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Princess will next year lay claim to the crown of Australia’s biggest cruise line with a fleet of five ships and capacity for 13,790 passengers. Even Royal Caribbean, with its four mighty megaliners, will only have room for 13,042. But that’s not the whole story. The Princess program features 123 cruises sailing from six homeports, … Read more
Viking Sky, the cruise ship which lost power and radioed a Mayday signal at the weekend, was today at the port of Molde in Norway – its 800 remaining passengers and crew safe and sound. An investigation is now underway with maritime investigators in Norway, Britain and the United States looking into why all four … Read more
The stricken cruise ship Viking Sky was last night inching its way to shore under three engines and with two tugs alongside after a day in which helicopters plucked 400 passengers to safety off the coast of Norway. Viking Cruise Lines has confirmed to Cruise Passenger that Australians are among the 930 passengers on the … Read more
NSW goes to the polls tomorrow in a close-fought battle that could mean the end of the cruise industry’s hopes of expansion. Labor and the Liberals are neck-and-neck, with Labor ahead in some surveys. Their leader, Michael Daley, has already vowed to “kill stone dead” the idea of putting cruise ships at Port Botany. And … Read more
A passenger is suing Royal Caribbean after he plummeted around 20 feet when he was trying out one of the line’s latest rides, the SkyPad aboard the newly-refurbished Mariner of the Seas. Casey Holladay, told NBC Chicago about his fall and said: “We were really excited because we had seen a commercial that Royal Caribbean … Read more
Royal Caribbean’s megaliner, Serenade of the Seas will call Australia home in Sydney from October next year. Serenade of the Seas which boasts actress Whoopi Goldberg as her godmother, will sail from Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal for the first time from October 2020 to April 2021. The line will also homeport Radiance of the Seas … Read more
Princess Cruises will inject its biggest ever cruise commitment to South Australia when it homeports three ships in Adelaide in 2020-21 summer season. The line will operate 20 cruises to and from Adelaide, which will see an injection of an estimated $20 million into the local state economy. Unveiling the line’s 2020-21 program, Princess Cruises … Read more
MSC Cruises has become the latest line to try and get a berth in Sydney for one of its liners. The carrier, one of the world’s largest privately owned cruise companies currently spending billions on new ships, is in talks with Sydney Ports. MSC has recently beefed up its presence in Australia, with a new … Read more
Ilene Weiner has travelled the world aboard Princess cruise ships for the past 30 years. In fact, she’s been on 282 journeys with the line, logging 2,500 days or more than 6 years at sea. That makes her the cruise line’s “most travelled guest.’’ In that time, the incredible 81-year-old has said goodbye to her … 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.
