4 Night Airlie Beach Cruise aboard the Carnival Encounter
Settle in for four nights of refreshing sailing through the sea when you set sail with the Carnival Encounter from Brisbane and back.
Aboard this sailing you'll tour through one amazing stop: Airlie Beach. This is a frequent route for the Encounter.
Our price is the total you pay, no surprises at checkout. Coming in at less than $140 per day, this value is good.
The Carnival Encounter
The Encounter Carnival, based in Brisbane and refurbished less than this year ago in 2026, is a top-rated Grand class cruise ship that can house more than 2,500 passengers.
The Encounter Carnival boasts a gym, a casino, a bowling lane, a jacuzzi, a spa, a rock climbing wall, a waterslide, 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 sea days and one day in port. See the full itinerary below for details.
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Book Your Cruise
Since being listed a year or so ago, The cost of a stateroom on this cruise has varied between $488 and $627 inclusive of taxes and port fees. Right now this itinerary is only $53 higher than the all time low of $488 so lock in your stateroom now before it goes up.
Photos show a typical cabin in each class. Layout and decor vary by category.
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Alternate Sailings
The Encounter sails this route three times this year in addition to nineteen times next year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Luminosa. The Grand, 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
- Jan 23 Sat, 2027 $498 $125/day
- Jan 27 Wed, 2027 $475 $119/day
- Feb 9 Tue, 2027 $482 $121/day
- Feb 23 Tue, 2027 $475 $119/day
- Mar 9 Tue, 2027 $458 $115/day
- Mar 21 Sun, 2027 $471 $118/day
- Mar 25 Thu, 2027 $593 $148/day
- Apr 12 Mon, 2027 $488 $122/day
- Apr 29 Thu, 2027 $507 $127/day
- May 3 Mon, 2027 $487 $122/day
- Jun 21 Mon, 2027 $499 $125/day
- Jul 13 Tue, 2027 $521 $130/day
- Aug 14 Sat, 2027 $496 $124/day
- Aug 31 Tue, 2027 $486 $122/day
- Sep 13 Mon, 2027 $490 $123/day
- Oct 12 Tue, 2027 $493 $123/day
- Nov 2 Tue, 2027 $486 $122/day
- Nov 14 Sun, 2027 $486 $122/day
- Dec 5 Sun, 2027 $489 $122/day
The same route on other Carnival ships
- Dec 14 Mon, 2026 · Luminosa $574 $144/day
- Jan 11 Mon, 2027 · Luminosa $601 $150/day
- Feb 28 Sun, 2027 · Luminosa $465 $116/day
- Mar 23 Tue, 2027 · Luminosa $502 $126/day
- Nov 16 Tue, 2027 · Luminosa $504 $126/day
- Nov 29 Mon, 2027 · Luminosa $501 $125/day
- Jan 23 Sun, 2028 · Luminosa $497 $124/day
- Mar 5 Sun, 2028 · Luminosa $494 $124/day
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Data as of Oct 20, 2026