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Like the rest of the world, cruise lines are now in the throws of understanding how to live with Omicron, the most contagious form of COVID yet. Already Covid has forced changes to Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean and MSC protocols and itineraries, and in America the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is … Read more
No one is cancelling. And few are surprised. Royal Caribbean announced this week that 48 cases of COVID had been detected on the world’s largest cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas, carrying 6091 passengers and crew. That’s 0.78 per cent of passengers and crew. And while the incident sparked a few headlines, the ship’s itineraries … Read more
This weekend I discovered a whole new sport – and a great way to recreate the feeling of being on a cruise ship. Our Saturday afternoon was spent watching the SailGP – the grand prix of fast cat sailing and a global phenomena – on board Captain Cook’s Sydney2000. And it was a revelation. SailGP … Read more
Cunard is offering savings of up to 30 per cent on selected itineraries in 2022-23 including a 14-night Christmas voyage departing Melbourne to New Zealand on 22 December 2022 with fares starting from $4049 per person – down 25 per cent. There is a Valentine’s Day, eight-night New Zealand sailing departing Melbourne via Auckland on … Read more
By Peter Lynch, Editor-in-Chief Welcome to our last newsletter of the year. The team at Cruise Passenger has charted another extraordinary 12 months when the world has resumed cruising…but Australia has remained shut to all but our small-ship lines. We’ve following the talks that so nearly produced a restart date – Omicron put paid to … Read more
By Joel Katz, Managing Director Australasia, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Wednesday’s Daily Telegraph made the message loud and clear: “ABANDON SHIP… AGAIN!” A double-page spread in the Sydney tabloid showed why Australian cruise passengers, travel industry workers and the wider cruise community feel abandoned by our governments. The recent extension of Australia’s long-running … Read more
Passengers and relatives of those who died as a result of the ill-fated journey of the Ruby Princess have received a date for their class action. The matter will be heard in the Federal Court of Australia on October 10, 2022 and is set to run for approximately four weeks. Twenty-eight people died as a … Read more
P&O Cruises Australia has cancelled further sailings until mid-April 2022. The extension of the government’s cruise ban in Australia marks two years since the line has sailed Down Under. Cruises departing from March 3 till April 16, 2022 from Sydney and Brisbane will be cancelled and this also marks the 23rd cruise cancellation announcement since … Read more
The Enchanted Princess the fifth Royal-Class ship from Princess was officially named in a special ceremony. To commemorate the occasion, the celebrations were part of an original production called ‘Our World Enchanted’ which can be watched below. The naming ceremony was hosted by Princess Ambassador Jill Whelan, the Enchanted Princess Cruise Director Dan Falconer and … 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.
