What cruise ships will be in Australia this summer? 62 cruise ships are heading here

Australians have plenty of domestic cruising options this summer, with 25 cruise lines arriving in our waters during the peak 2024-2025 cruise season.

Sixty-two cruise ships will operate from Australian ports this 2024-2025 summer cruise season, which runs from October to April. That’s down slightly from 70 ships last season, but on average they will stay longer and make more port calls, up 3 percent from 1904, according to the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA).

Vessels sailing Australia, New Zealand and nearby Pacific routes include Cunard’s Azamara Pursuit, Queen Elizabeth, Regent’s Seven Seas Explorer and Seven Seas Voyager, Silversea’s Seabourn Quest, Silver Muse and three ships Insignia, Nautica and Regatta Oceania.

Fans of large family ships also have plenty of options, such as Disney Wonder, Celebrity Edge and Celebrity Solstice, as well as Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas and Quantum of the Seas.

Three ships from the Norwegian cruise line Sun, Spirit and Sky will also grace our waters, sailing for the first time from Cairns, as well as Melbourne and Sydney.

Ships that have never been to Australia before include Cunard’s latest ship, Queen Anne, on her first round-the-world cruise, Norge Sun and Silversea’s Silver Nova.

This summer will also see the opportunity to sail on ships from lesser-known Australian brands such as UK-based Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, luxury German brand Hapag-Lloyd and AIDA Cruises, which is also German but is now owned by Carnival. Corporation.

Expedition ships include Ponant’s Heritage Adventurer, Le Jacques-Cartier and Le Laperouse, as well as several ships from Australia’s Coral Expeditions. Scenic Eclipse II sails in the Kimberley, Queensland, New Zealand, East Antarctica and the Ross Sea.