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Royal Caribbean launches 2023/24 ‘Adventures from Australia’

The debut of the 2,446-passenger Enchantment of the Seas is a highlight of Royal Caribbean International’s 2023/2024 ‘Adventures from Australia.'

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

March 22, 2022

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Quantum of the Seas returns to Brisbane on October 28, 2023, following her first season of home-porting in Brisbane.

Quantum will operate three- to 13-night cruises around the Queensland coast, including calls at Airlie Beach and Cairns, as well as sailing around the South Pacific, including visits to Vanuatu and New Caledonia.

Fifth season Down Under 

Ovation of the Seas arrives in Sydney on November 3, 2023, for her fifth season Down Under. She will offer a mix of 20 cruises, including nine- to 11-night sailings along New Zealand’s coast to destinations like Milford Sound and Bay of Islands. 

She will operate three- to nine-night getaways around Australia to Hobart, Adelaide and Eden, as well as cruises to the South Pacific.

Maiden calls

Enchantment of the Seas will arrive in Sydney on October 22, 2023, and will make Royal Caribbean’s maiden calls at Kangaroo Island in South Australia and Gladstone in Queensland.

She will sail to French Polynesia and New Caledonia and will make a Christmas 2023 cruise to the Top End of Australia and along Australia’s west coast to Exmouth and Fremantle.

Two back-to-back itineraries make a 34-night ‘adventure,’ exploring Australia and New Zealand. 

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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