Princess Cruises revealed plans to operate cruises to and from Adelaide over 2020-2021 summer season, in a move representing the largest ever cruise ship industry commitment to South Australia.
Princess' record South Australian season will see the cruise company inject an estimated US$20 million into the economy of the state in port charges, ship supplies, passenger and crew spending.
In a nod to South Australian wine, the cruise line also unveiled that d’Arenberg wines would be featured across the recently reimagined wine menus onboard Princess Cruises' ships.
A highlight of the record Adelaide season of Princess Cruises is a new Australian program, that offers holidaymakers a choice of almost a hundred cruises across 5 Princess ships sailing from 5 homeports around the country between October 2020-May 2021.
Adelaide itineraries include:
- A couple of 7-night roundtrip cruises to Tasmania on Sea Princess calling at Burnie, Hobart, Port Arthur, with departures on November 9 and 30, 2020. Prices start from US$1,299 per person, double occupancy.
- A 14-night roundtrip cruise on Sea Princess exploring the coastline of Australia and featuring the maiden call of the ship to Eden as well as calls at Burnie, Hobart, Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne. Prices start from US$2199 per person, double occupancy, for the voyage which departs from Adelaide on November 16, 2020.
- A couple of 17-night roundtrip cruises to New Zealand onboard Sapphire Princess, visiting Dunedin, Melbourne, Wellington, Tauranga, Auckland, Napier, and scenic cruising through Fiordland National Park, with departures on October 26 and December 18, 2020. Prices start from US$2,599 per person, double occupancy.
- A 15-night repositioning voyage (RepositionCruises.com) from Adelaide to Hong Kong onboard Majestic Princess, departing on March 11, 2021 and calling at Fremantle, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, and Nha Trang. Prices start from US$1,999 per person, double occupancy.