After a number of years of increasing growth, the Australian cruise market has now overtaken the North American cruise industry in terms ofĀ market growth and penetration overĀ the last year. In 2013, the number of Australians setting sail increased by a record 20%, a larger increase in cruise passengers than any other market in the world.Ā In […]
According to multiple passengers sailing aboard Princess Cruise’s Sun Princess, the ship experienced technical issues prior to sailing from Sydney. The technical issues and the repairs that had to be made ended up delaying the departure of the Sun Princess by 10 hours. Passengers aboard the Sun Princess reported that they received a letter from […]
In a tragic incident, two Australians guests sailing aboard the Carnival Spirit apparently fell overboard on May 8th around 8:50 pm. The two guests apparently fell from somewhere mid-ship as shown in a CCTV camera that was later replayed to discover that the two had fallen overboard. The two young Australians from New South Wales […]
Yesterday morning in Sydney Harbor (which would be our last night) the 85,900 tonĀ Carnival Spirit arrived to kick off her year round cruises from Sydney to the South Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand. This is the first time in Carnival’s 40 year history that they have based a ship in Australia. Australia’s cruise market has […]