Sea and Sapphire to Australia

[yyjguy]

Both ships are headed down in the fall of 2011; any one know the dates and itinerary? Sea sails a return voyage from Sydney on April 15,2012, and an unknown date for Sapphire. Would like to know the itinerary for the north bounds as well. Help???

[kuldalai]

SUN PRINCESS - will be based in BRISBANE . Arrive September 2011, leave Brisbane finally February, 2012 .Sun Princess' cruises from Brisbane will include seven two-week sojourns to New Zealand, two 11-night South Pacific cruises to Fiji and an exciting new 41-night voyage to Asia, featuring visits to Brunei, Vietnam, Japan and China including Beijing.

 

 

SEA PRINCESS is shown on Sydney Port as arriving on 17/10/11 and departing finally on 15/04/12. Sea Princess will offer cruises to New Zealand, Japan and Tasmania.

 

 

DIAMOND PRINCESS - Arrive in Sydney from Asia on 16/12/11 and do New Zealand circuits as in past years, finally departing Sydney north 04/02/12.

 

 

DAWN PRINCESS - Based in Melbourne . First arrive 30/09/11 and departing on 08/04/12. Dawn Princess will be offering cruises to New Zealand, around Australia and to Tahiti and Hawaii.

 

 

# Info gleaned from Port of Sydney and Melbourne websites, and Princess Media Release - My 2010.

[sassyredhat]

:eek: :eek: waaaat??

 

So we are losing another ship, or just a seasonal move ?

 

We have our first Princess cruise booked for Sept. 4, 2011. Are we getting in under the wire?

 

Pat

[Kinkacruiser]

It's good to see the choices of liner and itineraries expanding for the 'downunders' :) Thankyou Princess

[willyguy]

What about the west coast?

[aussiecruiser275]

What about the west coast?

 

The Dawn or Sun will relocate to Freo (Freemantle) for the Winter months, whilst the other will do its RTW cruise.

Whilst the Sea and Sapphire will either then be stationed then in Europe or Alaska - the usual pattern.

 

I wish though we could get a year round Princess ship to be based in Sydney......I keep wishing

[kuldalai]

Princess persist in scheduling cruises from Sydney & Melbourne to Northern Queensland and the South Pacific in the Australian Summer when it is as hot as hell there, and no one wants to go . Then they wonder why loadings are poor . But where are these cruises in the Australian winter months when people really want to get away from the South and cold to the warmer climates in Queensland and the South Pacific . For example especially with Melbourne & Hobart (Tasmania) Princess should schedule in June and July consecutive round trips departing from Melbourne that go Melbourne - Brisbane - Barrier Reef - Cairns - New Caledonia - Vanuatu - Sydney - Hobart - Melbourne with pax being able to join in both Melbourne and Hobart . Such a circuit would be as popular as New Zealand is in the Summer months .