News

Explorer of the Seas heads to Australia for the summer

Take a look at Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas, the largest ship so far, to be homeported in Australia. She replaced one of Australia’s favourite vessels, Rhapsody of the Seas. Explorer of the Seas […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Oct 22 2015
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News

Cruise Adviser: The buffet by the numbers

Have you ever looked at all the food on the cruise ship buffet and thought, “I wonder who shops for all of that?” The answer is probably the ship’s provision or inventory master. This person […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Oct 22 2015
Opinion
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News

Golden Princess arrives in Australia ahead of her season in Melbourne

In just a few days Melbourne will welcome its first homeported Princess Cruises ship as Golden Princess makes her way back from Noumea to her new base. The ship will be based in Melbourne from […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Oct 22 2015
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News

Christmas cruises to get you into the spirit

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. Forget the mess and the fuss of spending the holiday period at home when lines like Carnival, P&O, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises, Carnival, APT and many […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Oct 22 2015
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First Timers

Five things to know about ocean cruising

Sailing the wide blue oceans on mega liners or visiting romantic ports on a cruise holiday is amazing. But its always important for first time cruisers to know few things. Cruise Passenger tells top five […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Oct 21 2015
Tips & Advice
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News

Missile comes close to Rhapsody of the Seas

One of Australia’s favourite ships, Rhapsody of the Seas, had a close call with a missile during a cruise in the Middle East earlier this year. During a voyage from Dubai, Rhapsody called at the […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Oct 21 2015
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News

Silversea launches season with exciting announcements

At the launch of Silversea’s season, the line released more details of the Silver Cloud joining it’s expedition fleet in November 2017. Director of Expedition Planning and Strategic Development Conrad Combrink also revealed the line’s […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Oct 21 2015
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News

Carnival Chief is Australia’s most influential woman

  From social worker to being a cruise line boss, Ann Sherry’s journey has been remarkable. Carnival Australia CEO has been honoured by Westpac and Australian Financial Review as the 2015 overall winner of the 100 […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Oct 16 2015
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News

Cruise Adviser: Why higher cruise fares may be good for us

In the airline industry it’s called drip pricing. An airline will release a very low fare, but then hit passengers with a raft of charges which are incrementally disclosed (or dripped) as the booking goes […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Oct 16 2015
Opinion
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News

Solo sailing in style – Cunard’s new single cabins

Sailing solo is about to become more stylish than ever after Cunard revealed its spectacular and luxurious new single cabins. As part of the Queen Mary 2’s multi-million dollar refurbishment, the luxurious ship will be […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Oct 16 2015
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Videos

Disney Cruise Line decks out its ships for Halloween

In true Disney fashion, the cruise line goes all out for its cruise guests during Halloween. In just a couple of hours, staff decorate all four Disney ships in preparation for one of the biggest […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Oct 16 2015
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News

New images of Australia’s largest ship, Ovation of the Seas

The biggest ship heading to Australia, Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas, is close to 50 per cent complete. Royal Caribbean has just released images of the ship under construction at the Myer Werft shipyard […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Oct 16 2015
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