P&O Cruises’ Pacific Encounter has arrived in Singapore for its scheduled drydock on Monday, February 6, after a 14-day Brisbane to Singapore Cruise.
The ship left the Marina Bay Cruise Centre and headed in direction of the Sembawang Shipyard in northern Singapore the place it arrived at round 4:30 PM.
During this three-week drydock, the Pacific Encounter will get a brand new pair of 142-meter-long Twin Racer waterslides extending from a peak of 16 meters and the signature P&O Edge Adventure Park with a 55-meter-long zipline, Rock Climbing wall, Cargo Net, Walk the Plank, and Beam Walk.
Aside from these upgrades, the ship may even get refreshed with minor repairs and lodge enhancements to different public areas.
The Pacific Encounter has already undergone an enormous transformation in 2022 when quite a lot of new venues had been added to the ship, together with the Byron Beach Club, Luke’s Bar & Grill, the F45 Fitness Studio, Black Circus Theatre, and the Altitude nightclub.
After the completion of the drydock, the Pacific Encounter will return to service on February 25, 2023 and depart on a 14-night Indonesian Explorer journey from Singapore to Brisbane, Australia. Once in Brisbane, the ship will proceed to supply a sequence of voyages starting from three to 14 days visiting New Zealand, Australia, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga and extra.
On March 11, the ship will embark on a 14-night Kiwi Adventure cruise with calls in Fjordland, National Park, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Napier, Tauranga and Auckland.
The ship will sail from Brisbane by way of January 2025.