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7 hours ago, suzyed said:

Yes, I am on the Singapore sailing!  So right before we sail?  Yay!

 

suzyed - that looks right, arrives Singapore from Perth on the Sep 26 then the next cruise is Oct 17 (yours?)

Not sure what you are expecting, but we did the 23WC on Coral and I know she had and has had a lot of mechanical problems (one that was repaired in Dubai) so assume this dry dock will be to do major maintenance to the ship - wouldn't expect anything cosmetic.
 

She is a lovely little ship, very clean, great Captain (which makes a great ship imo) you will have a fabulous cruise. 
 

Take care of her over there (USA) because I've got a feeling that we will see her back here in the next few years flying the P&O Aus banner 😉
 

cheers, Rose 🌹

3 hours ago, suzyed said:

Do you know when the dry dock is?

Coral leaves Australia for good in September this year and heads to Singapore for her dry dock (sad to see her go 🥹) then continues on to end up in Alaska and the Carribean. Crown is replacing Coral downunder 🤔

Rose 🌹

On 11/15/2023 at 5:04 PM, springaussie said:

Voyager can dock in Cairns and be used on around Oz cruises.

 

 

 

Voyager is 311m long, so I think she would tender from Yorkies … am I right?

1 minute ago, icat2000 said:

I noticed that its on Curnard website either. I guess they took it down while they make the adjustments.  I guess there would be some unhappy campers. 

 

But I'm still looking for Christmas or NYE cruise. And I might look at this one rather than do Crown on 29th. I haven't commited to anything yet. 

Perhaps you could grab a bargain if those that are disappointed choose to cancel? Keep an eye on Cunard or grab a good TA - always a Silver lining 🥂

20 minutes ago, ceeceeDee said:

It is a great itinerary (we're doing something similar out of Brisbane for Christmas). However, I think I would be a trifle disappointed (verging on annoyed) if I had booked for N.Z. having not cruised there before and having done at least 3 cruises to the South Pacific in the past.

Exactly what is being expressed by those who were booked on those dates going to NZ ……… all very interesting don't you think???

39 minutes ago, icat2000 said:

That looks like great itinerary. Is this Christmas coming up?

Yes … but those on Cunard that booked the original dates aren't happy, I think it was going south to Tas then NZ etc. On the Cunard website, these dates aren't even there now 🙄

Its more about the reason to not go to NZ at all anymore … …… or so it's rumoured 🤔 

We all got to Easter Island last year - 2023 and it was wonderful. 
 

Hope the next Worldies get there too 🤞

Just saw this notice and wondering if anyone knows the reason for the change with Cunard cruising to NZ??
 

49 minutes ago, guy01 said:

We have a Reserve Collection mini-suite and used the priority boarding lane at the OPT (although it wasn’t listed in the priority lane sign) on the ship within 15 minutes of arriving at the terminal and that included picking up our medallion. 

Agree with you guy01 - we book Reserve Collection mini suites all the time now and we had Priority boarding - now we have reached Elite, this no longer matters, but we DID receive priority in Reserve/Club Class. 👍

Yep, we've done it, off Celebrity and personally we loved it. Read the details and decide if it's something you would enjoy. We were really well looked after and saw places we would never have thought of visiting … so, we highly recommend it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

cheers, Rose 🌹

On 2/11/2024 at 6:56 AM, tashaaa said:

Will they release more cruises for Australia and New Zealand? I see them only until beginning of 2025, so actually I am waiting for the cruises 2025/2026 or am I missing something. 
 

Haven’t cruised with Azemara, but it looks really good. 

This is the reason I asked originally, particularly for our Australian season - so was after our 25/26 summer season for downunder.
 

Will wait till March and see what comes out then.

Rose

Just aside from SPF50+ sunscreen, if you are going into the water on the barrier reef anytime from November to May a stinger suit is highly recommended - our sun can burn you, but our stingers will make you very ill.

Anyway, enjoy your visit, Rose.

50 minutes ago, drron29 said:

Usually September. But it can vary a lot.

Thank you 👍

Hello all,

May I intrude to ask a "newbie" question?
When do Silversea release new season itineraries?  For example 26/27?

Regular cruise lines it's around March each year, is Silversea the same - looking toward the mid to end of 2026 to 27.

Thanks in advance

Rose 🌹

Hi all, a Newbie question if I may.

When do Azamara release new season itineraries - ie 2026/27?

Thanks in advance

Rose 🌹

On 1/29/2024 at 4:07 PM, possum52 said:

Interesting that Celebrity are calling their excursion Premier Class - the most expensive class on the railway is Gold which for one way is $99 and includes the following -

Gold Class inclusions:

• Dedicated attendant service
• Individual seating in comfortable lounge-style chairs
• A spacious heritage style carriage for travel that offers the ambience of the romance of rail
• Kuranda Scenic Railway gift pack including a Kuranda Scenic Railway pen and postcard
• Souvenir trip fan
• Stop and disembark at Din Din (Barron Falls) railway station, with stunning views of the Falls
• Refreshments featuring a selection of Queensland and local produce such as Gallo Dairyland Cheeses, Skybury Coffee, Wondaree Macadamias, Licks Mango Sorbet, a selection of Australian wines and Great Northern Brewing Company Super Crisp Lager
• Welcome tropical mocktails are served in the pavillion area of Freshwater railway station from 9.35am
• For afternoon travellers, welcome drinks are served onboard the train at Kuranda railway station from 3.10pm

The Skyrail is $62 one way. I guess you have to add in the cost of transfer from Knobby's Head return but that surely would not add up to too much more than $200 give or take. That is really ripping off passengers.

Exactly my point, so at the stops on our Qld cruise, we will be entertaining ourselves.

Rose

Just reading this thread and interesting to see now, due to World circumstances, Cbtours - you may have multiple choices of itinerary's to South Africa, with the Suez so unsettled.

Just read QM2 will be going that way this year 🤔

Rose

15 hours ago, paulvdb1 said:

A few tours would have been nice but MUCH cheaper to book on land. 

We have a cruise booked on Edge in December. Have been looking at excursions on a Qld itinerary and WOW 😳

Compared same excursion with Princess prices and Edge are triple the price for exactly the same excursion … criminal actually. the only difference I can find is the train seating is "Premier" and includes a glass of wine 🙄
 

So, we will be doing our own thing, as the ship is the destination for this 10 day cruise and we have done the sector a few times. 
 

Rose

40 minutes ago, oakridger said:

 

I would absolutely never remove the crew appreciation!  Why?  Because I appreciate the crew!!

 

~Nancy

Nancy,

Exactly, we have never removed them either. Just lovely to read a thread where passengers are so supportive of the hard working wonderful crews.

Rose 🌹

So, just to clarify, no one on this thread removes crew appreciation? 
 

On other Social Media sites, this is all that is talked about, removing 'gratuities' as soon as possible when they board the ship.

However, cruising on HAL, from Australia or International we are charged daily gratuities and have never removed them. Believe that the right thing is done and these monies make it to the intended crew members.
 

I have used this advice for new cruisers on more than one occasion, after reading it here on CC. This is gold though … thankyou TPKeller 👏👏🥂⭐️🌟

On 10/8/2023 at 9:06 AM, ceeceeDee said:

Just curious........... What is the significance of chucking flour about?

Easy for staff to clean up afterwards 😉

On 9/22/2023 at 5:37 AM, kwokpot said:

Day 7 Update:

Our cruise past the International Dateline early this morning so we promptly went from Tuesday to Thursday.

That's how it works in the Pacific, welcome to our side of the Globe 🎉⭐️

We are currently on the WC 2023 and as part of our boarding, we had to provide evidence of Travel Insurance and we aren't going to New Caledonia. Also asked for Travel Insurance documents on a majestic cruise to NZ in Dec 22.

Dont know about anyone else, but I wouldn't want to be the passenger in the terminal testing the validity of the Travel Insurance requirements before boarding. We always get Travel Insurance regardless of destination.

As Aus Traveller said, wifi has improved immeasurably since the change to Starlink. (And, I understand that only those who complained received partial credits 🙄)

We can now stream the Aus nightly news each morning, social media, photos, weather apps etc. 

Heard that Coral was the last to be upgraded to this new service, so if you have cruises booked on other Princess ships, wifi should be much better too.

And ekka49, we will see in the Pacific, but it's my understanding that Starlink has more satellites at a much lower altitude so we shouldn't see any loss of service 🤞 Will let you know.