Cruising New Magazine April 2019 April 2019 Edition | Page 10

Princess Cruises Launches Its Biggest Australian Summer Program
At a special presentation and luncheon on board Majestic Princess, Princess
Cruises unveiled its biggest ever Australian summer program, featuring the local
debut of the spectacular 3560-guest Regal Princess, the return of Grand-Class
ship Sapphire Princess, and record cruise seasons in Sydney and Adelaide.
The new 2020-21 program offers
holidaymakers a choice of 123 cruises,
with five stunning Princess ships sailing
from six homeports across the country
between October 2020 and April 2021.
The season will be headlined by the
cruise line’s youngest and largest
ships – the 143,700-tonne Majestic
Princess returning to Australia for her
third summer to sail alongside sister
ship, the 142,200-tonne Regal Princess
which will make her inaugural visit to
Sydney on 2 December 2020. Carrying
3560 guests each, both ships will be
based in Sydney and will offer 35
cruises between them boosting Princess
Cruises’ Sydney capacity to record
levels.
Princess Cruises’ Senior Vice President
Asia Pacific, Stuart Allison said “This
will be the biggest deployment we’ve
ever had in Sydney. Not only will this
be the first time in history that Princess
Cruises has deployed two Royal-Class
ships from the same homeport outside
Florida, but we will also have a record
number of premium balcony and mini-
suite staterooms available.”
“The program also signals other ‘firsts’
with the anticipated arrival of Ocean
MedallionClass technology onboard
Regal Princess whilst Sapphire Princess
will mark her inaugural season in
Melbourne.” explained Mr Allison.
Announcing details of the new
program Princess Cruises’ Sales and
Marketing Director, Nick Ferguson said
the local fleet would visit almost 80
destinations across 19 countries and
increase the number of cruise days on
offer to a new record.
“From short cruises visiting picturesque
Australian coastal towns to exotic
cruises to Papua New Guinea and Asia,
the new program also includes a wide
choice of roundtrip voyages to New
Zealand from Sydney, Melbourne and
Brisbane, enabling guests to select a
cruise based on the featured ports.
Options include calls to Tauranga,
Picton (for the Marlborough wine
region), Akaroa and Wellington as well
as Majestic Princess and Regal Princess’
first visits to the restored Lyttleton Cruise
Terminal, the gateway to Christchurch.”
Mr Ferguson said.
Princess Cruises’ Destinations Director,
Michael Mihajlov said the line was
pioneering partnerships with regional
experts in response to demand for
meaningful and authentic tourism
experiences. He said “Princess Cruises’
2020-21 program features visits to 14
UNESCO World Heritage sites and
offers a range of cruises with late night
departures. To ensure our guests enjoy
immersive, culturally rich experiences
during their extended time ashore,
we’ve expanded our global Local
Connections program in Australia and
New Zealand – demonstrating Princess
Cruises commitment to sustainable
tourism and how the benefit of cruise
tourism can be felt well beyond the
ports our ships visit.”
Editor John Treacy with Majestic Princess
(Photo David Jones)
Additional highlights of the new
program include: Regal Princess’
maiden voyage from Sydney to New
Zealand departing on December 2,
2020; an unprecedented 20 cruises
to and from Adelaide – a move that
represents the biggest ever cruise
industry commitment to South Australia.
The deployment features six roundtrip
cruises from Adelaide on Sea Princess
and Sapphire Princess, as well as a
further 14 one-way itineraries on Sea
Princess, Sapphire Princess and Majestic
Princess; The 116,000-tonne Sapphire
Princess will also sail to destinations
including New Zealand, South Australia
and Tasmania on a series of cruises
from Melbourne and Sydney. Sapphire
Princess will also sail on Princess
Cruises’ much-loved Northern Explorer
itinerary, taking holidaymakers from
Melbourne to Fremantle via Darwin
and the Kimberley region, with ports
of call including the ship’s maiden visit
to Eden. In addition to sailing South
Australian itineraries, Sea Princess
will homeport in Perth (Fremantle) to
sail the Western Australian coastline
from Broome to Albany, and longer
voyages to South East Asia. Sun Princess
will homeport out of Brisbane with 31
cruises ranging from 2 to 35nights.
The Unchartered World Expedition Cruise
Silversea’s md Asia Pacific Adam
Armstrong with Conrad Combrink
Conrad Combrink – Senior Vice
President, Strategic Development
Expeditions & Experiences for
Silversea was in Australia recently to
promote Silversea’s groundbreaking
Expedition World Cruise 2021 which
will explore the secrets of the world
which is not a task for an ordinary
cruise – especially when the secrets
are about uncharted wonders,
extreme latitudes, and entire months
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with no time for boredom. It is the
“The Uncharted World”, and in
2021 it will be explored by the first
Expedition World Cruise in history: the
first designed to host the pioneers of
beauty, guests who want to see the
world raw and unfiltered. Silversea’s
Silver Cloud will depart Ushuaia,
Argentina, on 30 January 2021 and
over 167 days, the world’s most
luxurious ice-class crossover ship will
unlock unforgettable experiences
for guests in 30 countries across six
continents, covering a total of 39,000
nautical miles visiting 107 ports.
The Expedition World Cruise 2021 will
connect an unprecedented range of
immersive travel experience.
In our June 2019 Issue we will publish
more details on this exciting cruise –
Editor