Cruise and Ferry Review - Summer/Spring 2020

2 0 1 Adventurous guests will be able to take a ride on Pacific Adventure’s twisting waterslide CS IE HIGHL IGHTS: INTERV IEW Designing an adventure Jon Ingleton talked with P&O Cruises Australia’s Petra Ryberg at CSIE and found out how the company is preparing to welcome two new sister ships to its fleet P acific Adventure (formerly Princess Cruises’ Golden Princess) will transfer to P&O Cruises Australia in October 2020, followed by Pacific Encounter (currently Princess Cruises’ Star Princess) in 2021. Before they start sailing, both ships will be renovated and rebranded in projects led by the brand’s head of design, Petra Ryberg. “For Pacific Adventure, we’ll continue our modern Australian residential feel and create something more akin to a boutique hotel than a traditional big cruise ship design,” said Ryberg. “The two ships are structurally very similar, but we’ve not yet settled on the design brief for Pacific Encounter.” Ryberg has a keen sense of the Australian spirit. “Australians love being outdoors, appreciate beautiful interiors, welcome diversity and live life to the full,” she said. “It’s about coming together and having a good time.” This mandate has guided her past work and did so again for Pacific Adventure. “Over the past 18 months, we’ve invested a lot of time and energy into making this a beautiful but not overly pretentious ship,” she said. “Pacific Adventure will be a place for everyone to come together to have the vacation that they want – whether they are alone, travelling as a couple, with family or in the company of good friends.” Guests can expect plenty of noteworthy spaces. “We think that we’ve hit the ideal tone throughout the ship with countless “Pacific Adventure will be a place for everyone to come together to have the vacation that they want”