Jubilee is headed to Australia
23/6/2003

Carnival Cruise Lines’ Jubilee will transfer to P&O Cruises Australia in Autumn 2004, joining Pacific Sky and more than doubling the P&O brand’s capacity in the region. The news was announced at today’s annual general meeting for Carnival Corp. & plc shareholders in Southampton, the first post-merger gathering for shareholders of dual-listed company.
Built in 1986, the 47,262gt Jubilee carries 1,486 passengers. The Jubilee and Pacific Sky will sail year-round on seven- to 14-day cruises to the South Pacific islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuata and Tonga as well as to New Zealand and Australia, including a schedule from Brisbane for part of the year, opening up a new market for P&O Cruises Australia. The opportunity of the arrival of the Jubilee will also be taken to extend the seasonal deployment of the Pacific Sky in New Zealand, supporting the further growth of this market, Carnival Corp. & plc said.

These two Australian ‘Fun Ships’ will join the premium-market Pacific Princess, which is also deployed in the Australian market for part of the year. After leaving service for the Carnival brand, Jubilee will undergo a multi-million-dollar refurbishment and transformation into a P&O Cruises Australia vessel.

Carnival Corp. & plc chairman Micky Arison said the transfer of Jubilee to the Australia fleet exemplifies the company’s ability to optimize asset utilization in order to maximize returns for the group. P&O Princess Cruises ceo Peter Ratcliffe called Australia and New Zealand ‘rapidly growing cruise markets’ and said ‘the addition of the Jubilee significantly expands our presence in the region while enabling P&O Cruises Australia to upgrade its product offerings with amenities and facilities desired by today's consumers. Ratcliffe added that P&O Cruises Australia carries approximately 61,000 passengers a year and the addition of the Jubilee is expected to boost annual passenger counts to more than 150,000.
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Any guesses about her new name? Pacific Star, Pacific Sun, Pacific Surf?

well it still a great suprise to me - if all goes to plan it will be exciting to see another ship downunder and i hope its itinerys arent just restricted to syndey and the south pacific! it would be good if it incorperated such routes as those explored by leo & virgo.

i know to most cruise fans out there that this is just another minor shuffle of ships- but to australians its a big deal! we love to see new options opening up in the local cruising scene

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Many Australian's love to party, drink, and carry on to a greater degree then any Carnival ship I have sailed, so JUBILEE should be right up their alley!

I'm not saying this in anyway to put down Australians. On the contrary, Australia is one of my favorite countries and Sydney is one of my all time favorite cities. I am lucky to call several Australian's as friends and they are some of the most fun loving people I have ever come across.

Watch out JUBILEE!

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Originally posted by Fairsky:
Can someone with photoshop savvy give us a rendering of Jubilee in Pacific Sky livery?

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She would look something like this, I did change the funnel since the characteristic Carnival funnel is a sort of trademark.

Best, Onno

I thought they might leave the winged funned because Carnival has no ships in Australia, and therefore the winged funned would not confuse any brand identity in that market.

Also, if Carnival plans to send other ships to Australia (Holiday, Celebration?) they won't have to change those funnels as well.

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These two Australian FUN SHIPS will join the premium cruise ship Pacific Princess

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It looks like Carnival wants P&O Australia to be the Carnival down under, while keeping Pacific Princess as the Princess down under. Perhaps in a few years Pacific won't be marketed under P&O Australia but rather Princess Australia... and maybe there will be a Carnival Australia...

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Fairsky said:
Also, if Carnival plans to send other ships to Australia (Holiday, Celebration?) they won't have to change those funnels as well.

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Pacific Sky's new running mate should do very well Downunder! I too think she will be renamed Pacific something!!

I wonder if they will re-engine the Pacific Sky soon as she was the last ship in the world fit with Steam Turbines!!

If they keep to tradition then maybe we will see a Pacific Jubilee or even Pacific Sun!

I was advised that Carnival ships are designed to have the passengers on deck during the day and into the public rooms at night.

Princess/P&O ships are known--even the Grand class-- to fully connect to the ocean.

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Originally posted by desirod7:
Princess/P&O ships are known--even the Grand class-- to fully connect to the ocean.

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I'd have to disagree about the GRAND-class; they don't seem to have much "ocean connection" at all.

Same for VOYAGER OF THE SEAS.

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ReverendJeff said:
Any ideas on plans to base another ship out of Galveston? The abcense of Jubilee could put a strain on the Celebration.

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