woodscruise Posted March 18, 2009 #1 Share Posted March 18, 2009 "Brisbane will become the new homeport for P&O Cruises Pacific Dawn from Dec this year, instead of the Pacific Jewel,as was originally planned. It's the first time a superliner will be based in Brisbane. Meanwhile, Pacific Dawn's sister ship, the new Pacifc Jewel will call Sydney home from 13 December. Carnival Australia senior vp, Jenny Lourey, said the decision to base Pacific Jewel in Sydney, which features the biggest spa at sea in this region, was prompted by research findings showing Sydneysiders were more focused on relaxing and taking time out for themselves. Itineraries for the superliners will be available for sale from this Saturday. P&O Cruises says that passengers booked on affected cruises departing from Dec this year will be automatically transferred onto another voyage close to their original itinerary." Souce Cruise weekly breaking news. Kind regards Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down-Unders Posted March 18, 2009 #2 Share Posted March 18, 2009 "Brisbane will become the new homeport for P&O Cruises Pacific Dawn from Dec this year, instead of the Pacific Jewel,as was originally planned. It's the first time a superliner will be based in Brisbane. Meanwhile, Pacific Dawn's sister ship, the new Pacifc Jewel will call Sydney home from 13 December. Carnival Australia senior vp, Jenny Lourey, said the decision to base Pacific Jewel in Sydney, which features the biggest spa at sea in this region, was prompted by research findings showing Sydneysiders were more focused on relaxing and taking time out for themselves. Itineraries for the superliners will be available for sale from this Saturday. P&O Cruises says that passengers booked on affected cruises departing from Dec this year will be automatically transferred onto another voyage close to their original itinerary." Souce Cruise weekly breaking news. Kind regards Michael I would not describe these two ships as super liners, given their age and design. More like hand me downs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This_Beats_Working Posted March 19, 2009 #3 Share Posted March 19, 2009 So this obviously means that all the cruises on "Pacific Jewel" from Brisbane from December are now wrong. P&O should have sorted all this stuff out before selling rooms.. Was looking forward to "Pacific Jewel" from Brisbane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted March 19, 2009 #4 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I would not describe these two ships as super liners, given their age and design. More like hand me downs! Agreed! I'd like to see why they feel they can be called "superliners." Compounding that is this statement in their release elsewhere: "We will not be communicating directly to your clients as we are so far from sailing, therefore, please ensure your clients are kept updated with the changes to their booking." So if the agent doesn't get in touch for whatever reason (which is not unknown), passengers will have ships and may even have dates and itineraries changed on them without any notification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_cruiser Posted March 19, 2009 #5 Share Posted March 19, 2009 So I guess if the Pacific Dawn is now sailing from Brisbane, that their may be a chance that she may come over here to NZ for the winter months. (Unless NZ is getting the Pacific Pearl or the Pacific Pearl is going to do a stint over here during the winter months.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ela 2 Posted March 19, 2009 #6 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Looks like we will be playing musical chairs (or ships) again. I don't really care, I'll sail in virtually any ship. :):) Evon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takeout Posted March 19, 2009 #7 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I would not describe these two ships as super liners, given their age and design. More like hand me downs! I think they are calling them Superliners in reference to the previous ships we have had. If their hand me downs they`ll do me:):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Kinkacruiser Posted March 19, 2009 #8 Share Posted March 19, 2009 It's wonderful to see all these new liners come downunder. We've only been cruising the short side of 3 years and witnessed so many changes. Anything post 'Pacific Star' would be "heaven on a spoon". Cheers, Anna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz cruiser Posted March 19, 2009 #9 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I would not describe these two ships as super liners, given their age and design. More like hand me downs! I think the title Superliner has more to do with their size than anything else. If I remember correctly I read somewhere that if the ship is greater than 70,000 tonnes it is a Superliner. Cheers, Charmain:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted March 20, 2009 #10 Share Posted March 20, 2009 According to wikipedia it's any liner over 10,000 tonnes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superliner_(passenger_ship) Basically, it doesn't mean much in that context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAFC2004 Posted March 20, 2009 #11 Share Posted March 20, 2009 It seems to be an arbitrary definition, and this is supported by the way P&O use the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalmTree's Posted March 21, 2009 #12 Share Posted March 21, 2009 With new ships coming in the near future, with the capacity of carrying 4,000 + passengers,I would say that they are the super liners. I never liked crowds anyway. I would say the greatest super liner ever built was the Titanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmo Posted March 21, 2009 #13 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I am yet to be told anything by my TA, But according to my cruise personaliser, my W934 cruise on PD 9th Dec has droped from 9 to 8 nights and the ports have changed from: Villa, Ouveau, Isle of Pines to all New Caledonia - Poum, Isle of Pines, Noumea. Cant say i'm overly happy,:( but what can you do???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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