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ANZ Princess Medallion forum except Melbourne. Fixed.

Well when its basically PO sailing out of Melbourne from next year and not much else then there is quite a bit of scope. I like the smaller ships too. However, the main stream cruiselines are not building smaller ships so you have to look towards boutique cruiselines and then comes $$$ per night.

I did a search in Princess forum and popped right up. Anyway here the link

Now for some decent ships. Though I would be happier with better pricing for overseas cruise departures.

Same I got the email but no real details. But I think this is the same release as the thread on the main Princess site and that has the itineraries.

Much have dropped it since we were on the Royal Princess in December. Shame about that.

And Te Papa is free No need to go on ship tour. Take the shuttle to the second stop and it basically across the road from the stop. Same with Cable car. Get off at first stop and buy your tickets.

Because its departing from a non Australian/NZ port then gratitutes are not included in the fare that you paid.

Yes please share more on balcony issue as I'm looking at Cunard as possible cruise at Xmas if they cruise fares settle down 🙂 Why was Japan hard to cruise? Was it the language barrier?

Still overpriced. Cannot convince me to cruise either RCL or Celebrity out of Australian waters. There zero incentive. I've been watching the fares for months.

I guess there no wiggle room.

I might cruise RCL if they home port a ship in Melbourne for the season.

So where are the actual itineraries and the pricing?

We already booked on one of the last Princess cruises out of Melbourne in October now 🙂 But thanks for heads up. I do like Carnival over PO.

Maybe it will come back new. Oh wait. Wrong company 😄

I'm holding a booking on the Princess PNG cruise in 2026 I think it is on the Grand. Cause their last offering was last week prior to Xmas. No way was Pete getting time off the. I did look at going to PNG with PO this year but I too slow and I think it sold out. Ive only ever cruise RCL once on the Rasphody of Seas. I avoid mainly cause of the US dollar factor but I might try some out this year depending on the cruise price and the itinerary.

My worst weather experience was first ever cruise. Transatlantic and we coming in behind a hurricane into Fort Lauderdale. I discovered I dont get sea sick and half the ship were in their cabins and the barf bags were everywhere.

Least you have a Princess ship. Try being Melbourne as your home port. Nada for us.

I've done a mixture of ship tours and private tours but in Africa where infrastructure, road conditions, plus it was a tender port I would have stuck with a ship tour. I guess you need to weigh up the risks. Some of those passengers need to be thanking the American couple as they were the only ones to have any sort of card with them to pay for stuff. Could have been a very uncomfortable time if noone had a credit card. I was on the Ruby Princess in 2012 in Casablanca when there were several hundred passengers that missed the deadline for the ship departure. They were all Princess ship tours so hence we waited several hours for them. Also Philip Island on Grand Princess last year again we waited for for the ship tours and they were late back too.

That what I did last time.But we going again in October but this time I'm going to book an excurision.

Is that the Discovery Princess cruise. That be released for awhile now. Not surprised its sold out (but you could waitlist or keep watching the site to see if any cabins come up). Its repo from Alaska down to Australia so lot of people would have booked on it. Especially Australians/NZ as its a one of Princess newer a ships for us 😄

Many thanks.

Well if she adamant let her try if you think you get a better deal. Remember booking through US agent you have to add taxes to it plus your Gratuities are not included in the fare like they are if you book within Australia. Also factor in the exchange rate as she do the booking in US dollars.

Not permitted for Australians/NZ to book with overseas agent unless they have done it in the past. This rule have been around for over a decade. Its to protect the local travel agent market. I would suggest that your Australians friends book directly with Princess and then watch out for any price drops which they can get adjusted up until final payment. Certain cruises in Australia sell out very quickly.

Princess is very good at assisting at the port if you haven't managed to complete everything online. Just ensure they have printouts of all their paperwork including insurance (If required) and any travel documentation like passport or drivers license (depending on where they cruising).