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We have booked a cruise from Brisbane to Melbourne for the Melbourne Cup. Did anybody do the cruise and was it themed with speakers. Also what is the P&O enclosure like. Is there plenty of seating, is it undercover and is there catering.

On 11/26/2020 at 6:25 AM, Horizon chaser 1957 said:

Quantas has already announced that once the vaccine is available, they will require proof of vaccination prior to boarding. Odds are they won’t be alone in that.

Yes you are right. Qantas has stated no Jab no Fly on international routes. They are copping a lot of flak from some who fell it is their right to have a choice. 

I received one. I am in Australia.

Good news. Still hope for me and our refund. Only been waiting 18 weeks for a refund on a cruise HAL cancelled as they sold the Veendam. 

How many crew would be on board maintaining these HAL ships?

6 hours ago, Sir PMP said:

No more paper bags in the supermarket..

Have just started using them again at one of major supermarket chain in Australia. 15c ea.

40 minutes ago, stickey_mouse said:

 

I looked at that itinerary, but I didn't want to miss Geiranger, most couldn't swing a 14-day cruise, and it would be even more difficult to accommodate our large group on the smaller Rotterdam. 

How many in your group?

Had a cruise booked Sydney to Asia in Jan21. I doubt this will a goer so I cancelled my cruise in March and received a full refund to my Credit Card in early May.

I am booked on a cruise to Europe in June 2021. I am not confident that I will be able to travel in and out of the country. Our leaders are talking 2022 before we have unlimited travel to all parts of the world. We are very fortunate that like our brothers in NZ we have escaped the worst of the virus and our borders are shut at present.

On 5/9/2020 at 11:29 AM, erewhon said:

 

Good luck.

How are our Kiwi bothers and sisters. We OZ&NZ have been fortunate in the present crisis. We have cancelled one cruise to Asia but have our fingers crossed for Europe inJune 21. 
Hope you are both well

John

1 hour ago, DinkyDee67 said:

Have any Australians received refunds or fccs for cancelled May 2020 cruises? If so, did they book direct or through a travel agent?
We cancelled our May 10th Baltic cruise on 23rd March and have heard nothing.

Weighing up whether to file a dispute with the credit card.

I cancelled a cruise for Jan 21 through my travel agent in Brisbane. She told me they would only give her my deposit in FCC. She suggested i ring HAL AUST and they would organise a refund. I rang this morning and was told by HAL i had a FCC for the deposit amount. I asked for a refund and she said OK but got the standard 60/90 day reply. 

Many restaurants will charge a surcharge of 10% on Sundays as staff can earn up to $40 per hour which is double their normal rate.

I read it twice and am still a little confused. 
are HAL giving OBC for the value of your outlay for the cruise, shore excursions and any other precooked activities and wine packages

Love your reports of the WC. 
is the light rail near the docks running. Last time we were there they were rushing to finish it for the Olympics.

Agree. I live in Australia and the fires have been devastating in many areas of Australia. In many of the areas the emergency is over and the residents are working to rebuild their homes and communities.

Australia is open for business and they are asking people to visit the effected areas to help rebuild the economies.

When we in Rio a couple of years ago there was a light rail system from the wharves to the city. Made life easy.

7 hours ago, The-Inside-Cabin said:

We are arriving at Terminal 26 now!!!!

A few people got turned away by security when they realized this was not the Nieuw AMSTERDAM!!!




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Wonder where their luggage went?
 

9 minutes ago, PSR said:

 

Yes, Samoa has a measles outbreak.

A major outbreak in Samoa  with more than 70 deaths most of whom were under 5 years of age.

Thanks for taking the time to keep us up to speed with your cruise. Really enjoying it.

Dont worry about the typing as you are better than many of us.

In October we returned from 34 days on the Maasdam. I dislike hard beds but found the beds on the Maasdam very soft and comfortable. In fact on our return I got rid of our bed and purchased a new softer one.

33 minutes ago, Ken the cruiser said:

Sounds like you had a memorable time. We had an old white truck driver from Victoria who doubled as the driver and tour guide and told us he no clue why the Japanese cemetery was there. He also shared his personal somewhat negative views about the aboriginal people in the area which continued to also make our tour a memorial one, just not in a positive way. 

Sorry to hear your experience was memorable one for the wrong reason. Have been to Broome on many occasions and love the history of the area. It is such a multi cultural town as a result of pearling which is still very profitable. There is also some interesting history around WW2 and the bombing of Broome. It is also a great starting point for tours of the Kimberleys which has some amazing natural features and Aboriginal rock art.

On 10/27/2019 at 11:49 PM, Ken the cruiser said:

Yes, there have been between 4-5 lectures on each of the 7 sea days so far with no repeats yet on the 30 day circumnavigation leg we’re on right now. 
 

As far as the zodiac excursions go, we have not booked any of them, but they are being offered and folks are going on them. However, we haven’t personally talked with anyone that has gone on any of them. Usually they involve cruising along the shoreline, snorkeling and going to a beach which just doesn’t interest us. I believe they have 10 working zodiacs, so capacity shouldn’t be an issue. I think we saw 3-4 in the water when we were at Mystery Island. 

In North Australia they call Zodiacs'' Croc (crocodile) Biscuits'

16 hours ago, kira5 said:

Sorry, I forgot to mention a quartet of tenors who covered a variety of artists.

Just off the Maasdam also had a quartet in the ocean bar six nights per week and the guy on the piano bar six nights per week

On our last two cruises we have had our door magnet stolen.

10 hours ago, Alberta Quilter said:

There appear to be conditions to the offer.  I've highlighted a couple of them:

 

Thanks for the info. Rang HAL (Australia) again and told not available for the cruise. Then spoke to my travel agent who said she can find no record of this deal on the Australia website. We cannot book through the US site. Looks like it may well be a north American deal again.