PACIFIC Sun sailed into the annals of
P&O Cruises history over the weekend,
returning to Brisbane after her sevennight
farewell cruise following seven
years with the cruise line.
Pacific Sun joined the P&O fleet in
2004, and has been hailed by the cruise
line as “the backbone of the resurgence
of cruising in Australia and NZ”.
Over the past seven years Sun has
carried more than half a million
passengers, racked up 2707 days
deployed (excluding dry docks), sailed
767,600 nautical miles (the equivalent
of 30 times around the world), has departed on 314 cruises (with an average duration of 8.6
nights), made 1,168 port calls at 80 separate destinations, and visited 19 countries.
Speaking in a video message, CEO of Carnival Australia, Ann Sherry commended Sun’s crew
saying that none of the vessel’s achievements would have been possible “without all of you and
the customer service you provided to all of those passengers”.
“You can all give yourselves a pat on the back for your great achievements,” she added.
Pacific Sun’s hard working crew are pictured above onboard her very last voyage for P&O.
