (Celukan Bawang) | 9am | 6pm |
| Day 5 | High Seas | — | — |
| Day 6 | Singapore | 3pm | — |
Sailing on: Sun 13 Dec 2026.
The rarest sailing on the calendar and the most interesting itinerary on it, because it calls at both ends of Bali. She arrives at Benoa in the south on the Tuesday afternoon and stays until 2am — an evening in Bali, which is the part nobody expects — then sails round to Celukan Bawang on the north coast for the Wednesday.
Those are two different Balis. The south is Seminyak, Uluwatu, the beach clubs and the traffic. The north is quiet, green and almost entirely undeveloped by comparison — Lovina, the waterfalls, the hot springs, dolphins at dawn. Getting both on one sailing is unusual, and it is why this date sells out early despite being the longest and dearest itinerary of the year.
How to think about the long sailings
Book the date first, everything else after
With a weekly sailing you pick a convenient weekend. With these you cannot. Fix the cruise date, then buy the flights, then decide how many nights in Singapore either side. Doing it in the other order is how people discover the date they wanted has gone.
Sea days are not filler
The Bangkok and Bali itineraries each have two full days at sea. On a five-night sailing that is 40% of the trip with nothing scheduled — which is either the best part of the holiday or a long time to be bored, and it is worth being honest with yourself about which. If you are unsure, the two-night weekend sailing is a cheap way to find out first.
Longer sailings suit multi-generational groups
Four and five nights is where a cruise beats a land itinerary for a family travelling with grandparents and small children in the same party. Nobody packs twice, there is no coach at 7am, and everyone can do something different and still have dinner together.
Add Singapore days
These sailings only run once or twice a year, so most people are flying a long way for them. Two or three nights in the city either side turns one holiday into two, and protects the cruise from a delayed inbound flight. Book attraction tickets for those days before you fly.
Booking it through us
These sail once or twice a year, so the date is the thing to secure. We are a Singapore-based operator (STB licence TA03365N) and we book the Genting Dream alongside the rest of the trip — the cabin, the nights either side of the sailing, the airport and terminal transfers, and the attraction tickets for the days you are ashore. One quotation, one company answering the phone, and the fare quoted for the actual date you want rather than a headline price for a date you cannot take.
Tell us the sailing date and how many of you there are on our plan your trip page and we will come back with the cabin options and a full costing. If you are combining the cruise with a land holiday, start from our Singapore packages from India instead and say "cruise" in the message.
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