Max Osborne from Turramurra, NSW, has sailed on five cruises over the last ten years. Max named Pacific Princess his favourite ship, as he prefers smaller, more intimate vessels rather than the 3,000+ passenger ships. He also prefers the ease of cruising Sydney to Sydney instead of a long flight to join a cruise. Max [...]
In my role as News Editor for Cruise Passenger magazine, I visit most of the cruise ships, trade shows and cruise events. At these events I meet many passionate cruisers, so I have compiled a series of interviews with these cruisers to share with you.We listen to your comments and endeavour to shape our magazine [...]
Recently, the Sydney Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, invited me to a seminar and luncheon. The topic discussed was Sydney 2030 and it was a most interesting morning.
One of the special panel guests was John Tabart, Chief Executive Officer of Barangaroo Sydney Australia. (For those of you not from Sydney this is a huge area [...]
Some critics say that RCI’s Oasis of the Seas may be too big and will certainly disappoint some cruisers. Many passengers will feel crowded in dining rooms and due to the extra long time de-boarding in ports they may not have enough time to explore and go sightseeing.
Many passengers may miss the individual attention that [...]
Cruise prices keep getting lower and lower. Most cruise lines are offering such incredible bargains that there has to be an end to this pricing soon. Cruise lines began dropping prices drastically late last year in reaction to a sharp slowdown in bookings brought on by the economic crisis and fares for many itineraries have [...]
I got an invitation to view the new Movies Under the Stars™ outdoor cinema on Princess Cruises Dawn Princess, following her recent refurbishment in Brisbane. Over 500 tradesmen worked around the clock to make the ship ‘as new’ and they certainly did a great job.
After a champagne breakfast with some other media and selected travel [...]
On Friday 26 June, Cruise Passenger editor Sally Macmillan and myself lopped around the corner to Manly beach (with video camera in tow) to meet the CEO and founder of One Ocean Expeditions, Andrew Prossin. We planned to interview him on camera (soon to appear on www.cruises.com.au) and the blue-eyed Canadian was more than happy [...]
In a previous blog I told the story of a Sydneysider who went on an extended Pacific cruise from Sydney to Tahiti/Honolulu but was so disenchanted with many services on the ship that he and his wife jumped ship in Honolulu and flew home at considerable extra expense.
This person failed to get any written answers [...]
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