4 Night Airlie Beach Cruise aboard the Carnival Encounter
Book your cabin on the Carnival Encounter and settle in for four nights of breathtaking sailing through the sea from Brisbane and back!
Aboard this trip you will experience one exciting port: Airlie Beach. This route is a common one for the Encounter.
We include all meals, entertainment, taxes, and fees in this, so that you can compare trips easily. With a cost of less than $120 a day, this is a good deal.
The Carnival Encounter
The Encounter Carnival, based in Brisbane and refurbished just this year ago in 2026, is a top-rated Grand class cruise ship that can house comfortably over 2,500 travelers.
The Encounter Carnival offers a rock climbing wall, five pools, a spa, a bowling lane, a casino, a gym, a waterslide, and a jacuzzi.
Your Itinerary
This itinerary spends two days at sea and one port day. See the full itinerary below for details.
Alternate Sailings
The Encounter sails this route five times this year plus 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.
Book Your Cruise
Since being listed fifteen months ago, The price of a cabin on this itinerary has fluctuated between $378 and $465 inclusive of taxes and port charges. This graph displays the cost over time for the different types of cabin.
Last Updated: Aug 30, 2026
Last Modified: Aug 29, 2026