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Ports fear loss of business as Royal Caribbean boss says: “If youโ€™re sailing out of the Australian market, you will be going to Lelepa”

Royal Caribbean CEO told Cruise Weekly "if youโ€™re sailing out of the Australian market, you will be going to Lelepa.โ€

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This October, 200 nude cruisers will sail out of Cairns

Bare Necessities will sail their first ever cruise out of Australia. The company runs nude cruises, where clothing is fully optional across the ship.

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Royal Princess to drydock and debut in Singapore before heading to Australia in 2026

Princess is readying the Royal Princess for her season in Australia and New Zealand with a drydock in late 2026, followed by two sailings around Southeast Asia.

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These cruisers say they live at sea by collecting casino perks – is it too good to be true?

This is already a tricky grey area for cruise lines, due to cases like that of Aaron Rose, who lost $30,000 racking up gambling debts on P&O Cruises, while mourning a loved one.ย 

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Aussie cruise bloggers petition Carnival to keep themed cruises beyond January 2026

Aussie cruise bloggers Rob and Ali have started a petition for Carnival to keep it's themed cruises running in Australia, and it's already run up nearly 500 signatures in two days.

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Uniworld signs up with Seabourn to offer a combined river and ocean cruise in the Med

Leading luxury lines, Uniworld and Seabourn have joined forces to offer a combined river ... Read more

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Disney Cruise Line's 2025/26 season has two new sailings

Australia’s cruise is in crisis – it’s time the government followed NZ in taking action

New Zealand's cruise industry is 40% down on cruise ship calls, and is working with the government to talk to cruise lines in a bid to persuade them to return ships to the region.

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The most heartwarming stories as crew rally to help vulnerable passengers in need

Cruise Passenger readers always have plenty to say about whatโ€™s going on in Australian cruise, and in the broader cruise community.

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10,000 jobs at risk as New Zealand reckons with a cruise crisis and says: “This is no drill”

New Zealand is in the process of reckoning with, and attempting to reverse, an undeniable crisis for the cruise industry.

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