Crown Princess opens South Australia’s 2026-27 cruise season
The state is scheduled to receive 54 cruise and expedition vessel visits through April 2027.
South Australia’s 2026-27 cruise season began with Crown Princess arriving at Adelaide’s Outer Harbor. The Princess Cruises ship carried 3,080 guests and 1,200 crew during a 28-day voyage around Australia.
The statewide schedule comprises 40 cruise ship calls and 14 expedition vessel visits involving 13 cruise lines through April 2027. Five maiden calls are planned across Adelaide and Port Lincoln, including first visits by Seabourn Quest, Carnival Adventure and Azamara Quest.
Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Edge is identified as the largest vessel scheduled to visit South Australia during the summer, carrying more than 3,100 passengers and about 1,400 crew. Coral Princess is also due in Adelaide in March with more than 2,000 international guests during a round-trip voyage from the United States.
Seabourn Quest is scheduled to visit Wallaroo in March 2027, marking the Yorke Peninsula town’s first cruise ship call since 2019. Its South Australian itinerary is also set to include Adelaide, Kangaroo Island and Port Lincoln.