Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Line Sets 2026 Christmas Decorating Schedule
Professional Christmas Decorators will board each ship at its homeport, while Christmas music joins the onboard rotation after displays are installed.
Carnival Splendor
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Carnival to Remove Two Australian-Based Ships in 2028
Carnival Splendor will remain year-round in Sydney and Carnival Encounter in Brisbane, while Luminosa’s final Australian sailing leaves Sydney on March 15, 2028.
Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival to Withdraw Two Ships From Australia in March 2028
Carnival Splendor will remain based year-round in Sydney and Carnival Encounter in Brisbane, while both departing ships have two more Australian summer seasons scheduled.
Carnival Cruise Line
Australia Extends Cruise Exemption to 2028 With New Crew Protections
From January 1, 2027, eligible operators’ policies and seafarer agreements must not restrict collective bargaining, and they must report onboard complaints to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Encounter Cuts Cairns Overnight Over Channel Depths
Prepaid second-day Cairns excursions will be moved to the first day where space allows; those that cannot be rescheduled will be refunded.
Carnival Cruise Line
Ports North Accelerates Cairns Dredging After Carnival Diversions
Carnival Splendor instead anchored off Yorkeys Knob, where passengers transferred ashore by smaller boats after the channel fell below its designed depth of nine metres.
Princess Cruises
Crown Princess Opens Australia’s 2026-27 Cruise Season in Sydney
The call also wraps up Crown Princess’s one hundred fourteen-night world cruise, which visited forty-four destinations before crossing the South Pacific.
Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Opens Sales for 144 Long Beach Cruises in 2028-29
Carnival began Long Beach operations in 2003, and the expanded geodesic dome terminal beside the Queen Mary reopened with Carnival Splendor in February 2018.
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Anti-Slavery Chief Urges Australian Standards for Cruise Crews
Introduced as a temporary measure in 1998, the section 11 exemption lets qualifying cruise ships sail between Australian ports without a coastal-trading license.
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Carnival Plans 155 Halloween Cruises Across Entire Fleet in 2026
Carnival Conquest leads the schedule with nine three- and four-night Bahamas sailings from Miami, while Carnival Luminosa opens with a nineteen-night San Francisco-to-Tokyo voyage.
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Carnival Marks Anzac Day With Dawn Services at Sea
As Carnival grows in Australia, the at-sea ceremonies show how cruise lines are adapting shipboard life to reflect national traditions and local expectations.
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Carnival Adventure Shifts Six 2026 Sydney Cruises to White Bay
Temporary moves to White Bay underscore how Sydney’s cruise growth depends on port upgrades that can improve capacity while adding short-term friction for travelers.