| The final countdowns

CARNIVAL Cruise Line’s countdown has officially begun, with just 100 days until Carnival Splendor’s return to Australia.

The line’s dedicated Sydney ship will return home on 30 Sep, following a successful season cruising in Alaska.

With almost 1,000 days since her last Australian cruise, Splendor will offer Sydneysiders a range of action-packed itineraries from Aussie favourites including Moreton Island, Carnival’s famous Melbourne Cup cruises, to New Zealand, and more.

Meanwhile, it is also only six months until Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Spirit debuts Down Under.

The ship has been completely reimagined in an extensive bow-to-stern, USD$100 million renovation.