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Mystic Cruises

24 crossings between 21 ports in 14 countries. On 15 they are the only operator on the water; on 2 they are the quickest of several; on 6 a rival is faster.

Sailing with Mystic Cruises

Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

63% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 15 crossings the question is not who is quicker — it is whether you sail. A comparison site showing one result is not showing you a choice.

6 beaten crossings where another operator is quicker on the same water. Their own site cannot tell you this, and a booking engine sorted by price will not.

2 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 24 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

7 crossings where a rival is faster or the two are level. This is the section an operator would never publish.

Hamburg central bus station – Kiel central bus station 90 km Mystic Cruises 216 h 00 FlixBus-eu 1 h 10 rate not held 6 rivals

Cologne – Passau 424 km Mystic Cruises 240 h 00 Luftner Amadeus River Cruises 192 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Bridgetown – Panama City 2217 km Mystic Cruises 384 h 00 Emerald Cruises 264 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Hamburg central bus station – Palma de Mallorca 1646 km Mystic Cruises 408 h 00 TUI Cruises 240 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Papeete – San Antonio 7848 km Mystic Cruises 456 h 00 Seabourn Cruises 456 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Bridgetown – Santa Cruz de Tenerife 4791 km Mystic Cruises 504 h 00 AIDA Cruises 312 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Panama City – Papeete 8237 km Mystic Cruises 864 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises 672 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Where they are the only boat

15 crossings with no other operator on record.

Potsdam central train station – Stralsund (Bahnhofstraße) 168 h 00 rate not held 212 km

Cologne – Merzig bus station 192 h 00 rate not held 496 km

Mannheim central bus station – Merzig bus station 192 h 00 rate not held 132 km

Cologne – Potsdam central train station 240 h 00 rate not held 792 km

Piraeus-Athens – Salalah 312 h 00 rate not held

Hamburg central bus station – Piraeus-Athens 408 h 00 rate not held

Panama City – San Antonio 432 h 00 rate not held 4809 km

Manila – Yokohama 432 h 00 rate not held 2975 km

Saigon – Salalah 504 h 00 rate not held 5706 km

Manila – Papeete 696 h 00 rate not held 10438 km

Panama City – Santa Cruz de Tenerife 840 h 00 rate not held 6926 km

Salalah – Yokohama 888 h 00 rate not held 8540 km

Lisbon (Oriente) – Panama City 3024 h 00 rate not held 7685 km

Hamburg central bus station – Yokohama not held rate not held 9004 km

Santa Cruz de Tenerife – Yokohama not held rate not held 12473 km

Which months they sail

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Mystic Cruises crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

Where our records stop

No fares. Every comparison on this page is time and frequency only, and the fast-versus-conventional decision is mostly a price decision.

No departure times. 0 of 24 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

No vessels. We hold a fast/conventional class and no ship names.