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19TH YEAR OF PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1998 OCTOBER 2016 ISSUE 103 PRICE $9.35 (INCL GST) Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany Genting Dream at Meyer-Werft See Photo Gallery Page 55 Pacific Aria off Kingfisher Bay Resort Fraser Island See Feature Pages 48 and 49 Featuring a comprehensive coverage of Global Cruising for Cruise Passengers, the Trade and the Industry www.cruisingnews.com discover the magic of Australia and the South Pacific FIJI & SOUTH PACIFIC 13 TASMANIA 8 Dawn Princess®, Emerald Princess®, Sun Princess® & Golden Princess® Nights Dawn Princess® & Emerald Princess® Nights VANUATU Lautoka Sydney South Pacific Mystery Island Savusavu Ocean AUSTRALIA NEW CALEDONIA FIJI Suva Melbourne Nouméa Dravuni Overnight stay AUSTRALIA Island Indian Wineglass & Ocean Oyster Bays South Pacific Scenic cruising Ocean TASMANIA Tasman Sea Hobart Sydney Port Arthur ► Roundtrip from Sydney ► Roundtrip from Sydney 2016 Departure Dates 2017 Departure Dates 2016 Departure Dates 2017 Departure Dates Nov 6A Nov 28A Apr 21 May 7A Nov 1A Nov 20B Dec 12C Jan 2 Jan 29C Interior* Oceanview* Balcony* Mini-Suite* Interior* Oceanview* Balcony* Mini-Suite* LAUNCH FARES FROM~ $2,049 $2,649 $3,049 $3,749 LAUNCH FARES FROM~ $1,579 $1,889 $2,099 $2,419 SALE FARES FROM $1,549 $1,949 $2,499 $2,999 YOUR FARES FROM $1,399 $1,699 $1,899 Limited 3rd and 4th guest from $649 per person< 3rd and 4th guest from $499 per person< +Fares are per person twin share based on 21/04/17 sailing. Higher fares may apply to other departures. +Fares are per person twin share based on 02/01/17 sailing. Higher fares may apply to other departures. A Itinerary varies: 14 night duration A Itinerary varies: 5 night duration B Itinerary varies: 6 night duration C Itinerary varies: 7 night duration Other departures also available from Melbourne and Brisbane. Up to $200 onboard credit per stateroom^ BOOK NOW! Visit your Travel Agent | 1300 385 631 | www.princess.com *Fares are per person, in AUD, in complete twin accommodation, based on lead interior, oceanview, balcony and mini-suite staterooms available at time of printing, inclusive of all discounts, taxes, fees, and port expenses (which are subject to change). Offer ends 31st October, 2016. Advertised fares are available until allocation is exhausted and may fluctuate. Some oceanview staterooms have obstructed views. +Fare based on specific departure dates only. Higher fares may apply to other departure dates. Whilst information is correct at time of publication, offer may be withdrawn or varied at any time without notice. ~Comparison launch fares are based on fares launched into the market from October 2014. <3rd and 4th guest fare based on lead interior or oceanview stateroom when travelling with two adult twin fare paying passengers in the same stateroom. To be read in conjunction with the Booking and Passage Conditions available at princess. com/legal/passage_contract/index. jsp which passengers will be bound by. A 1.5% surcharge will apply to all payments made by credit cards for direct bookings made via our call centre and website. Travel agents may charge additional fees - checkJune with 2016your travel agent. Carnival plc trading as Princess Cruises. ABN 23 107 998 443 19TH YEAR OF PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1998 OCTOBER 2016 ISSUE 103 PRICE $9.35 (INCL GST) All is in place for a fantastic record-breaking cruise Blohm+Voss shipyard season. More than 40 vessels will be sailing in local in Hamburg, Germany waters including the much awaited arrival of Royal Caribbean’s 167,000 GRT Ovation of the Seas due in Sydney Harbour early morning of 15 December after reaching Fremantle on 6 December with stops at Adelaide on 11 December and Hobart on 13 December – the ship will be a traffic stopper. Also Seabourn Genting Dream at Meyer-Werft Encore arrives just two weeks after it is officially named in Singapore and the See Photo Gallery Page 55 biggest Princess Cruises’ ship to sail local waters this summer – the spectacular 3082-guest Emerald Princess – is now on her way down under after departing from Southampton. In a voyage reminiscent of the line voyages of last century, Pacific Aria off Kingfisher Bay Resort Fraser Island discover the See Feature Pages 48 and 49 the 113,000-tonne superliner is spending 48 nights sailing across four continents Featuring a comprehensive coverage of Global Cruising for Cruise Passengers, the Trade and the Industry www.cruisingnews.com from Italy to India via the Suez Canal and south through Asia en route to her Front Cover Photos – Blohm+Voss, Meyer-Werft new home in Australia. Making the first of seven maiden Australian port calls magic of Australia and Kingfisher Bay Resort in Fremantle on 8 November, Emerald Princess will cruise via Melbourne on 13 November, arriving at her new Sydney homeport on 15 November. Stretching Cruise Season Underway .................5 290 metres, Emerald Princess is one of Princess’ largest ships and is certain to turn heads as she sails from the Emerald City from November 2016 to April $11 million Makeover .....................10 2017. and the Northwest Passage .......................16 Special Cunard Events ...................20 This month of October is the CLIA inaugural Cruise Month, which aims to raise consumer awareness of cruising and promote CLIA agent members as cruise America’s Test Kitchen ...................22 experts. Watch out for some fabulous cruise promotions. South Pacific New PONANT Ships .......................24 This Edition This First Cruise Season ........................26 Happy Cruising! New Terminal Newcastle .................28 Blohm+Voss – Hamburg FIJI & SOUTH PACIFIC 13 TASMANIA 8 Dawn Princess®, Emerald Princess®, Sun Princess® & Golden Princess® Nights Dawn Princess® & Emerald Princess® Nights VANUATU Lautoka Sydney South Pacific Mystery Island Savusavu Ocean AUSTRALIA NEW CALEDONIA FIJI Suva Melbourne Nouméa Dravuni Overnight stay AUSTRALIA Island The Choice Is Yours! Indian Wineglass & Ocean Oyster Bays 31 South Pacific Scenic cruising Ocean TASMANIA Tasman Sea Hobart Sydney Port Arthur ► Roundtrip from Sydney ► Roundtrip from Sydney 2016 Departure Dates 2017 Departure Dates 2016 Departure Dates 2017 Departure Dates Nov 6A Nov 28A Apr 21 May 7A Nov 1A Nov 20B Dec 12C Jan 2 Jan 29C The front cover of this issue of Cruising another successful master refit of the Interior* Oceanview* Balcony* Mini-Suite* Interior* Oceanview* Balcony* Mini-Suite* News features an aerial photograph of liner, completed as planned, in only 21 LAUNCH FARES FROM~ $2,049 $2,649 $3,049 $3,749 LAUNCH FARES FROM~ $1,579 $1,889 $2,099 $2,419 the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg, days. Germany. The company provides SALE FARES FROM $1,549 $1,949 $2,499 $2,999 YOUR FARES FROM $1,399 $1,699 $1,899 Limited On the premises of Blohm+Voss New Riverboat customer service and innovative 3rd and 4th guest from $649 per person< 3rd and 4th guest from $499 per person< 38 spanning 421,000 sq.m. there are solutions from a single source. For seven docks with a size of up to 351m +Fares are per person twin share based on 21/04/17 sailing. Higher fares may apply to other departures. +Fares are per person twin share based on 02/01/17 sailing. Higher fares may apply to other departures. Blohm+Voss, the focus is on the A Itinerary varies: 14 night duration A Itinerary varies: 5 night duration in length and 59m in width. Besides customer. Be it refits, servicing and B Itinerary varies: 6 night duration cruise liners, also container ships, C Itinerary varies: 7 night duration maintenance of ships of all types, the naval vessels and luxury yachts can new building of luxury yachts or the easily dock for refits, maintenance supply of spare parts: the company and repairs. The shipyard is centrally Other departures also available realigned itself in order to be able located across Landungsbrücken from Melbourne and Brisbane. Up to $200 onboard credit per stateroom^ to implement complex projects in a timely fashion, applying high service in the heart of the Hanseatic City of standards and fair prices. In the past Hamburg. year alone Blohm+Voss has made 10 Breaking News – The family-owned BOOK NOW! Visit your Travel Agent | 1300 385 631 | www.princess.com cruise liners fit for the future. At the end Luerssen Group, founded in 1875, has Te Papa 43 of May, Queen Mary 2 had its sixth announced the acquisition of the *Fares are per person, in AUD, in complete twin accommodation, based on lead interior, oceanview, balcony and mini-suite staterooms available at time of printing, inclusive of all discounts, taxes, fees, and port expenses (which are subject shipyard stay at Blohm+Voss. It was Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg. to change). Offer ends 31st October, 2016. Advertised fares are available until allocation is exhausted and may fluctuate. Some oceanview staterooms have obstructed views. +Fare based on specific departure dates only. Higher fares may apply to other departure dates. Whilst information is correct at time of publication, offer may be withdrawn or varied at any time without notice. ~Comparison launch fares are based on fares launched into the market from October 2014. <3rd and 4th guest fare based on lead interior or oceanview stateroom when travelling with two adult twin fare paying passengers in the same stateroom. To be read in conjunction with the Booking and Passage Conditions available at princess. Plus the latest news and Proudly Published in Australia by John Treacy & Associates. com/legal/passage_contract/index. jsp which passengers will be bound by. A 1.5% surcharge will apply to all payments made by credit cards for direct bookings made via our call centre and website. Travel agents may charge additional Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the publisher. fees - check with your travel agent.