Major cruise lines outline Australian summer itineraries
Princess, Celebrity and Royal Caribbean have scheduled sailings from Sydney and Brisbane to destinations across the Pacific and Asia.
Australia’s summer cruise season will continue until April, after which only a small number of ships are expected to remain.
Princess Cruises has scheduled Grand Princess to operate from Brisbane and Sydney, with voyages around Australia and to New Zealand and the South Pacific. The ship is also due to undertake a 79-day Circle Pacific itinerary featuring Hawaii, Alaska, Japan and South-East Asia.
Royal Princess will offer several itineraries, including a five-day sailing from Sydney to Auckland and a six-day cruise focused on Tasmania.
Celebrity Cruises plans to return Celebrity Edge and Celebrity Solstice to Sydney for the season. Both ships are scheduled to operate cruises visiting Fiji, Vanuatu and New Zealand.
Royal Caribbean is deploying three ships to Australia during the season. Among them, Ovation of the Seas will sail from Brisbane on Queensland and South Pacific itineraries. Voyager of the Seas is set to depart from both Brisbane and Sydney before continuing to Asian destinations, including Hong Kong and Tokyo.