Onboard the Diamond Princess, back in Australia after six years
The last time Princess Diamond saw Sydney Harbour was 2017. Now she’s back in time to launch the 2024-2025 wave season.
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See the Pacific Islands and Japan’s cherry blossoms from $5699pp
Kill four birds with one stone. Go on a 22-day cruise onboard Diamond Princess from Sydney to the Pacific Islands, experiencing Japan’s amazing cherry blossom with a three-night Tokyo stay and an escorted tour of Mount Fuji. You will also visit Alotau, Conflict Islands, Manila, Hong Kong, Kagoshima, and Shimizu. After experiencing the incredible … Read more
Retirees twice rebooked cancelled cruise, but Princess sold the ships! Then they cancelled the FCC…
Retirees Bob McMaster and his wife, Adeline, twice rebooked their cancelled cruises using their Future Cruise Credit on Sea Princess and Pacific Princess – but Princess Cruises sold the ships. Princess Cruises then claimed their Future Cruise Credit had expired, forcing them to spend months trying to get it reinstated. “How can Princess Cruises say … Read more
Video: the HBO documentary that could set back the start of cruise
The restart of cruise travel has had some heartrending mis-steps over the past few weeks. First there was New Zealand’s extraordinary ban on Ponant’s attempts to sail out of Auckland, even though it had been prearranged with special safety protocols. The bizarre reason: the immigration minister suddenly asked for more of the crew to be … Read more
Pandemic pause allows Princess to upgrade ships to MedallionClass
Princess Cruises’ global fleet will be upgraded to include its much-anticpated MedallionClass experience when the line returns to service in 2021. Princess announced today that Coral Princess, Diamond Princess, Emerald Princess, Grand Princess, Island Princess, Majestic Princess, Sapphire Princess and the new Enchanted Princess will now be MedallionClass ships which feature touchless technologies. This means … Read more
Diamond Princess passengers: “It hasn’t put us off cruising one little bit”
It was an emotional moment for Australian cruise passengers from the Diamond Princess. They had finally been allowed to return home. Karen Shakhovskoy, from Queensland was onboard the cruise ship along with her husband Mark and their travel buddies, Peter and Julie Just, also from Queensland. And she told Cruise Passenger the experience hasn’t changed … Read more
First Australian death recorded from coronavirus
Australia has recorded its first death from coronavirus – a 78-year-old from the Diamond Princess died in the early hours of Sunday at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The unnamed man and his wife were among 164 Australians quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess with coronavirus and flown from Japan to Darwin and placed in isolation at … Read more
99 more cases of coronavirus aboard Diamond Princess as US pasengers are evacuated
Another 88 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed aboard the Diamond Princess in Japan, which means the vessel now has the largest concentration of cases outside of mainland China at 542. The toll of cases has been mounting, even with the two-week quarantine period ending today, with 88 more confirmed Tuesday and 99 confirmed Monday. … Read more
150 Diamond Princess coronavirus cases confirmed this week, including one Japanese health official on board
An additional 44 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed on the Diamond Princess, the Japanese health minister announced on Thursday. This includes 43 passengers and 1 crew member. Elderly people made up the large majority of those newly infected with the virus, with 40 of the 44 being 70 or older, the Japan Times reported. … Read more
