Carnival Encounter
Carnival Cruise Line · Princess Grand class · 2002
Carnival Encounter measures 108,977 gross tons, with room for 2,596 guests. Carnival Encounter sails 4-night cruises from Brisbane.
- BuiltYear built
- 2002
- TonnageGross tonnage
- 108,977
- Decks
- 18
- Cabins
- 1,298
- Guests
- 2,596
- 3,115 at full occupancy
- Crew
- 1,100
Carnival Encounter cruise schedule
61 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local
- At seaMon 26 Oct
- Tue 27 Oct08:0016:00
- Wed 28 Oct09:3017:30
- Thu 29 Oct10:0011:00
- At seaFri 30 Oct
Numbers match the port order
Showing 6 of 61 cruises
Where Carnival Encounter sails
Homeport and departures by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027
BrisbaneNumber = cruises starting that month
Ports Carnival Encounter visits
13 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted
- Airlie Beach29 callsAustralia
- Mystery Island15 callsVanuatu
- Port Vila15 callsVanuatu
- Lifou14 callsNew Caledonia
- Cairns11 callsAustralia
- Willis Island11 callsAustralia
- Nouméa8 callsNew Caledonia
- Champagne Bay4 callsEspiritu Santo
- 2 calls
- Lautoka1 callFiji
How Carnival Encounter sails
Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027 · from published itineraries
Sailing mix
Upcoming sailings by length
61sailings
- Up to 5 nights3252%
- 7 nights35%
- 6, 8 or 9 nights2033%
- 10–14 nights610%
- 15+ nights0–
Turnaround ports
- Brisbane61 sailings
Port intensity
Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return
- Time in port
- 9 h
- median · 1 – 35 h
- Port days
- 41%
- of days between embarkation and return
- Overnight calls
- 1
- staying past midnight
- Late departures
- 2
- after 20:00 · latest 21:00
Cruise patterns
- 1 port · 2 sea days4 nights18 cruises
- 0 ports · 2 sea days3 nights14 cruises
- 3 ports · 2 sea days6 nights10 cruises
- 3 ports · 4 sea days8 nights10 cruises
- 3 ports · 3 sea days7 nights2 cruises
Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown
Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 20:00, local time.
Carnival Encounter specifications
From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units
Ship
- Cruise line
- Carnival Cruise Line
- Class
- Princess Grand class
- Year built
- 2002
- Status
- In service
- IMO
- 9192363
- MMSI
- 311001596
Size
- Gross tonnage
- 108,977 GT
- Length
- 289.51 m
- Beam
- 36 m
- Decks
- 18
- Cruising speed
- 24 knots
Capacity
- Guests, double occupancy
- 2,596
- Guests, full occupancy
- 3,115
- Cabins
- 1,298
- Crew
- 1,100
- Guests per crew member
- 2.4
- Space per guest
- 42.0 GT
How it compares
129th largest of 350 ships in service
Gross tonnage
- Carnival Encounter108,977
- Carnival Cruise Line average120,665
- All ships in service91,156
Guests, double occupancy
- Carnival Encounter2,596
- Carnival Cruise Line average3,322
- All ships in service2,189
Princess Grand class sister ships
Same design and size as Carnival Encounter
Carnival Adventure
2001 · 108,865 GT · 2,636 guests
Also from Carnival Cruise Line: Carnival Festivale, Carnival Tropicale, Carnival Celebration, Carnival Jubilee, Carnival Mardi Gras, Carnival Venezia
About Carnival Encounter
Carnival Encounter was built by Fincantieri at Monfalcone as Star Princess, a Grand Princess sister, and delivered for Princess Cruises in January 2002. In 2021 she was renamed Pacific Encounter for P&O Cruises Australia. When P&O Cruises Australia merged into Carnival Cruise Line in March 2025, she was renamed Carnival Encounter and sailed her first Carnival cruise from Brisbane on 29 March 2025.