Norwegian Cruise Line breaks sales record in our own backyard

Norwegian Cruise Line breaks sales record in our own backyard

The newly refurbished Norwegian Spirit broke booking day sales records last Friday ahead of her entrance to Australian waters, setting high hopes for a strong 2021/2022 domestic season. ย Norwegian Cruise Line has seen an unprecedented number of bookings for sailings on Norwegian Spirit across the range of eight, 10- and 12- day itineraries departing from … Read more

Trump campaign bids to get US cruising started next month

Cruise ships park in Miami

The White House has tried to block a Centers for Disease Control and Preventionย  (CDC) Order which was set to extend a โ€˜no sailโ€™ order on the cruise industry until February, 2021, according to reports from America. According to the New York Times, the move was seen as potentially embarrassing to the campaign of President … Read more

The new Enchanted Princess hits the water

The new Enchanted Princess hits the water

Princess Cruises took delivery of their newest ship, the Enchanted Princess during a ceremony at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy. Originally scheduled to launch in June, but due to COVID, all new ship launches were delayed. But, it was a momentous occasion for Princess as this was the fifth Royal class ship to join the … Read more

NSW Health’s release of Ruby Princess passengers spread COVID to a Qantas flight

Ruby Princess

Thirteen Ruby Princess cruise passengers unknowingly spread COVID-19 on a five-hour flight to Perth to at least eight others after NSW Health allowed the ship to disembark in Sydney. The new findings will be published by a group of Western Australia researchers in the Emerging Infectious Diseasesย journal next month. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, … Read more

Australia to see the world’s largest tall ship cruising in 2021

Golden Horizon Cruise

Tradewind Voyages, a new UK based cruise line has announced their brand new luxury sailing ship, Golden Horizon will be circumnavigating Australia from December 2021. Started in January of this year, the fledgling lines first ship, a tall five-masted luxury vessel will be entering Australian waters in December of next year, with staterooms on sale … Read more

Goodbye Pacific Dawn – P&O bids farewell to Australia’s first superliner

Pacific Dawn

Say goodbye to the Pacific Dawn, one of Australiaโ€™s longest serving homeported ships. Today, P&O Cruises announced that Australiaโ€™s first superliner will be leaving the fleet a few months earlier than expected. She was due to leave the fleet in February 2021. The Pacific Dawn started voyages Down Under on 9 November 2007 and has … Read more

Critical cruise health initiatives on trial in Europe with MSC and Costa

MSC postpones the restart of the MSC Magnifica due to cancellations

European sailings by big ship lines such as MSC and Costa are seen as critical tests for the cruise industryโ€™s ability to handle COVID-19. Cruise lines have cited the success in Europe, where lines have been sailing for six weeks,ย  as a reason why American health authorities should allow cruising to resume in the US. … Read more

Australian cruising set to resume quickly – but Queensland health may need some convincing

Seal in New Zealand

New and exciting initiatives could mean cruising will resume in Australian waters by the end of the year. But Queensland health officials still need some convincing. Boutique Australian line, Coral Expeditions – Australian flagged and crewed –ย  is expected to start itineraries in Queensland from October. Additionally, as revealed in Cruise Passenger two weeks ago, … Read more