Ships

Ocean Princess

Launched: 24 December 2002 Tonnage: 30,277 Passenger Capacity: 680 lower berths Crew: 375 Passenger Cabins: 338 total – 312 outside and 26 inside Christener: Madame Tonita Flosse, First Lady of French Polynesia Where she cruises: […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 29 2013
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Cruise lines cancelling calls to Egypt

Travellers are being urged to reconsider upcoming trips to Egypt, as the country remains under a 9.00pm to 6.00am curfew. Thirteen-hour days commenced this month as a result of violent unrest following the 3 July […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 29 2013
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Alaska’s new rules to reduce cruise port retail rip-offs

On board cruise ship port lecturers sailing to Alaska will now have to disclose that they are paid to promote certain stores after complaints were made that they were misleading passengers and discrediting other local […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 29 2013
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Seabourn’s launches new 2013 Antarctica voyages

Seabourn says it is giving travellers everything they want in an Antarctica experience, with its new Antarctica voyages. The line’s president Richard Meadows said the company had compiled a wish-list of people’s most desired sites […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 28 2013
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SeaDream to head to the Baltic for the summer of 2014

SeaDream Yacht Club is reminding cruisers to get in and experience the best of the Baltic and Norwegian Fjord region, with availabilities still on offer on the line’s itineraries running from June to August 2014. […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 27 2013
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Navy out, cruise ships in: the future of Garden Island

Navy fleet base or a cruise terminal; that’s the question around Garden Island and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says it’s time to explore the answer. In the lead up to the Federal election, Mr Rudd […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 27 2013
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P&O’s Arcadia heads to Darwin

Building its reputation as a cruise destination, the Northern Territory will welcome a new ship to its shore, when P&O’s Arcadia makes her maiden call to Darwin in 2015. As part of the ship’s new […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 26 2013
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MSC to offer year-round Mediterranean cruises

A younger audience, year-round Mediterranean cruises and re-opening the market to the Arabian Peninsula are expected to boost the position of MSC Cruises. Managing director Lynne Clarke told guests at a special discovery event in […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 23 2013
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Sapphire Princess moves to China

Carnival has announced it will introduce its premium product, Princess Cruises, in China next year, in a bid to tap into the growing tourism market. Commencing May 2014, Sapphire Princess will be moved to Shanghai […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 23 2013
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Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria to meet in 2015

Cunard is giving Sydney-siders the opportunity to witness a ‘Royal Rendezvous’, when the Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria meet on Sydney Harbour in 2015. Announced as part of the cruise line’s 2015 world cruise […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 23 2013
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P&O’s Titanic moment

Trend-setting Australian cruise companies are planning to unveil a host of new shipboard activities in a bid to attract younger passengers. Amid speculation which includes funnel climbing and a “Titanic moment”, P&O is set to […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 23 2013