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Bookings surge as vaccination cruise rules are scrapped 

It's official, Australian cruisers can now step onto a ship regardless of their vaccination status. Unsurprisingly, many cruisers have been waiting eagerly for this announcement and didn’t take long to snap up their chance. 

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James Morgan

Cruise lines scramble to halt chaos of last year’s NZ cruise sailings

New Zealand’s last cruise season involved a lot of heartbroken passengers, as many ships were turned away from entering Fiordland National Park due to new biosecurity regulations. Many cruise ships were turned away due to their hulls containing biohazards, even some that had been recently cleaned.

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Norwegian Viva Cruise Experience

Viva Prima! We road test Norwegian’s newest ship

Norwegian Cruise Lines has launched its second Prima class ship. And Viva is every bit as good as the first.

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Brisbane new cruise terminal

Brisbane cruise passengers call for public transport links

There are no plans to extend public transport services to the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal, despite complaints from passengers.

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Big cruise ship in a grey water at the sunrise

Cruisers ‘bawling their eyes out’ after dramatic P&O crash

A P&O cruise ship has reportedly crashed into a petrol tanks in Mallorca. The 'weather-related' incident reportedly resulted in a small number of injuries.

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Cruise Ships have now lifted various cruise protocols.

Australian states remove all cruise Covid protocols

The NSW Premier has removed cruise Covid protocols including vaccine mandates and mask rules on cruise ships as of today.

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Cruise ships are mandated to remove cruise vaccination requirements.

Federal Government removes cruise vaccination requirements

The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee has removed cruise vaccination protocols.

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There's a move urging Federal Government to revisit cruise protocols and vaccination requirements.

Vaccine requirements: How our readers got the states to change course

The federal government has announced that Covid protocols and vaccination requirements will be repealed for the upcoming wave season.

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The captain of Azamara Quest made sure that ques are minimized to ensure guests' welfare.

“I’ve heard of people fainting in two-hour queues and temperatures of 30 degrees”

The Azamara Quest captain tells how he outwits big ships to beat the queues at popular European cruise ports during the summer months.

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