On February 4, 2017, Pacific Dawn departs Brisbane on a 14-night voyage to Singapore where she will enter the Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard for a major multimillion-dollar refit.
She will leave Singapore on March 2 on a 14-night return voyage to Brisbane via Bali, Komodo, Dili, Darwin, Cairns and Airlie Beach.
President Sture Myrmell said next year Brisbane passengers taking round cruises from their doorstep will have a stylish new-look Pacific Dawn, the former Regal Princess which became a resident ship in Sydney in November 2007.
Myrmell said she will have a new water park with two exhilarating waterslides, an interactive kids-only play area and The Pantry, an international marketplace that replaces the traditional buffet with the addition of Nic and Toni’s Mediterranean outlet.
He said the company’s increased presence in Queensland follows the impressive growth in the number of passengers cruising from Brisbane since it became the first cruise line to base a ship in the city in 2004.
Latest industry statistics show that Queensland leads Australia in cruising growth, with the state’s passenger numbers rising almost 30% to 282,000 in 2015.
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