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2 weeks ago | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Tallis Boerne Marcus
Carnival Cruises has cancelled six cruises on Carnival Adventure. These cruises were set to take place to mid 2027. It’s not yet sure why the cruises were cancelled, with possible explanations ranging from a private charter to new Aussie homeports. Carnival has cancelled around a month’s worth of sailings on the new Carnival Adventure for mid-2027. Intriguingly, at this point, the line is refusing to say why.
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2 weeks ago | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Tallis Boerne Marcus
New Zealand has confirmed that it will not ban cruise ships from Milford Sound after the government put forward a proposal in 2021. This proposal has been under consideration since 2021, making it difficult for the cruise industry to plan ahead and offer stability in New Zealand. This announcement may help New Zealand reverse the country’s trend of seeing lower and lower cruise visitation numbers.
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2 weeks ago | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Tallis Boerne Marcus
Cunard has released its deployments for the 2027/28 season, becoming one of the first lines to do so. The announcement confirms the line won’t return a ship to homeport in Australia. This follows an industry trend, with several cruise lines reducing or removing their presence in Australia. Cunard has released its deployments for the 2027/28 season, and sadly, Australia is nowhere to be seen.
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2 weeks ago | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Tallis Boerne Marcus
River cruising continues to increase in popularity, and as demand climbs, so do prices. Some cruise lines are seeing increases of 20 per cent in river cruise fares over just a two-year period. With some lines reporting strong forward bookings, the only way to beat the rises is to buy today. River cruising, particularly in Europe, is seeing such growth that lines like Viking have sold 92% of capacity for passenger cruise days for the 2025 season and 37% of its capacity for the 2026.
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2 weeks ago | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Tallis Boerne Marcus
While Carnival Luminosa is quite new to the Carnival fleet, previously serving as Costa Luminosa for Costa Cruises. it has proved a big hit after its first Australian season with its homeport in Brisbane. Shortly after being acquired by Carnival, the ship was refitted, but there is still a distinctively Italian feel to it, thanks to its Costa Cruises roots. Otherwise, it maintains the same feel as Carnival’s other family-fun ships.
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2 weeks ago | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Tallis Boerne Marcus
CLIA has released its figures on how the Australian cruise industry fared in the year 2024. Australia’s post-pandemic cruise growth continues, nearly matching its record year in 2018, with a massive 1.32 million. However, the head of Cruise Lines International Association Australasia warns that governments need to work harder to persuade operators to base ships here.
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2 weeks ago | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Tallis Boerne Marcus
Since P&O Australia was absorbed into Carnival Cruises, the ships have received some harsh critiques from reviewers and cruisers alike. However, a Cruise Passenger investigation shows that these critiques don’t tell the full story. A survey shows 66% of those who have sailed on the new ships had a good experience. When Carnival Encounter and Carnival Adventure sailed their first sailings as new ships, not everyone on board was impressed, and patchy reviews from critics have continued.
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3 weeks ago | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Tallis Boerne Marcus
Carnival Splendor is a regular guest out of Sydney Harbour, sailing year-round out of Sydney. The ship has been a regular fixture of Australian cruises after Carnival announced it would be sending the ship Down Under. She previously sailed the Eastern and Western Caribbean before heading Down Under. It was actually once Carnival Cruise Line’s biggest cruise ship, fitting 3012 people at double occupancy and weighing in at 113,000 gross tonnes.
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3 weeks ago | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Tallis Boerne Marcus
CLIA has put forward a lawsuit against the small Alaskan town of Skagway, which has a population of just 1212 people. The lawsuit stemmed after the town of Skagway looks to implement new taxes on its tours, which would include shore excursions for cruise lines. CLIA contends that these taxes are not legally justified. An Alaskan town is once again under the threat of legal action for wanting to adjust the local laws regarding cruise ships in the town.
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3 weeks ago | 
cruisepassenger.com.au | Tallis Boerne Marcus
American couple Johan Bodin and Lanette Canen have revealed the secrets of their lifestyle, eight months into their 15-year journey of living on a cruise ship. They live and cruise for about $5430 a month on the residential cruise line Ville Vie Residences, however, this isn’t the only way to live at sea. Another popular way to do this to book back-to-back cruises, which can also prove cheaper than everyday life in a big city.
