Carnival Cruise Line will sail from Melbourne in 2027

Carnival Cruise Line announced a brief cruise season out of Melbourne in early 2027 via social media.

After entering the company’s fleet in March, the Carnival Adventure will return to its home port in late March for a series of two- to six-night excursions.

The 2,600-guest ship will embark on its debut cruise from Melbourne on March 24, 2027, with a six-night itinerary.

The voyage to South Australia stops in Port Lincoln, Kangaroo Island, and Adelaide, with two days at sea in between.

The Carnival Adventure then offers two four-night trips to Kangaroo Island, with departures on March 30 and April 3, 2027.

After completing the final short trip from Melbourne, the ship embarks on a two-night repositioning cruise to Sydney.

Starting April 9, 2027, the vessel will resume its usual schedule of two- to 12-night cruises departing from Sydney.

Before landing in Melbourne, the Carnival Adventure will embark on Carnival’s inaugural roundtrip voyage from Singapore.

The nine-night voyage to Southeast Asia will include stops in Thailand, Bangkok, and Vietnam in late February 2027.

The journey will be followed by a 17-day repositioning cruise to Melbourne, departing from Singapore on March 8, 2027.

In addition to Fremantle and Albany in Australia, the one-way trip will visit Port Klang and Langkawi in Malaysia, as well as Benoa in Indonesia.

According to Carnival, bookings for sailings aboard the Adventure are available on P&O Cruises Australia’s website until March 10, 2025.

Following that date, all reservations will be processed and maintained through the Carnival Cruise Line Australia website.

The Carnival Adventure, which was originally built for Princess Cruises in 2001, now sails as the Pacific Adventure.

The 110,000-ton ship will join Carnival Cruise Line’s fleet in March 2025, alongside its sister ship Pacific Encounter.