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It’s been nearly two years since a cruise ship has docked in NSW and 76 year-old Ken Hodson and his wife Joy don’t want to wait any longer. They are heading from their home in Wollongong to Fort Lauderdale in Florida to board a 136-day cruise with Viking. Mr Hodson and his wife first did … Read more
With Australia’s home-grown cruise season still riding at anchor thanks to government inaction, Australians are packing their cases and heading off overseas. There are a few more complications than, perhaps, you remember. So we’ve compiled this guide to getting aboard a cruise ship outside Australia. A good option, of course, is to book through a … Read more
P&O Cruises Australia has cancelled its 2022 homeporting season for Adelaide, Fremantle and Cairns. This means all scheduled sailings out of these cities in the first half of 2022 are cancelled. P&O is also cancelling any cruises scheduled to call in Papua New Guinea until October 2022. Carnival has also been forced to cancel additional … Read more
Australians may be able to fly overseas and even cruise. And multi-national travel insurance brands do sell policies for multi-night cruises…but not for COVID. Apparently no Australian insurance company can compute the risks – especially since the government has yet to present its plan for the return of cruise. Cover-More actually covers…er…less. But charges more. … Read more
Across the world, the cruise industry has been getting back to full swing – Norwegian Cruise Line is returning to the US West Coast, Aurora Expeditions is resuming operations in Antarctica and Viking Cruises have started sailing from Fort Lauderdale for the first time. Royal Caribbean expects to have carried one million passengers by December, … Read more
Despite all its own problems. the cruise industry has continued to help the communities that support its work. Captain Cook Cruises is no exception: it has provided emergency essential supplies to the Mamanuca and Yasawa Islands in Fji, two areas that are reliant on cruise tourism. This included a range of groceries, medical supplies, personal … Read more
Thousand of family holidays – some of them over Christmas – are in ruins after P&O Cruises and Princess Cruises have both cancelled sailings until 2022, with the government’s failure to act on a return to sailings be blamed. Cruise Lines International Australasia Managing Director Joel Katz told Channel Nine cruise lines urgently need answers … Read more
P&O Cruises has given Australia its first real peek behind the scenes of Pacific Adventure during a live-streamed night of entertainment, comedy, music, games. Pacific Adventure is set to become the newest member of P&O’s fleet, planned to be home-ported in Sydney once cruise is given the green light to resume. Dining will be central … Read more
Taghrid Istivan is an Associate Professor at RMIT School of Science and holds a PHD in Biotechnology. Ms Istivan also recently booked a Royal Caribbean South Pacific cruise with her family next year. She believes cruising is safe compared to alternatives, though she concedes it does hold risks that should not be ignored. “I feel … Read more
She's the most specious ship yet from luxury line Oceania Cruises. James Sitters tells Rose Kelly and Peter Lynch what's on board the new class of ship, including restaurants, spas and suites.
