Food and drink offerings aboard Ovation of the Seas will be tailored to suit Aussies ahead of her first season Down Under. Australians are fussy about their beer, so local brews will be included. Kangaroo may also find its way onto the menu. Sorry, Skip. And a local mixologist will be competing with the robot barmen … Read more
Australian cruisers are laying siege to Royal Caribbean’s Australian offices for cabins aboard the Ovation of the Seas – and the vessel’s 11 ultra-luxe suites are a prime target. Despite a price tag of as much as US$6,300 for the Royal Loft on a three-night sampler, the new Suite Class aboard Royal Caribbean has proved … Read more
Royal Caribbean is watching the sales of cabins aboard the billion-dollar smart ship Ovation of the Seas with care as it considers future deployments in Sydney. The ship’s second Sydney season in 2017/18 has already been extended and sales are strong. The megaliner, Australia’s newest and biggest, could prove to be a category killer – … Read more
Ovation of the Seas will be extending her 2017/18 season in Australia after popular demand by Aussie cruisers. Royal Caribbean announced today Ovation would be spending an extra five weeks at Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal. The new cruises include cruises to the South Pacific, Tasmania, New Zealand, all round trip from Sydney as well as … Read more
Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas made her final call to Sydney last Saturday, marking the end of the summer cruise season for the company in Australia. Azamar Club Cruises, Celebrity Cruises and Royal Caribbean carried over 250,000 guests from October 2015 to April 2016. The number of passengers has increased by 27 per from … Read more
Royal Caribbean today announced the itineraries of its 2017/18 season and passengers can start booking their next cruise from Thursday April 21, 2016. This year’s wave season will see the return of favourites like Explorer of the Seas, Voyager of the Seas and Radiance of the Seas. And it is also the first season that … Read more
Ovation of the Seas is on her way to Australia (with a few stopovers along the way) and will be arriving in December. At the official launch function this week Royal Caribbean’s president and CEO Michael Bayley announced that the ship would be ‘tweaked’ for the Australian market. Royal Caribbean confirmed that Vegemite and local … Read more
Australian passengers left high and dry when Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas’ repositioning cruise from Sydney was abruptly cancelled have received a new offer letter and apology. The move comes after a week in which Cruise Passenger reported the anger of passengers who only found out about the cruise cancellation from media reports. The … Read more
Royal Caribbean’s top executives have told passengers it would be compensating flights and airfares of passengers booked on the Ovation of the Seas repositioning cruise on January 23, 2017. The move was revealed after on Australian passenger took complains right to the top: Adam Goldstein, the line’s president. Royal Caribbean has  been facing a social … 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.
