3 Night Getaway Cruise aboard the Carnival Encounter
Join the Carnival Encounter and settle in for three nights of relaxing sailing across the sea from Brisbane and back again!
This route is a standard one for the Encounter.
This is the total you pay, no surprises. With a cost of less than $130 per day, this deal is good.
The Carnival Encounter
More than 2,500 cruisers can comfortably cruise on this top-rated Grand class vessel, based in Brisbane and refurbished only this year ago in 2026.
The Encounter Carnival wows guests with a jacuzzi, a gym, a casino, a waterslide, a spa, a bowling lane, a rock climbing wall, and five pools.
- Ship class
- Grand
- Built
- 2002
- Refurbished
- 2026
- Guests
- 2,596
- Crew
- 1,100
- Length
- 951 ft
Your Itinerary
This itinerary spends two days at sea and zero days in port. See the full itinerary below for details.
Book Your Cruise
Since being listed a year or so ago, The price of a room on this sailing has fluctuated between $324 and $461 inclusive of taxes and port charges. Right now this cruise is only twenty percent more expensive than the all time low of $324 so reserve your cabin now before it goes up.
Photos show a typical cabin in each class. Layout and decor vary by category.
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Printable CruiseSheet
One page with the route, the day-by-day schedule, typical weather and a notes box for each day.
Alternate Sailings
The Encounter sails this route four times this year as well as fifteen times next year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Luminosa. The Voyager of the Seas, Quantum of the Seas, Adventure, and Ovation of the Seas sail routes with the same stops but slightly different schedules.
More dates on the Carnival Encounter
- Feb 6 Sat, 2027 $356 $119/day
- Feb 20 Sat, 2027 $353 $118/day
- Mar 6 Sat, 2027 $349 $116/day
- Apr 16 Fri, 2027 $419 $140/day
- May 7 Fri, 2027 $406 $135/day
- Jun 5 Sat, 2027 $374 $125/day
- Jun 18 Fri, 2027 $379 $126/day
- Jul 10 Sat, 2027 $399 $133/day
- Aug 28 Sat, 2027 $399 $133/day
- Sep 10 Fri, 2027 $406 $135/day
- Oct 9 Sat, 2027 $379 $126/day
- Oct 30 Sat, 2027 $379 $126/day
- Nov 18 Thu, 2027 $389 $130/day
- Dec 9 Thu, 2027 $417 $139/day
- Dec 27 Mon, 2027 $493 $164/day
The same route on other Carnival ships
- Dec 26 Sat, 2026 · Luminosa $583 $194/day
- Jan 21 Thu, 2027 · Luminosa $434 $145/day
- Mar 4 Thu, 2027 · Luminosa $353 $118/day
- Mar 20 Sat, 2027 · Luminosa $356 $119/day
- Nov 13 Sat, 2027 · Luminosa $393 $131/day
- Dec 26 Sun, 2027 · Luminosa $500 $167/day
- Jan 6 Thu, 2028 · Luminosa $490 $163/day
- Jan 27 Thu, 2028 · Luminosa $399 $133/day
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Data as of Oct 18, 2026