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Pacific Explorer Prepares to Call Australia Home

In less than a week's time,P&O Cruises will welcome its latest ship to the fleet when Pacific Explorerarrives in Sydney following a multi-million-dollar refurbishment.

On Monday June 19, thevessel will sail in to Sydney for the first time after spending 12-days in drydock in Singapore.

Pacific Explorer wastransformed into an iconic P&O cruise ship with the help of more than 1,000contractors who spent over 200,000 hours fitting 25,000 square metres of newcarpet and painting 10,000 square metres of walls before installing over 3,000items of new furniture and 1,200 pieces of artwork.

Similarto sister-ship Pacific Dawn,Pacific Explorer will be fitted with the longest and wildest waterslides at seaand an interactive water park. One slide is transparent so that spectators canwatch guests shoot through its twists and turns, while the other slide ismulti-coloured, with music pumping through it to give guests a high-impact rideto the bottom.

Pacific Explorer will also wear the signature Southern Crosslivery emblazoned on her hull, which was also debuted by Pacific Dawn in Marchthis year.

New and exclusive to Pacific Explorer are two new'fast-casual' dining options: Luke's, a poolside grill by Australian chef andrestaurateur Luke Mangan and 400 Gradi, a traditional Neapolitan pizzeria byaward-winning Melbourne chef Johnny Di Francesco.

Relaxation and good times will also be on the menu inPacific Explorer's elegant new small bar, The Bonded Store, featuring acocktail list created in partnership with Sydney-based award-winning ArchieRose Distilling Co, as well as whisky and gin-making classes.

Guests can also enjoy acocktail or two on the upper deck playing outdoor lawn bowls – an Australiancruise ship first.

Offering something foreveryone on board, guests will also be able to dine in the ship's WaterfrontRestaurant, try a taste of la dolce vita in its Italian restaurant Angelo's,relax in the sultry atmosphere of the pan-Asian restaurant Dragon Lady or bespoilt for choice in The Pantry, an international marketplace of nine freshfood outlets already popular across the P&O Cruises' fleet.

P&O Cruises PresidentSture Myrmell said Pacific Explorer would be a fitting new addition to the fleet.

"Pacific Explorer isthe next stage in the evolution of P&O, building on our very popular modernAustralian holiday offering with some exciting new features. We've taken thewinning features of our existing ships and added a whole new layer ofexcitement with some big wow moments like the waterslides and the bowling greenand The Bonded Store, which we're sure will put a smile on our guests' faces.It really will be a ship that offers something for everyone and we can't waitto show her off to our guests"

Pacific Explorer's cruises include an8-night, A Taste of New Caledonia cruise departing Sydney on July 20, 2017.Fares start from $835* per person quad share on the 3x Free Sale.

For more information visitpocruises.com.au, call 13 24 94 or see a licensed travel agent.

*subject toavailability, conditions apply

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