Carnival Splendor comes dwelling as epic cruise season begins

Promising 18 ships from eight manufacturers this summer time with 667 turnarounds and port calls to 33 locations, Carnival kicked off the 2022 wave season this morning in spectacular fashion with the arrival of Carnival Splendor.

The season guarantees to be even larger than the pre-pandemic 2019 season.

Carnival Splendor was escorted into Sydney Harbour by P&O Cruises Australia’s Pacific Journey.  The 2 vessels met off the coast, crusing collectively earlier than separating to enter the harbour in majestic single file and momentarily pausing adjoining to Fort Denison.

An organization assertion stated Carnival Australia’s three cruise manufacturers that base ships yr spherical in Australia — P&O Cruises Australia, Princess Cruises and Carnival Cruise Line — are effectively superior of their restoration of native operations.

Cunard can even base Queen Elizabeth in Australia for its longest ever native season of cruises, whereas two Holland America Line ships and a Seabourn ship can even spend important durations in Australian waters.

 

“We’re seeing the fast restoration of cruise tourism in Australia and Carnival Australia’s manufacturers are set to make an vital contribution throughout the 2022-23 summer time cruise season,” President of Carnival Australia and P&O Cruises Australia Marguerite Fitzgerald stated.

“The resurgence of cruising and the revitalisation of the $5-billion-a-year cruise business has occurred at a sooner price than may have been anticipated after greater than two difficult years.

“As Australia’s essential cruising organisation, we’re grateful to our visitors and suppliers who stored the religion and to federal and state authorities authorities that backed the resumption of cruise operations.

“As our ships have progressively returned to service, we have now skilled the thrill of regional locations as they’ve seen cruise guests and alternative return.”

Carnival Splendor carried out a 23-night Transpacific voyage from Seattle. Her arrival comes close to to a thousand days since her final Australian crusing.

Carnival Cruise Line President, Christine Duffy stated: “After a particularly profitable restart within the US, we’re thrilled to deliver our signature model of enjoyable cruising again into Aussie waters. The return of Carnival Splendor to Sydney is a milestone achievement, not only for us, however for the Australian cruising business as an entire.

“Her arrival marks the primary cruise ship to enter Australian waters with worldwide passengers in almost three years. Splendor’s return additionally kick-starts an thrilling time for Carnival Cruise Line because it celebrates 10 years in Australia in October, and Brisbane being the primary to expertise our latest ship, Carnival Luminosa, in November.”

 

Six of the 18 Carnival Australia ships crusing native waters might be making their maiden go to to Australia this summer time, together with P&O Cruises Pacific Journey, Princess Cruises Grand Princess and Island Princess, Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Luminosa and Holland America Line’s Westerdam and Zuiderdam.

Locations in all Australian states will profit from cruise calls and turnarounds together with:

NSW — Sydney, Eden and Newcastle.

QLD — Brisbane, Moreton Island, Airlie Seashore and Cairns.

VIC — Melbourne and Phillip Island

SA — Adelaide, Kangaroo Island and Port Lincoln.

WA — Fremantle, Albany, Broome and the Kimberley area.

TAS — Hobart, Burnie and Port Arthur.

2022-23 Highlights by Model

P&O Cruises

• As its fleet evolves, Australia’s homegrown cruise line P&O Cruises will welcome the debut of its third ship, Pacific Journey, this cruise season.
• Arriving in Sydney in September 2022, Pacific Journey will embark on her first cruise from town on October 22.
• Pacific Journey will be a part of Pacific Encounter, which debuted in Australia in August 2022, and Pacific Explorer in a full program of itineraries throughout the summer time.
• Between them the P&O ships will sail on 114 cruises throughout the 2022-23 season and make greater than 200 calls to Australian ports together with 20 maiden ship visits to Australian ports.
• Highlights of the season embrace the return of P&O’s widespread Melbourne Cup and Australian Open Tennis cruises and a brand new photo voltaic eclipse cruise in Western Australia in April 2023.

Princess Cruises

• Princess Cruises 2022-23 summer time season will function three ships homeported in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne – Majestic Princess, Coral Princess and Grand Princess – in addition to a world cruise go to by Island Princess
•  The summer time season will see the Australian debut of Grand Princess for her maiden season Down Below, the inaugural go to to Australia by Island Princess, and extra maiden visits to Australian ports by Coral Princess which arrived in Australia in June 2022 for her first season Down Below.
• For the primary time, all Princess ships working in Australia might be MedallionClass-enabled.
• The ships will function a brand new vary of shore tour excursions led by native consultants providing genuine experiences.
• Between them the 4 ships will make 180 calls to Australian ports together with virtually 30 maiden ship calls.

Carnival Cruise Line

• This summer time will see the return of Carnival Splendor to Australian waters, crusing from Sydney from October 2022, and the Australian debut of Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, Carnival Luminosa, which might be primarily based in Brisbane for a sequence of 28 cruises commencing November 6, 2022.
• Through the summer time season, Carnival Luminosa will make 4 maiden calls to Australian ports, whereas Carnival Splendor will make two.
• The 2 Carnival ships will make greater than 100 calls to Australian ports over the season.

Cunard

• All three Cunard ships – Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria – will sail in Australian waters this summer time.
• Queen Elizabeth might be dwelling ported in Sydney and Melbourne for a file 121-day season providing 29 voyages.
• Highlights of Queen Elizabeth’s season embrace Cunard’s inaugural Australian gardening and culinary themed voyages in addition to the ship’s first Australian circumnavigation.
• Throughout the season, Cunard’s fleet will make 55 calls to Australian ports.

Holland America

• Three Holland America Line ships will sail in native waters throughout the cruise season: Noordam (primarily based in Sydney from November 12-April 8); Westerdam (crusing from Sydney from November 8 to January 3) and Zuiderdam which is able to make six Australian calls in February 2023 throughout her world voyage.
• Each Westerdam and Zuiderdam might be making their inaugural visits to Australia.
• Between them, the three ships will make greater than 60 calls to ports round Australia, together with greater than 20 maiden ship visits.
• Noordam and Westerdam will provide 17 voyages from Australia together with Noordam’s inaugural 35-day Australia Circumnavigation throughout November and December 2022.

Seabourn

• Seabourn will as soon as once more host two ships in Australian waters this summer time, with Seabourn Odyssey spending 4 months crusing native waters between November 2022 and March 2023, and Seabourn Sojourn making 14 calls to Australian ports in March as a part of her world cruise.
• Between them, the 2 ships will make greater than 40 calls to Australian ports throughout the season together with seven maiden ship calls
• The season will embrace Seabourn’s first ever name to Albany in Western Australia when Seabourn Sojourn visits the port on March 17, 2023.
• Highlights of Seabourn Odyssey’s season embrace an array of 12 to 26 day voyages between Australia and New Zealand and a 14-day NZ Yacht Harbours voyage.

P&O Cruises World Cruising

• P&O Cruises World Cruising’s widespread Arcadia will go to Australia as a part of her world cruise – a 99-night circumnavigation which departs Southampton on January 3, 2023.
• Arcadia will in a single day in Sydney on February 19 earlier than crusing north to Brisbane, Airlie Seashore and Cairns.