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Every day we look for the very best veteran and military discounts and special offers so you don’t have to! The really amazing, once-a-year-type deals are usually offered without notice and new last-minute deals pop up every day.
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Is there such a thing as 80% discounts on cruises, as advertised by some other websites?
Oh gosh, no. We can hardly believe some sites make such silly claims! The reality is, their rates are usually the exact same as the cruise lines.
They are comparing their price to a ‘brochure rate’ to sound like they are offering a discount.
Who is the authority on Military and Veteran discounts on cruises?
Military Cruise Deals has always been the only company focused on that one thing!!
Not only do we have our own military discount that applies to all military and veterans. We also know exactly what all the cruise lines are offering military and we’re experts at getting that applied.
We helped some cruise lines create and write their military discount policy.
For example, MSC’s military discount program is so great, because they asked Military Cruise Deals to write it for them. That’s why it goes up to 10% off and applies to everyone in the family, not just the one cabin with the military member!
Who has been offering a Military/Veteran discount on cruises for 25 years?
Military Cruise Deals is the only one. We started it. And continue with it, while others are now pretending like they’re offering a military discount.
What kind of military cruise discounts do we offer in 2026?
We offer a discount off the cruise lines’ lowest rate, usually about 5%.
Sometimes it’s as high as 40% if we have an exclusive group rate!
And we offer free travel insurance for kids and discounted at around 50% off for adults, based on passengers’ ages.
We also have exclusive perk offers like FREE GRATUITIES, onboard credit, specialty dining, priority boarding and more.
Oh, and, we will get you a Diamond’s International gift card for up to $500, if you like that sort of thing.
Yes, you ALSO get any and all past guest perks, amenities, onboard credits, promos offered by the cruise line – anything you would get by booking direct…PLUS OUR EXTRA MILITARY DISCOUNT!
Do the cruise lines offer any military cruise discounts and benefits?
They all do something different.
Carnival consistently has a special low rate just for the military on most of their cruises.
Royal Caribbean says they do, but their ‘military rate’ is usually the same as their civilian rate!
Norwegian has a new military discount program that could get you 10% off – ask us how to get that applied – it is cumbersome.
MSC does 5 or 10% off, depending on cabin type.
Celebrity will give a $25-$100 extra discount for military – but we have to ask for that to get it applied. Celebrity has so many different fare codes, getting the right price with the perks you want is tricky! Let us help.
Disney has a special low rate for military called the MTO farecode. However, it is only on a few select sailings, and always on cruises going out in the next 1-3 months. So you will never see a military rate on a cruise that departs more than 6 months out. We check for those daily and post all details on our Disney page.
Princess and Cunard offer onboard credit to every military member. The amount is $50 to $250, based on the length of the cruise.
The luxury and river cruise lines rarely have a discount specifically for military and veterans, but we book all luxury and river cruise lines and provide a discount for you when you ask us for a quote!
UPDATE ON MILITARY CRUISE DISCOUNTS FOR MILITARY and VETERANS
Here are the cruise lines 2026 Wave offers
Holland – https://militarycruise.deals/Holland
40% off, kids free, balcony upgrade and up to $400 onboard credit / Have It All Bonus Upgrade
Our exclusive offers include: our military discount; onboard credit and Distinctive Voyage Host and Free Shore Excursion.
Royal Caribbean https://militarycruise.deals/RoyalCaribbean
60 % off / Kids Free – and up to $800 instant savings or onboard credit
Our exclusive offers include: Free Specialty Dining and
Up to $50 per cabin onboard credit / Special low group rates discounted up to 40%!
Norwegian – https://www.militarycruisedeals.com/military-and-veteran-discounts-on-norwegian-cruises/
10% off for qualifying Military and Veterans!
5 perks included: drink package, wifi, specialty dining, and shore excursion credit
Kids Sale Free when they are the 3rd and 4th passengers
2nd passenger 50% off and FREE AIR!
50% reduced fully refundable deposit, only $125 per person!
Our exclusive offers include: Free Gratuities or up to $300 in onboard credit!
Celebrity – https://militarycruise.deals/Celebrity
75% off and $600 bonus onboard credit or instant savings on select dates
3rd and 4th free on select dates
Our exclusive offers include: Distinctive Voyage Free Shore Excursion!
Up to $50 per cabin onboard credit / Special low group rates discount up to 40%!
Princess – https://militarycruise.deals/PrincessAll
40% off, free upgrade, 3rd and 4th free, $99 deposit
Our exclusive offer includes: onboard credit, and Alaska Cruise Tour Amenities on select 2025 dates.
Up to $250 onboard credit for Military and Veterans!
Oceania – https://militarycruise.deals/Oceania
Up to $1000 in shore excursions included plus 25% off
Wine, Champagne, Specialty Dining, and Unlimited Wifi
Our exclusive offers include: Culinary Themed cruises with Free Gratuities
Disney – https://www.militarycruisedeals.com/disney-cruise-military-discounts/
Military discount up to $1000 off a few select cruises
50% reduced deposit
25% off Europe cruises / 25% off Caribbean for Florida residents
Our exclusive offer: a military cruise discounts on every Disney cruise – everyone in your group qualifies.
Virgin – https://militarycruise.deals/VirginNoKids
80% off 2nd passenger / Up to $300 in free drinks
Wifi / and Specialty dining are included!
Our exclusive offers include: Our military discount and /or up to $100 in onboard credit!
Carnival Carnival Cruises
Up to $100 in onboard credit / 50% or $50 reduced deposit / Free upgrade
Our exclusive offers include: Our military discount and free travel insurance for kids.
MSC Europe https://militarycruise.deals/MSCEurope
MSC USA/Caribbean – https://militarycruise.deals/MSCinUSA
Up to 10% off for military in balconies or better / 5% in ocean views and insides
KIDS FREE on many cruise dates!
Up to $400 in onboard credit / Drink package and Wifi may be included
Viking River – The Thinking Person’s Cruise – https://militarycruise.deals/VikingRiverAll
Viking Ocean – https://militarycruise.deals/VikingOceanAll
Free International Airfare / $25 deposit
Savings up to $800
Our exclusive offer: up to $1000 military discount and $100 onboard credit
Silversea – https://militarycruise.deals/Silversea
Door-to-Door All-Inclusive Fares, 15% reduced deposit
Our exclusive offers include: Up to $600 onboard credit!
Distinctive Voyage Amenities including Host and Free Shore Excursion
Cunard – https://militarycruise.deals/Cunard
Up to TRIPLE onboard spending money on selected voyages
Our exclusive offers include: Distinctive Voyage Hosts and Free Shore Excursions;
Up to $100 per person onboard credit; Champagne Breakfast and/or Assorted Canapes.
AmaWaterways – https://militarycruise.deals/AmaWaterwaysAll
Free land package and reduced air + Double Military Discount (theirs and ours!)
Our exclusive offers include: Up to $600 onboard credit!
Distinctive Voyage Host and Free Shore Excursion;
Culinary Offer: Exclusive market tour with Chef to purchase local produce for private Chef’s Table Dinner
Seabourn – https://militarycruise.deals/SeabournAll
25% off; up to $1000 onboard credit and 15% reduced deposit
Our exclusive offers include: Up to $400 onboard credit!
Distinctive Voyage Host and Free Shore Excursion;
Culinary Collection Amenities: may be Galley Tour; Chef’s Table Experience, or Wine Tasting
Regent – https://militarycruise.deals/RegentSevenSeas
Two-category upgrade, 50% off and 7.5% reduced deposit
Our exclusive offers include: Up to $400 in onboard credit and/or Free Gratuities
A Distinctive Voyage Host, Private Welcome Reception and Exclusive Shore Event, box of chocolates
Windstar https://militarycruise.deals/WindstarAll
Our exclusive offers include: Up to $200 in onboard credit
A Distinctive Voyage Host, Private Welcome Reception and Exclusive Shore Event
A Chef’s hosted dinner with Wine pairing
*On select sailings, as always – not all promotions will apply to all ships and dates.
What is our military cruise discounts for military families and groups?
As always, you’ll get everything the cruise line is offering, plus your entire group will get our military and veteran discount, plus any extra amenities we offer – usually onboard credits or specialty dining.
Our best advice for getting the maximum military cruise discounts:
Book as far in advance as possible!! Or, cruise in the shoulder season, which would be May, October or November.
Cruise bookings are back: All restrictions on cruising have fallen, so folks are coming back to cruising in droves.
Cruise ships are finally going out full. So if you have any intentions of cruising this year or next, do start shopping now and get something on hold so you get in on the good deals.
How are our military cruise discounts calculated?
The cruise lines often have anywhere from 3 to 20 different fare codes we could use to price out a cruise.
Some are higher but come with a beverage package or other amenities.
When you book on our site, our site automatically uses the lowest available fare code offered by the cruise line for that cruise.
Then, our site automatically subtracts a discount from that fare – and reveals this new discounted price to you.
If you want to get the perks that are offered with higher-priced fare codes, you’ll need to call us to book. And we’ll help you use that fare code, and then still get our discount applied.
How to find all possible military cruise discounts?
All rates you see on our site already have a military discount added (which means, actually, subtracted from the cruise lines’ lowest rates). So, if you were to compare our rates with the cruise lines, you’d see that ours are lower.
Also, if any other benefits, amenities or perks come with that cruise, we’ll have them listed under that cruise in the ‘BONUS OFFERS’ section. Be sure to click the bonus offer itself to read the terms and conditions.
But honestly, the way you should go about this is to look for a cruise you’d like based on where you want to go, and when you can go. And then see what the best deals are that fit your needs.
How do you get all military deals or discounts applied to your cruise booking?
You don’t have to even try. We do that for you in three ways.
First, our online booking engine is configured to check for all military discounts from the cruise line.
Then our system automatically adds an additional discount from us.
Finally, one of our expert agents personally looks at every booking to make sure it has been done correctly and all perks and discounts that could apply have been applied.
Once we get a confirmation from the cruise line with your booking, we check that carefully to make SURE they’ve got all our discounts and benefits applied.
You know what – we do even more than that. So, you are in good, capable hands with us. You don’t need to worry about a thing. We got this.