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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.

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Lionel Messi Icon of the Seas

Lionel Messi to christen Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas

Football star and eight-time winner of the prestigious Ballon d’Or award, Lionel Messi has been named as the official icon for Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas.

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Why local businesses are calling for a Sydney cruise summit

It’s not rocket science. Just ask any international or domestic cruise lover and they will tell you what they really want from a cruise holiday in our part of the world. 

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Carnival Corporation to hand over millions of documents relating to norovirus cruise case

Carnival Cruises Corporation has been ordered to hand over millions of documents for a class action lawsuit which alleges it failed to implement to stop the spread of norovirus.

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

Melbourne woman homeless after three-year world cruise collapse

Retired Melbourne woman homeless after “forever cruise” collapses without trace.

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Cruise line packages

Don’t take cruise line packages, and you could save hundreds of dollars

Guests are rebelling against the creeping package charges as lines a try and recoup Covid losses and stay ahead of inflation.

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Viva The Haven Sundeck

The best entertainment on Viva: Why NCL won our Readers’ Choice Award in 2023

Steve Odell, former boss of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas, scored the cruising equivalent of Taylor Swift tickets – the launch of Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Viva.

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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.

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P&O Australia's newest member Pacific Adventure is ready to hit the water

Revealed: the real reason Pacific Adventure was banned from NZ

The real reason Pacific Adventure was turned away from New Zealand was it had three mussels on its hull

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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.

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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.

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Virgin Voyages arrives in Darwin

Virgin Voyages’ arrives in Darwin ahead of her inaugural season

Resilient Lady - the third ship from Virgin Voyages, has officially arrived in Australian waters as part of her first season Down Under.

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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.

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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.

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The Best Cruise Lines for First Time Cruisers

Norwegian Cruise Line plans to offer Australian cruisers bundled airfares

Norwegian Cruise Line are looking to combat the problem by offering air to their Australian guests as early as next year.

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Italy, Verona, Villa Cordevigo Wine Relais

What a $262,000 holiday will get you in Italy

If money is no object and you love Italian haute couture, British aristocracy and Siena’s famed horse racing event, this is the holiday made-in-heaven.

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