Passengers from the Sun Princess this morning became the first cruise guests to set foot on Kangaroo Island in a show of support for residents who survived recent devastating fires. South Australian Premier Steven Marshall and Kangaroo Island’s community leaders and firefighters were on hand as the ship anchored off Penneshaw and sent out tenders … Read more
Gary and Sue McGinty from Cairns were on the holiday of a lifetime – a 26-day cruise sailing around Asia, a celebration of their retirement. But five-days into their sailing aboard the Sun Princess, Mr McGinty starting vomiting blood from what they suspected was a burst stomach ulcer. “I’d vomited heaps of blood … it … Read more
One of Australia’s favourite cruise brands, Princess Cruises, today revealed its 2020 winter program with two world cruises on two ships, visiting a total number of 90 destinations. The 2019 Princess World Cruise has already sold out, with some suite categories selling out within the day. The 2020 World Cruise will be on sale for … Read more
The Sun Princess has emerged from a glorious 14-day refurbishment with some exciting new features. She’ll be starting a short season sailing from Perth completing three roundtrip itineraries including a maiden eight-night Coral Coast voyage which will see the liner return to Exmouth for the first time since 2009. During her Western Australian deployment, Sun Princess will … Read more
Princess Cruises announced it will be deploying the Sun Princess to Fremantle in Western Australia for a record breaking 141 days over the 2019/20 summer season. “I’m delighted to announce this significant investment to Western Australia, doubling our capacity in this great state by one hundred per cent over the 2019/2020 season.” said Senior Vice President Princess Cruises … Read more
A stowaway galah will be reunited with its family after it decided to take a cruise around New Zealand and Carnival Corporation are planning a party to reunite the bird with her family. Harri the galah, who hails from Brisbane, went missing from her cage a few days before her family were due to take … Read more
Carnival Corporation announced this week it would be homeporting the Sun Princess in Fremantle after Princess Cruises threatened to pull out. The move has come after the Western Australian government made a commitment to the cruise industry to fix the state’s infrastructure issues. Premier Mark McGowan spoke earlier this week at a press conference with … Read more
Carnival heads to Cuba Carnival Cruise Line in the US announced it will be sailing to Havana in Cuba. The Carnival Paradise will be sailing on a number of voyages from Tampa in Florida starting in June. There will be an overnight visit to Havana which is featured on 12 four and five-day cruises onboard … Read more
Bye bye Pacific Pearl The heart-wrenching aria, Time to Say Goodbye played as Pacific Pearl, one of Australia’s favourite ships left Sydney Harbour earlier this week. She’s en route to New Zealand for her last season of cruises from Auckland before she leaves the cruise line. The Pacific Pearl joined P&O Cruises in December 2010 … 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.
