4 Night Airlie Beach Cruise aboard the Carnival Encounter

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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.

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Gym

The Carnival Encounter

Based in Brisbane and refurbished just this year ago in 2026, more than 2,500 cruisers can cruise on this highly-rated Grand class ship.

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

Carnival Encounter
Casino

Your Itinerary

This sailing is made up of two days at sea and one day in port. See the full itinerary below for details.

Tue28March 28thTuesday
3:00pm
Wed29March 29thWednesday
At Sea
Thu30March 30thThursday
8:00am – 5:00pm
Fri31March 31stFriday
At Sea
Sat1April 1stSaturday
7:00am
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March 28th, 2028  - Airlie Beach Cruise on the Carnival Encounter
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Alternate Sailings

The Encounter sails this route four 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.

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2026
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Book Your Cruise

The accompanying graph indicates the price over time for each type of cabin. Since being listed eleven months ago, The cost of this cruise has ranged between $460 and $611 for a cabin, inclusive of taxes and port fees. At only $32 more than the all time low of $460 now is a great time to secure your cabin

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$492
$542
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$123.00/day
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Last Updated: Sep 19, 2026

Last Modified: Sep 19, 2026

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