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The Brisbane dry dock Carins cross is closed for good, un less some comes up with 11 mil to buy it

but the cruise lines / p and o are not paying and tax and it should be way cheaper on there ships

The temp cruise terminal at the grain wharf will close,

where the new cruise terminal will be a hotel and shopping.

Brisbane new cruise terminal will be going be built on the eastern side of the gateway bridge and on the south side on the river, if you look at google maps it is between aquarium passage and port Lynton national park at the moment the roads to the area are Anton rd and Barku crt, also can use the Pritchard rd over pass link as well.

We have taken a suite on the Pacific Dawn in July. Apparently there is CD/DVD players available in the suite. Can someone tell me if there is a library to choose from or do you have to take your own? Probably won't use them anyway - more things to do!

you have to ask your cabin personal for them

that would be great as so many have been on this cruise

so what has happened to the png cruises?

Why did the Husband leave his wife with dementia on the ship alone?

I do know that barry, tuckexr and me plus families were on the first cruise to PNG

I think its a new cruise and ports and no one nows alot about it and they are waiting to see what other poeple say about the PNG cruises.

No, I think more for weapons from the markets (there were lots of wooden spears, knives, etc available) and for drugs. They weren't too worried about food coming back on board, we brought bannana's back on a couple of times.

 

Also the security staff on this cruise were a little bit slow & methodical, and there were a lot of people who, putting it polietely, needed a lot of assistance gettting on and off, and through the metal detectors.

how many tenders did they have running at the tenders ports

on our last cruise 31/10/2013 the first PNG cruise there was four escorted off the ship in townsville and by the way demo was on board till townsville as well.

Agree. It's more about not liking the mentality of how Australian school leaving "kids" behave. These little angels turn into little devils during "schoolies" anything goes and often it's the first time away from mum & dad. Alcohol & peer pressure leads to these kids going crazy. The worse they behave the cooler they are to their friends.

 

I don't want to be around them and I have a child. I also don't want my son to go to schoolies (well he is 4 so a bit far off for him yet)

most of the (Australian school leaving "kids") are 18 yrs of old and are not kids as you say. They are young adults

What is the question really about on this thread?

is it about the young people on cruise ships?

or is it about the old farts don't like children or young people on cruise ships?

if this is so then should the cruise lines be asked to have old farts cruise only and under 50s cruises only?

that do have swingers cruises and gay cruises why not old farts cruises there is the question .

you have made a mistake the age is 19

 

Age Restricted Cruises - 1 Nov - 7 Jan Blanket Period AU/NZ

***Age Restricted Cruise*** This cruise is age restricted. All passengers under 19 years of age on the day they board the cruise must travel in the same cabin as a responsible adult. A responsible adult is a passenger who is a parent, legal guardian, or another adult, aged 19 years or older, who is prepared to take responsibility for passengers on the booking. This policy has been approved by the Australian Human Rights Commission, as it will allow assengers to enjoy the benefits of a relaxed cruise holiday, without the risk of being exposed to excessive behaviour

great for the Australian human rights commission and that the agehas been changed

15. Minimum age to travel

To ensure there is suitable supervision,

there needs to be at least one guest 18

years or older in each room. However, to

accommodate families cruising together,

children may occupy a separate room to

their parent/legal guardian, including an

inter-connecting room, providing one child

is 16 years or over.

Subject to applicable laws, for cruises

departing from an Australian port between

1 November and 7 January, any guest under

19 years of age on the day they board the

cruise, must travel in the same room as

a responsible adult 19 years or older. In

addition, from 8 January to 31 January, there

is a limit on the number of guests under 19

years of age who can travel unaccompanied.

Once the limit is reached, a responsible

adult 19 years or older must travel in the

same room. We can advise you at the time

of booking whether the limit applies to your

booking. The responsible adult is accountable

for guests under 19 years of age in their room

for the duration of the cruise, and the ‘Rights

of the Captain’ will be applied to anyone who

displays disruptive behaviour.

My understanding is that a husband and wife - both aged 18 (does that actually happen any more though??) - will not be able to spend their honeymoon on a P&O ship without their parents ! :eek::)

 

Barry

only between certain months

P&O charge $1.00 per adult for a children's fund to your cruise card. and the ship cart is auctioned at the art auction instead of after the last horse race.

fly and mosquito's and sand fly's are mainly a land based insect very few last away from land.

I think each passenger gets a new snorkel so cleanliness isn't an issue.

on P&O they are wash and reused, and you must hand in the goggles and snorkel or you get charged for it.

P&O Australia and Princess as the same rules each cabin has to an adult over 21 in it.

That would the best idea buy your own fins and goggles as you never now how clean they are from the hire shop, plus you will have them for every cruise you will do.

yes

agreed with the above poster

I see from the webcam that PD is at Kiriwina Island today -- I wonder what kind of reception she got this time. Last time the reception was mind blowing!!! Cant' see much from the webcam. It's a shame we aren't hearing from anybody on this cruise.

 

 

Barry

I will say that there are a lot of people saying they were on the cruise to stir and the fact is they did not go but after these two cruises it will be very hard to say wheather they did go or not as there will to much info about the cruise. one could call them arm chair cruises

we love it there is alot of ww2 history there as well