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A game changer for The ‘Gong

Wollongong will join Sydney, Newcastle and Eden as a NSW cruise ship port when Royal Caribbean International’s (RCI) Radiance of the Seas docks in Port Kembla on October 30. Gavin Smith, RCI senior vice-president, was […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jul 29 2016
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Two revolvers were shoved in my face: Cruise passenger’s pirate terror

A man has spoken of the terror he experienced during an armed robbery aboard Amazon Discovery in Peru on July 14. Douglas Stone and his wife Kathy were on an Avalon Waterways holiday that included a […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jul 22 2016
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Royal Caribbean rolls out Izumi Express – sushi to go!

Royal Caribbean is rolling out sushi as a new feature on its ships. Starting this month, one of Asia’s favourite lines will be offering its guests sushi carts which will be roaming areas around the […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jul 22 2016
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Ed Sheeran onboard Cunard’s QM2 writing next album

Ed Sheeran loves to cruise. The 25-year-old British pop star, famous for singles Photograph, The A Team and Thinking Out Loud, was recently onboard Cunard’s luxury ship Queen Mary 2 recording new music. But Ed didn’t request […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jul 22 2016
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Divers, dogs and databases keep cruisers safe

Sniffer dogs, exclusion zones, photographic databases, finger-printing and x-raying luggage are among the well-known security measures employed by cruise lines and ports to ensure passengers’ safety. Not so widely publicised is the use of divers […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jul 22 2016
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Four crew members missing after explosion on Aqua Expeditions ship

Four crew members from an Aqua Expeditions cruise ship are still missing after the Aqua Amazon exploded and sank on the Amazon River last Saturday. According to the luxury adventure cruise line, the 24-passenger ship […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jul 19 2016
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Pacific Dawn’s revamp for Brisbane cruisers

P&O has announced the Pacific Dawn will be undergoing a multi-million dollar refit for Queensland cruisers. The Pacific Dawn, which will be homeported in Brisbane will be kitted out with a new-state-of the art waterpark […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jul 18 2016
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Six Aussies robbed on the Amazon Discovery

Six Australians have been robbed by bandits in a horrific attack on a tourist cruise boat in the Amazon. A number of tourists from Australia, New Zealand and the US were onboard the Amazon Discovery […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jul 18 2016
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DFAT tells Aussie travellers to exercise high degree of caution in France

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has issued a warning to Australians to exercise a high degree of caution for France. After last night’s terrorist attack in Nice which left over 80 people dead […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jul 15 2016
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What do you get aboard the world’s most luxurious ship?

So what do you get on a ship that’s said to be the world’s most luxurious? Well, there’s plenty of conspicuous consumption: champagne, caviar and lobster on tap, a suite costing US$10,000 a night which […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Jul 15 2016
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Uniworld’s S.S Maria Theresa vs Crystal’s Crystal Mozart

The launch of Crystal River Cruises first ship, Crystal Mozart, heralds a new age for river cruising. The line held the official naming ceremony this week with her godmother Elisabeth Gürtler – managing director of […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jul 15 2016