P&O Cruises Australia’s Pacific Encounter has made a “double splash” this week, becoming the first ship in the line’s fleet to call into Darwin since the resumption of cruising – after which she will head to Singapore to undergo a three-week dry dock. Additions during the Brisbane-based Encounter’s time in...
P&O Cruises Australia’s Pacific Encounter has made a “double splash” this week, becoming the first ship in the line’s fleet to call into Darwin since the resumption of cruising – after which she will head to Singapore to undergo a three-week dry dock.
Additions during the Brisbane-based Encounter’s time in Singapore will include new Twin-Racer waterslides and the P&O Edge Adventure Park.
Located 10 metres above Deck 16, Adventure Park will feature a 55-metre-long zipline, a rock climbing wall, a cargo net, a walk the plank, and a beam walk.
It will complement the 142-metre-long, 16-metre-high Twin-Racer waterslides, which already appear on Encounter’s fleetmate Pacific Adventure.
The ship will reposition to the dry dock on 06 Feb, following her 14-night ‘Indonesian Explorer’ cruise, of which Darwin was the maiden call.
The stop was Encounter’s first-ever in the NT capital, a moment which was recognised with a plaque exchange (pictured).
Encounter will celebrate even more history-making moments during the 14-night cruise, when she becomes the first ship in the P&O fleet to make further maiden calls in Benoa and Lombok, before her arrival in Singapore.
Following the dry dock, Encounter will recommence her full program of itineraries from Brisbane in Mar.
“These exciting additions will mark the completion of our three-fleet transformation and bring us yet another step closer to a full and ‘normal’ cruising season,” P&O Australia President Marguerite Fitzgerald said.
“We look forward to welcoming our Brisbane guests back onboard and seeing the joy as they race down the new slides and test out the adrenalin-pumping activities at sea when she returns.”
