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Carnival Luminosa heads back to Brisbane for second season

Carnival Luminosa sailed from Seattle Friday on a 31-day repositioning voyage to Brisbane for her second cruise season there which runs from October 15 until April 2024.

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

September 15, 2023

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Credit: Seatrade Cruise News

The former Costa Cruises’ Costa Luminosa was the first Carnival ship to sail from Brisbane when she commenced her first season in November 2022 until April this year.

During Costa Luminosa’s repositioning voyage, she will call at ports in Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia.

Season’s 31 cruises

She will operate 31 cruises during her second season at the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal, visiting  Airlie Beach, the Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.

Her first cruise is a seven-night sailing to the Great Barrier Reef on October 15.

‘After a fantastic season in North America, we’re so excited to be welcoming Carnival Luminosa back home to Brisbane,’ VP Kara Glamore said.

‘We know Queenslanders have been eagerly awaiting her return and our crew can’t wait to welcome our Aussie guests back on board to experience all the fun they have come to know and love on a Carnival cruise,’ Glamore said.

Carnival Luminosa arrives at the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal for a second season on October 15

About the Author

Helen Hutcheon

Australasia correspondent

Helen Hutcheon did her cadetship on a shipping magazine and worked in P&O’s Sydney office for seven years as a public relations journalist.

For 19 years she was deputy editor of Travel Week, which was Australia’s leading trade newspaper that covered major local and international industry events.

In 2008 the late legendary Rama Rebbapragada presented her with an award from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd ‘in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the cruising industry.’

In 2010 she won the Neil Frazer Award for ‘outstanding contribution to the cruise industry,’ elevating her to CLIA Australasia’s hall of fame.

She has been the Australasia correspondent for Seatrade Cruise Review since 1997 and for Seatrade Insider (now Seatrade Cruise News) since its launch in 2000.

 

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