APT launches new ships for Europe

APT reveals new luxury ships for Europe 2025

APT has announced the launch of its new ultra-luxury river ships for its 2025 Rhine, Main and Danube cruises.

Pacific Encounter will be affected by Cyclone Kirrily

UPDATED: Cyclone Kirrily diverts cruisers from Queensland ports

Cyclone Kirrily is destined to divert cruisers who had planned to travel to Queensland for Australia Day.    

Miray Cruises offers guests voyage where guests literally live on a cruise ship

Passengers seek world cruise fraud charges

Passengers who sold homes and closed businesses to sign up for the now failed Life at Sea world cruise are pursuing legal action.

Red Sea cruises

More cruise lines cancel Red Sea

MSC Cruises and Silversea have cancelled voyages through the Red Sea. But Royal Caribbean will press on with its World Cruise.

Cruise travel insurance

Cruise travel insurance: What you need to know

Cruise travel insurance is as important as a passport as one in four Australians report an insurable event on their last overseas trip.

Carnival screen grab

Month-long cruise for $100: Hoax, error or bargain of the decade?

Cruise passengers found the bargain of the decade – a one-way, 31-day cruise from Brisbane to Seattle in a Balcony room aboard Carnival Luminosa for just $100.

Disney Wonder port of Brisbane

Arrival of Disney Wonder a magic moment for Brisbane port

The arrival of Disney Wonder at the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal (BICT) was a great show of confidence in the Queensland capital.

Matt Moran onboard Queen Elizabeth

Chef Matt Moran back onboard Queen Elizabeth

Chef, restaurateur, TV host and author Matt Moran will be back aboard Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth for Great Australian Culinary Voyage in early 2025.

quantum of the seas

Update: Cyclone Jasper about to hit Queensland cruise stops

Cyclone Jasper causes chaos as it nears the Queensland coast with cruise ships diverted away from storm surges and rough seas.

Celebrity Edge Darwin

Celebrity Edge’s maiden voyage heads to Sydney

Celebrity Edge, a transformational Edge-Series ship, is on her way to Sydney, via in Queensland ,as part of her maiden voyage to Australia.

Cunard in Port Melbourne

Passengers likely to pay for port fee hikes that drove Melbourne mutiny

Cruise lines sailing out of the Port of Melbourne, which last week drove Cunard and Princess ships to halt port stops, are considering how to cope with the rises.

Quantum passengers stranded

Overbooked Quantum leaves passengers stranded at quayside

Quantum of the Seas passengers were left stranded portside in Brisbane after being denied a cabin after their eight-night South Pacific cruise was overbooked.

Peak body calls for big ship ban and daily berthing limits in Tasmania

Tassie port arrivals to top 300,000 

Tasmanian authorities could reach their target of 300,000 passengers and crew visiting the Apple Isle this season.

life at sea

Aussies hit by world cruise fail ask: Was it a pipe dream?

Residential world cruise concepts are foundering after cost overruns, investor withdrawal and a lack of ships.

medical marijuana gummies

Banned for life over a gummie – the things you can’t bring on a cruise

Medicinal marijuana gummies are among the banned items on board a cruise ship but you can bring along your metal detector.

Waitress offered tip

Gratuities soar – but Aussies save by booking overseas trips locally

Royal Caribbean is the latest line to increase their daily gratuity charge, but how can you save?