P&O Cruises

News

Pacific Aria and Pacific Eden in Singapore’s drydock

P&Os Pacific Aria and Pacific Eden are currently in Singapore undergoing refurbishments before they sail from Sydney Harbour in November. The double dry dock season is a first for P&O as the Australian cruise liner […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Oct 31 2015
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News

P&O announces new ship for Aussie waters

P&O has just announced a new ship will be entering Australian waters in 2017 – the Pacific Explorer will be joining Pacific Aria and Pacific Eden. The 2000 guest ship will offer an array of […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Oct 26 2015
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News

Why Australians love the South Pacific

It’s Australia and New Zealand’s number-one cruise destination. According to this year’s Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA) figures, 390,000 visited islands in the South Pacific – that’s 39 per cent of our burgeoning cruising market. […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Oct 16 2015
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News

Jessica Mauboy and Kate Richie name P&Os latest ships

Two of Australia’s hottest celebrities – singer Jessica Mauboy and Home and Away’s Kate Richie will officially name P&O’s two newest ships, the Pacific Aria and Pacific Eden, via their personal Twitter accounts on November […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Oct 13 2015
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Dining

Create cocktails like you’re on your favourite cruise ship

“I love to drink martinis. Two at the very most. Three I’m under the table. Four I’m under my host.” So said famous writer and critic Dorothy Parker, way back in the Roaring Twenties. Martinis, […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 1 2015
Tips & Advice
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Opinion

An intern’s guide to your first time on a ship

Cruise Passenger's intern steps aboard his first ever cruise ship.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Oct 22 2012
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Opinion

Cruise Season Over – Or Is It?

It’s lonely on Sydney Harbour now that the cruise season has officially ended, but thanks to Carnival Australia we still see ships regularly from P&O Cruises and Princess Cruises that are based here all year round.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 17 2011
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Opinion

Down the hatch! Cruise line alcohol policies

A few people have recently emailed me about alcohol policies on board cruise ships, and to say it’s a bit of a maze is an understatement!

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 15 2011
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News

Who won the Readers’ Choice Awards?

Last night Cruise Passenger announced the big winners in the cruise industry, as voted for by you.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Dec 6 2010
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Ships

P&O Cruises

When Pacific Pearl joins the fleet in 2010, it will join Pacific Jewel, Pacific Dawn and Pacific Sun. P&O Cruises will be the only cruise line operating from the major Australian and New Zealand ports of Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Newcastle and Fremantle. This is how to holiday!

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 24 2010
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