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RCI’s Anthem of the Seas to debut Down Under in 2025-26

Royal Caribbean International’s Anthem of the Seas will make her debut in Australia and New Zealand in the 2025-26 cruise season, joined by Voyager of the Seas.

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

April 10, 2024

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Anthem of the Seas will be based in Sydney, while Voyager of the Seas will be based in Brisbane for the first time.

The two ships will operate cruises around Australia and to the South Pacific and New Zealand between November 2025 and April 2026.

Anthem will offer two- to four-night getaways, as well as longer sailings to New Zealand and the South Pacific.

New port of call

Voyager will chalk up a new port of call — Luganville in Vanuatu — when she operates seven-to-nine-night voyages to Noumea, Port Vila (Luganville) and Mystery Island in Vanuatu.

‘Between the excitement of Anthem of the Seas making its Australian debut, Voyager’s return Down Under and more weekend getaways than ever before, the 2025-26 summer season is one for the books,’ VP and MD Australasia Gavin Smith said.

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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