First pics inside the new luxurious Seabourn Encore

First pics inside the new luxurious Seabourn Encore

Take a look inside the world’s newest luxury cruise ship, the Seabourn Encore which was launched in Marghera in Italy earlier this month. She ...

Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas arrives in Aussie waters

The count down is on till Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas arrives in her homeport in Sydney on December 15. She’s already sailing ...

The big switch: how OPT will get 5,000 passengers on and off Ovation of the Seas

The big switch: how OPT will get 5,000 passengers on and off Ovation of the Seas

When the megaship Ovation of the Seas sails into Sydney and docks at the Overseas Passenger Terminal (OPT), a military-style operation swings into action. ...

Emerald every bit a Princess as she starts Sydney tour

Emerald every bit a Princess as she starts Sydney tour

The newest addition to Sydney’s fleet received a super-star welcome this week. Emerald Princess – the biggest Princess Cruises’ ship to be based in ...

P&O pioneers adventure and targets families with Pacific Explorer

P&O pioneers adventure and targets families with Pacific Explorer

The battle for the Aussie family cruise passenger will be joined in earnest next year, when P&O’s new ship Pacific Explorer enters the fleet. ...

Cruise Passenger's weekly travel roundup 3

Cruise Passenger’s weekly travel roundup 3

Celebrity Solstice returns Down Under A spruced-up Celebrity Solstice returned to Australian waters all decked up with half an acre of freshly mowed lawn ...

Popstar Dami Im to perform on Ovation of the Seas' arrival celebrations

Popstar Dami Im to perform on Ovation of the Seas’ arrival celebrations

Popstar sensation Dami Im will be the special guest onboard Australia’s largest and most technologically advanced ship, Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas. Arriving ...

Crowded ports mean Australia is missing out, say cruise lines

Crowded ports mean Australia is missing out, say cruise lines

Australia’s cruise industry is expanding – but it is missing out on bigger and better ships because the nation’s ports are full, a new ...

Carnival hopes to put a third ship Down Under

Carnival hopes to put a third ship Down Under

Carnival Australia last week revealed that it would be keeping the Carnival Spirit, one of Australia’s favourite ships will be remaining in Australia. The ...

Celebrations planned for the arrival of Ovation of the Seas

Celebrations planned for the arrival of Ovation of the Seas

It’s just weeks until Australia’s largest ship, Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas arrives in Sydney for her inaugural season. On December 15, she ...

ms Maasdam commits to Sydney for another season

ms Maasdam commits to Sydney for another season

With the news that Holland America’s mid-size ship ms Maasdam will not only spend this wave season homeporting in Australia for the first time, ...

Increased cruise ship surveillance after largest drug bust

Increased cruise ship surveillance after largest drug bust

The Australian Border Force has warned international drug syndicates and passengers that there will be increased surveillance on cruise ships. The warning comes after ...

Golden Princess

Golden Princess arrives in Australia ahead of her season in Melbourne

In just a few days Melbourne will welcome its first homeported Princess Cruises ship as Golden Princess makes her way back from Noumea to ...

Ovation of the Seas under construction Oct 2015

New images of Australia’s largest ship, Ovation of the Seas

The biggest ship heading to Australia, Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas, is close to 50 per cent complete. Royal Caribbean has just released ...

Carnival Spirit 2

The best new burgers, beers and tacos onboard Carnival Spirit

She is one of Australia’s favourite ships and Cruise Passenger was lucky enough to take a look onboard after her $44 million refurbishment. The ...

Norwegian Star in Bermuda

Norwegian Cruise Line’s fixed dollar pricing gives Aussie’s strong incentive

Norwegian Cruise Line is planning to push Hawaii and its fixed Aussie dollar pricing in its opening gambit to woo more Australians to its ...