Reviews

Viking Helgi

The wedding-cake churches are blue and pink, trimmed with white frosting, against a wide blue sky. The glittering gold domes bulge as if about to pop. In wonderful contrast, the church interiors are dark and […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 14 2017
River Cruise reviews
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Australis reviews

Stella Australis

Call it greed, or efficiency. Five days before my once-in-a-lifetime voyage to Antarctica, I’m embarking on a once-in-a-lifetime cruise around Cape Horn, both connecting in Ushuaia, Argentina. When flying across the globe to the furthest […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 14 2017
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Holland America Line reviews

Nieuw Amsterdam

Our Mediterranean cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam began in Barcelona in spring. We arrived a couple of days earlier to enjoy the sights of this fabulous city and recover from the long flight. My husband, Peter, […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 14 2017
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News

Cunard releases itineraries for Queen Elizabeth Australian season

Cunard has released the itineraries for the Queen Elizabeth when she will be homeported in Melbourne from 2019. The luxury line just announced two weeks ago it would be homeporting the beautiful ship and Aussies […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 14 2017
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Tips & Advice

Take an Alaskan adventure

It takes three flights (Sydney to LA, LA to Seattle, and Seattle to Anchorage) to get to Alaska, America’s 49th state, and because you cross the dateline you arrive on the same day you left. […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 14 2017
Destinations
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Oceania Cruises reviews

Oceania Marina

Whether it is the biggest or the most luxurious or is packed with innovative features, a new ship is always surrounded by plenty of hype. Oceania Cruises’ Marina, which debuted last year, introduced a new […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 14 2017
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Celebrity Cruises reviews

Celebrity Reflection

Seeing a new ship for the first time is a thrilling experience. Celebrity Reflection towers majestically above the Eemshaven Sugar Terminal in Holland, surrounded by turbine windmills, cranes, containers and gantries. There is a palpable […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 14 2017
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News

Carnival Cruise Line partners with hit show My Kitchen Rules

Carnival Cruise Line has partnered with Channel Seven’s hit reality TV show, My Kitchen Rules with the Carnival Spirit starring in two episodes this week. Last year, Carnival Spirit hosted 11 MKR teams plus judges […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 14 2017
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News

Celebrity Cruises reveals details of its cool new ship, the Celebrity Edge

Celebrity Cruises is bringing whole new meaning to the concept of cool with its newest ship, the 2,918-passenger Celebrity Edge, plans for which have just been unveiled in Miami. South African-born designer Kelly Hoppen, in […]

WORDS BY Sue Bryant . Mar 14 2017
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News

Weekly travel roundup: MSC to launch new technology; P&O’s food and wine cruises; Silver Muse’s Australian/Italian captain

New food themed cruises with P&O One of Australia’s favourite cruise lines, P&O has announced new Food and Wine cruisers where guests can stuff themselves silly on some amazing Aussie produce. The line is offering […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 10 2017
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News

Bookings open for the world’s largest ship

Royal Caribbean announced yesterday it will be launching the world’s largest ship, Symphony of the Seas next year. She’ll be a ‘tad bigger’ than her sister and currently the world’s largest ship, Harmony of the […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 10 2017
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News

Royal Caribbean announces the world’s largest ship Symphony of the Seas

She will be the world’s largest ship and now you can get onboard – Royal Caribbean, the parent company of Australia’s largest ship, Ovation of the Seas has revealed that it will be launching Symphony […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 9 2017
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