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Your welcome and I hope you enjoy your amazing cruise!

Thank You OZKiwiJJ for the update 🙂

Lest We Forget

On Thursday 2nd May 2024 Coral Princess sets off from Brisbane on for her epic 111 day round the world cruise!. Bon Voyage! Wishing you all a really fantastic time as your departure date approaches ever nearer. I have started thread early to cover those getting on the Coral Princess in Auckland on 26th April 2024 and in Sydney on the 30th April 2024. What a wonderful time you are all in for!! Here's the fabulous 111 day itinerary... This years itinerary has changed a lot!, a first for the World cruise for a large leg of a would cruise to change so much! Date Port Arrive Depart: Thu 02/05/24 - Brisbane / Australia Tue 30/04/24 - Sydney / Australia Wed 01/05/24 - At Sea Thu 02/05/24 - At Sea Fri 03/05/24 - At Sea Sat 04/05/24 - At Sea Sun 05/05/24 - Fremantle (Perth) / Australia - 10:00 - 19:00 Mon 06/05/24 - At Sea Tue 07/05/24 - At Sea Wed 08/05/24 - At Sea Thu 09/05/24 - At Sea Fri 10/05/24 - At Sea Sat 11/05/24 - At Sea Sun 12/05/24 - At Sea Mon 13/05/24 - Port Louis / Mauritius - 09:00 - 18:00 Tue 14/05/24 - At Sea Wed 15/05/24 - At Sea Thu 16/05/24 - At Sea Fri 17/05/24 - At Sea Sat 18/05/24 - At Sea Sun 19/05/24 - Cape Town / South Africa - 07:00 Mon 20/05/24 - Cape Town / South Africa - 18:00 Tue 21/05/24 - At Sea Wed 22/05/24 - Walvis Bay / Namibia - 09:00 - 18:00 Thu 23/05/24 - At Sea Fri 24/05/24 - At Sea Sat 25/05/24 - At Sea Sun 26/05/24 - At Sea Mon 27/05/24 - At Sea Tue 28/05/24 - At Sea Wed 29/05/24 - At Sea Thu 30/05/24 - Mindelo (São Vicente) / Cape Verde Islands - 09:00 - 18:00 Fri 31/05/24 - At Sea Sat 01/06/24 - At Sea Sun 02/06/24 - Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) / Spain - 07:00 - 16:00 Mon 03/06/24 - At Sea Tue 04/06/24 - Tanger / Morocco - 07:00 - 17:00 Wed 05/06/24 - At Sea Thu 06/06/24 - At Sea Fri 07/06/24 - Cobh (Cork) / Ireland - 09:00 - 22:00 Sat 08/06/24 - At Sea Sun 09/06/24 - Zeebrugge / Belgium - 08:00 - 18:00 Mon 10/06/24 - Ijmuiden (Amsterdam) / Netherlands -07:00m - 19:00 Tue 11/06/24 - At Sea Wed 12/06/24 - Warnemünde / Germany - 09:00 - 23:00 Thu 13/06/24 - At Sea Fri 14/06/24 - Riga / Latvia - 07:00 - 16:00 Sat 15/06/24 - Helsinki / Finland - 11:00 - 20:00 Sun 16/06/24 - Tallinn / Estonia - 07:00 - 17:00 Mon 17/06/24 - Visby (Gotland) / Sweden - 08:00 - 17:00 Tue 18/06/24 - Stockholm / Sweden - 08:00 - Wed 19/06/24 - Stockholm / Sweden - 14:00 Thu 20/06/24 - At Sea Fri 21/06/24 - Copenhagen / Denmark - 08:00 - 22:00 Sat 22/06/24 - Århus / Denmark - 07:00 - 16:00 Sun 23/06/24 - Kristiansand / Norway - 08:00 - 18:00 Mon 24/06/24 - At Sea Tue 25/06/24 - Dover / England - 07:00 - 20:00 Wed 26/06/24 - Le Havre / France - 08:00 - 20:00 Thu 27/06/24 - At Sea Fri 28/06/24 - Queensferry (Edinburgh)* / Scotland - 07:00 - 19:00 Sat 29/06/24 - At Sea Sun 30/06/24 - At Sea Mon 01/07/24 - Akureyri / Iceland - 08:00 - 18:00 Tue 02/07/24 - Isafjördur* / Iceland - 07:00 - 17:00 Wed 03/07/24 - Reykjavik / Iceland - 07:00 - 23:00 Thu 04/07/24 - At Sea Fri 05/07/24 - At Sea Sat 06/07/24 - At Sea Sun 07/07/24 - At Sea Mon 08/07/24 - Sydney (Cape Breton Island) / Canada - 07:00 - 16:00 Tue 09/07/24 - Halifax / Canada - 07:00 - 16:00 Wed 10/07/24 - Bar Harbor (ME)* / USA - 07:00 - 19:00 Thu 11/07/24 - Boston (MA) / USA - 08:00 - 22:00 Fri 12/07/24 - At Sea Sat 13/07/24 - New York (NY) / USA - 06:30 Sun 14/07/24 - New York (NY) / USA - 16:00 Mon 15/07/24 - At Sea Tue 16/07/24 - At Sea Wed 17/07/24 - Key West (FL) / USA - 08:00 - 16:00 Thu 18/07/24 - At Sea Fri 19/07/24 - At Sea Sat 20/07/24 - Panama Canal (Passage/Cruise) / Panama - 06:00 - 16:30 Sun 21/07/24 - At Sea Mon 22/07/24 - Manta / Ecuador - 05:00 - 18:00 Tue 23/07/24 - At Sea Wed 24/07/24 - At Sea Thu 25/07/24 - Callao (Lima) / Peru - 05:00 Fri 26/07/24 - Callao (Lima) / Peru - 18:00 Sat 27/07/24 - Pisco / Peru - 07:00 - 16:00 Sun 28/07/24 - At Sea Mon 29/07/24 - At Sea Tue 30/07/24 - At Sea Wed 31/07/24 - At Sea Thu 01/08/24 - Hangaroa* / Easter Island - 07:00 - 18:00 Fri 02/08/24 - At Sea Sat 03/08/24 - At Sea Sun 04/08/24 - Pitcairn (Passage) / South Seas - 10:00 - 14:00 Mon 05/08/24 - At Sea Tue 06/08/24 - At Sea Wed 07/08/24 - Papeete (Tahiti) / French Polynesia - 08:00 Thu 08/08/24 - Papeete (Tahiti) / French Polynesia - 00:00 - 04:00 Thu 08/08/24 - Moorea* / French Polynesia - 07:00 - 18:00 Fri 09/08/24 - At Sea Sat 10/08/24 - At Sea Sun 11/08/24 - Date Line Mon 12/08/24 - Day lost (due to passing the dateline) Tue 13/08/24 - At Sea Wed 14/08/24 - At Sea Thu 15/08/24 - Auckland / New Zealand - 07:00 - 19:00 Fri 16/08/24 - Bay of Islands* / New Zealand - 07:00 - 16:00 Sat 17/08/24 - At Sea Sun 18/08/24 - At Sea Mon 19/08/24 - Sydney / Australia Wed 21/08/24 - Brisbane / Australia - 07:00 Traveled Distance: 65,454.13 km/35,342.40 nm * Ship is anchored; Tendering weather permitting. Itinerary may be subject to change at any time. Coral Princess Live webcam: Any one found any blogs to follow for this year cruise? Everyone is welcome to contribute to this thread 🙂

Grand Princess docked in Sydney, Australia today for the last time this session: See you next spring Grand Princess 😁

Resilient Lady in Fremantle, Western Australia today.

Good Job. I was wondering what she was doing off Port Lincoln!

Declare, Declare, Declare, any Food you want to bring in to Australia / New Zealand. They will have a look at it and if its Commercial food, they normally wont have a problem with it.

Have a great cruise 😁

Virgin Voyages has pulled out of Australia and New Zealand for her second season. From Cruise Passenger: https://cruisepassenger.com.au/news/virgin-voyages-pulls-out-of-australia A statement released from the cruise lines cited the reason for the change was due to the ongoing conflict in the Red Sea. But rumours of heavy discounting throughout the season might also be an indicator of why Sir Richard Branson’s ship will not return. “As the safety of our passengers and crew is our number one priority, Virgin Voyages recently shared a change of course for our early 2024 repositioning voyage from Australia to the Med. On the heels of these recent changes and based on the regional and government advice we have received; we remain very concerned about potential escalations in the Red Sea over the next 12 months. “This significant and ongoing conflict puts unacceptable risks for safe passage through the region for our Sailors, crew, and vessel (Resilient Lady). As a result, we have been left with no choice but to cancel our 2024/25 voyage season plans for Resilient Lady, impacting the late 2024 and early 2025 repositioning voyages between Europe and Australia and a second sailing season in Australian waters.” Resilient Lady instead of sailing Down Under from her Mediterranean season, will divert to the Caribbean instead. “We are currently working through options to return to Australia and the Asia Pacific region once regional repositioning opportunities become more tenable. We will share updates on future itineraries across the fleet as soon as possible, and if we return for the 25’ season, existing booked Sailors will have priority to move onto these sailings,” the statement continued. “Impacted Sailors will have the option to rebook another voyage or opt for a full refund given the change in plans.”

Bye bye Virgin Voyages! It was nice for you to try Australia. I thought about trying them but they did not have any longer cruises that did not do NZ! and then the cost of flights to Australia!.

Happy Australia day to all the Aussies on Cruise Critic:

Happy New Year! 🎉 All the best for 2024!

On Monday 11th December 2023, the Royal Princess was in Auckland, so I thought I would go down to have a look at her and check her out before we get on her in Sydney. I had forgot how big she was! We last sailed on her before covid to South America.

Here are a few photos I took off the Celebrity Edge arriving in to Auckland, New Zealand today for the very first time:

Celebrity Edge arriving in to Sydney, Australia this morning for the very first time:

Resilient Lady this evening:

Resilient Lady arriving in to Sydney for the very first time this afternoon: Resilient Lady is in Sydney till the 7th December 2023, according Sydney Ports. I wonder if that is Richard Branson on that boat in the screen shot below:

Majestic Princess arriving in Sydney this morning for the first time this season:

Ovation of the Seas arriving in to Sydney, Australia for the first time this season this morning:

3:30pm NZDT: Majestic Princess is still anchored off Rangitoto Island while she waits for the port to re open:

Disney Wonder departing Sydney this afternoon on her first cruise from Sydney!

Disney Wonder at Overseas Passenger Terminal today:

Some webcam captures of the Disney Wonder going for a cruise down Sydney harbour and then back to dock at the overseas passenger terminal Yesterday evening: