Accommodation

Eat, sleep and play on Princess Cruises – STAY

As part of Princess Cruises’ largest ever fleet deployment to Australia this wave season, its biggest vessel makes her maiden arrival into Australian ports this November. We tell you how to eat, stay and play […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 19 2016
News

Top five things to do in Jeju, South Korea

Jeju Island in South Korea has been named as the most visited cruise destination according to reports after the NATAS Travel Expo. Asia’s largest cruise line, Royal Caribbean regularly visits the idyllic island, which is […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Aug 17 2016
News

Holland America’s ms Maasdam to homeport in Australia

Holland America Line will send ms Maasdam to Australia for the first time this wave season to join sister ship ms Noordam. The mid-sized ship which can accommodate 1200 passengers will be homeported in Sydney from October […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Aug 17 2016
News

Ponant passengers rescued after shore excursion vessel sinks

Passengers on a shore excursion from Ponant’s L’Austral were rescued after their local vessel started to sink. The 23 cruise passengers and three crew members were on Greenland’s Illulissat Icefjord when they were rescued by […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Aug 16 2016
News

Cruise ship passenger picked up by fishing boat

A Shanghai tourist was rescued by a fishing boat after she fell 20 metres off Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas. The ship was returning from Japan to Shanghai when the 31-year-old woman fell from […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Aug 15 2016
Destinations

Asia’s cruise boom means better ships for us

Asians have taken to cruising like no other region, and the cruise industry is scrambling to keep up with demand, a new report into cruise trends in the region shows. The report confirms Asia as […]

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Aug 12 2016
News

Restrictions lifted on cruise ship casinos

Cruise ships calling in at Western Australia will be able to open their casinos after the state government lifted restrictions. The move is designed to protect and grow an industry already pumping $275 million into […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Aug 12 2016
News

Eat, sleep and play on Princess Cruises – EAT

As part of Princess Cruises’ largest ever fleet deployment to Australia this wave season, its biggest vessel makes her maiden arrival into Australian ports this November. We tell you how to eat, stay and play […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 12 2016
News

Cruiser, 79, survives on bear-filled glacier

The amazing story of a cruise passenger, aged 79, who got lost on a glacier during a hike and spent a night alone in a park which had been closed because of bears has astonished […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 12 2016
News

Join in on the Melbourne Cup festivities with Carnival

Melbourne-cup winning jockey Wayne Harris will be onboard the Carnival Spirit for the inaugural cruise for this year’s event. Wayne has won more than 2,000 wins during his career including a Melbourne Cup victory in […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Aug 8 2016
Reviews

Norwegian Escape

Norwegian Cruise Line’s arrival into Australia has been highly anticipated by cruise fans and ahead of the release of the line’s prices, Sue Bryant reveals the Norwegian experience.  Norwegian Cruise Line has never been one […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Aug 5 2016
News

Disney’s Frozen to be turned into stage show

Disney’s animated hit Frozen will debut as a musical on the high seas. The film will be turned into a stage show for Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Wonder. Frozen, A Musical Spectacular will debut on […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Aug 5 2016