4 Night Airlie Beach Cruise aboard the Carnival Encounter
Set sail with the Carnival Encounter and get ready for four nights of refreshing cruising through the sea from Brisbane and back again!
On this sailing you'll experience one city, the amazing Airlie Beach. This route is a standard one for the Encounter.
With a cost of less than $135 a day for an outside cabin, this deal is very strong. We include all meals, entertainment, taxes, and fees in this price, so there are no sneaky extra fees. Especially exciting is that today you can book an oceanview outside room for the price of an interior one!
The Carnival Encounter
The Encounter Carnival, based in Brisbane and refurbished only this year ago in 2026, is a highly-rated Grand class vessel that can accomodate more than 2,500 cruisers.
The Encounter Carnival delights guests with a gym, a jacuzzi, a casino, a bowling lane, a rock climbing wall, a spa, five pools, and a waterslide.
Your Itinerary
This cruise includes one port day and two sea days. See the full itinerary below for details.
Alternate Sailings
The Encounter sails this route five 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. In the accompanying graphic you can see a visualization of when this ship sails as well as the relative price for an outside cabin.
Book Your Cruise
Since it was first listed on June 16th of last year, The cost of this cruise has varied between $463 and $675 for an outside room, inclusive of taxes and port charges. The accompanying graph indicates the price over time for the various classes of cabin. Today this cruise is only $61 higher than the all time low of $463 so lock in your outside stateroom now before it goes up.
Last Updated: Sep 9, 2026
Last Modified: Sep 9, 2026