4 Night Airlie Beach Cruise aboard the Carnival Encounter
Book your cabin on the Carnival Encounter and prepare for four nights of leisurely cruising across the sea from Brisbane and back!
Aboard this cruise you will spend time at one amazing stop: Airlie Beach. This route is a standard one for the Encounter.
With a cost of less than $125 a day, this is a strong deal. We include all entertainment, meals, port fees, and taxes in this price, so that you can compare sailings easily.
The Carnival Encounter
The Encounter Carnival, based in Brisbane and refurbished less than this year ago in 2026, is a highly-rated Grand class ship that can accomodate comfortably over 2,500 travelers.
The Encounter Carnival offers guests five pools, a gym, a waterslide, a bowling lane, a casino, a jacuzzi, a rock climbing wall, and a spa.
- Ship class
- Grand
- Built
- 2002
- Refurbished
- 2026
- Guests
- 2,596
- Crew
- 1,100
- Length
- 951 ft
Your Itinerary
This itinerary spends one port day and two days at sea. See the full itinerary below for details.
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Book Your Cruise
Since being listed a year ago, The cost of this cruise has ranged between $460 and $611 for a cabin, inclusive of taxes and port fees. Today this sailing is just $26 more expensive than the all time low of $460 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 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.
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