6 Night Great Barrier Reef Cruise aboard the Carnival Encounter

Settle in for six nights of luxurious travel across the sea when you reserve your cabin on the Carnival Encounter from Brisbane and back again.

Calling on exotic destinations such as Airlie Beach makes this trip notable. This route is an interesting one for the Encounter. In fact, it sails it just once.

This price just dropped, so book quickly to reserve your stateroom before the price moves upwards again! The price includes all entertainment, meals, port fees, and taxes. No surprises! At less than $90 a day, this represents an incredible bargain.

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Spa

The Carnival Encounter

The Encounter Carnival, based in Brisbane and refurbished less than this year ago in 2025, is a highly-rated Grand class vessel that can carry comfortably over 2,500 cruisers.

The Encounter Carnival has a casino, a waterslide, two jacuzzis, a spa, a rock climbing wall, a gym, and a bowling lane.

Carnival Encounter

Pricing Information

Since being listed 18 days ago, The cost of this itinerary has ranged between $502 and $513 for a room, inclusive of $0 in taxes and port charges. The accompanying graph shows the cost over time for each type of cabin. At only $10 higher than the all time low of $502 today is a great time to secure your stateroom

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outside
balcony
suite
$512
$578
$733
$1,062
$85.33/day
$96.33/day
$122.17/day
$177.00/day
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Your Itinerary

This itinerary spends three days at sea and two days in port. Major features include visits to exotic destinations like Airlie Beach.

DatePortArriveDepart
Sun, Jul 26Brisbane, Australia 3:00pm
Mon, Jul 27At Sea
Tue, Jul 28Airlie Beach, Australia 7:00am4:00pm
Wed, Jul 29Cairns, Australia 9:00am5:30pm
Thu, Jul 30International Date Line (Cruising)
Willis Island, Australia (Cruising)
Thu, Jul 30At Sea
Fri, Jul 31Brisbane, Australia 7:00am
July 26th, 2026  - Great Barrier Reef Cruise on the Carnival Encounter
Your Route
Gym
Casino
Day 4: Cairns

Alternate Sailings

The Encounter sails this route once next year, but doesn't sail it this year. The Voyager of the Seas and Quantum of the Seas also 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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Last Updated: Jul 3, 2025

Last Modified: Jul 3, 2025

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