4 Night Airlie Beach Cruise aboard the Carnival Encounter

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Join the Carnival Encounter and settle in for four nights of leisurely travel through the sea from Brisbane and back!

On this sailing you will experience one port, the amazing Airlie Beach. This route is a frequent one for the Encounter.

At under $140 per day, this deal is solid. This is the total you pay, no sneaky extra fees.

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The Carnival Encounter

Based in Brisbane and refurbished just this year ago in 2026, over 2,500 cruisers can travel comfortably on this highly-rated Grand class vessel.

The Encounter Carnival has a gym, a spa, a jacuzzi, five pools, a casino, a bowling lane, a rock climbing wall, and a waterslide.

Carnival Encounter
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Your Itinerary

This sailing spends two sea days and one day in port. See the full itinerary below for details.

Sat8January 8thSaturday
3:00pm
Sun9January 9thSunday
At Sea
Mon10January 10thMonday
8:00am – 5:00pm
Tue11January 11thTuesday
At Sea
Wed12January 12thWednesday
7:00am
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January 8th, 2028  - Airlie Beach Cruise on the Carnival Encounter
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Alternate Sailings

The Encounter sails this route four times this year as well as 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. In the accompanying graphic you can see a visualization of when this ship sails as well as the relative price.

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This graph shows the price over time for every type of cabin. Since it was first listed on November 7th of last year, The price of a stateroom on this sailing has ranged between $488 and $737 inclusive of taxes and port fees. Right now this itinerary is only $54 more than the all time low of $488 so secure your stateroom now before it goes up.

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Last Modified: Oct 4, 2026

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