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Carnival Luminosa arrives, lit up with ‘We Love Queensland’

Carnival Luminosa made a spectacular arrival at the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal Sunday night with 61 windows lit up to read ‘We Love Queensland.’

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

October 31, 2022

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Credit: Seatrade Cruise News

The former Costa Cruises’ Costa Luminosa has replaced Carnival Spirit, which was permanently home-ported in Australia in October 2012, and was redeployed to Jacksonville, Florida, in March.

As previously reported, Carnival Splendor, which was home-ported in Australia in December 2019, returned to Sydney on September 30 after an absence of almost a thousand days.

First Carnival sailings from Brisbane

The 2,826-passenger Carnival Luminosa, with Carnival Cruise Line crew, will be the first Carnival ship to sail from Brisbane when she commences a programme of 28 sailings from November 6 until April 2023.

She will visit 60 ports around Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific and is expected to inject around A$165m into the Queensland economy this year.

Carnival Cruise Line Australia VP Kara Glamore said Brisbane is the first global market to experience Carnival Luminosa.

Long-time goal

‘Having a Brisbane-based ship has been a goal of ours for quite some time,’ Glamore said.

Carnival Luminosa will reposition to Seattle from May 2023, before returning to Queensland later in the year. 

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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