mr walker

The 'Broadway style' production shows remain in place for several years, so repeat cruising will mean they will be the same year on year. The fly-in entertainers will rotate around from ship to ship & it is luck of the draw who you may get on any particular cruise & the in-house bands/entertainers are there for months. We did B2B2B for 34N at one time & saw some of the same entertainment, including the fly-in performers, who, at times join for the end of 1 cruise & say on for the next one. Sometimes we would see them more than once and other times not. We saw a magician and then went to his show again on the next cruise to try and work out how he did some of the tricks 🙂 On that trip they had a 'special' show where the two stars of the production show did a one-off show together where they sang - one of them had been on Idol or similar. We mostly enjoy the entertainment & the fact that RC have a live orchestra rather than canned music like some other lines - we hope this is still the case post- Covid.

Sorry to read of your problems. Best wishes for a quick recovery & that you are both good to go soon.

yes I was thinking I wouldn't want to buy carpet by the metre from buchhalm 🙂

I saw it on 9 news early morning - 1,500. By the time of news update later on, the subject was not even mentioned

Thinking of you Les. Best wishes mate - we’re hoping you are on the mend soon, we can catch up again soon. please keep us all updated when you can, and keep posting on here as many of us look forward to your input! cheers

Yes, that's the way I think they are proposing - just for day visitors on the ship port day. I have been to Brisbane many times, mostly for business & a couple of times for NRL games. Brisbane is not much of a city as a tourist destination - visitors to SE QLD go to GC or Sunny Coast. We have had a few port days there with no inclination to go into CBD. One time it was Melb Cup day & we caught a taxi to a local RSL club and enjoyed a lovely Melb Cup afternoon. Other times we just stayed onboard. On one cruise where we were at Portside, we planned to stay onboard, but found out that everyone had to disembark for customs clearance & no-one could re-board until zero count. As we were off the ship, we decided to take a ride on the rivercat. We enjoyed a lovely cruise doing a full loop and back to ship - maybe an option under this proposal?

Good luck with it all mate. Cheers Neil & Tracey

Thanks for that. Cheers

Hey Chilli, keep calm & enjoy your cruise😁 I’m here in Penrith & the wind is blowing the dogs off their chains 😳 while you’re there cooling your heels, can you just let me know the price of a Crownie onboard. I saw a price list from Quantum & it had Crownies & VB both US$8.25 ??? stay safe from the two sisters 😁

There was a report recently in the media that TV 'celebrity' Scott Cam & his wife got into a Sydney taxi & the driver gave them a 'quote' & refused to turn on the meter. Cam said they had some "words" & they got out of the taxi & then got an uber to the same place and it was significantly cheaper than the taxi driver's quote. Also recently there were reports that ride share services such as uber would have a NSW govt surcharge added to each fare to be used as compensation for taxi plate owners for their loss of 'plate value' as taxis lost business to other options 😦 Maybe the taxi industry need to clean up their act.

So sorry to hear that Stu. Condolences to you.

We used our CBA cc insurance a number of times for OS travel, including cruises. We were able to download a certificate for the insurance to show as required

Our 11-Mar departure cruise to NZ on Ovation doesn't visit Wellington, so I can't see a price for this on that sailing, but that price is CRAZY!!! (even though it's less than the one OP posted).

No Chilli, haven’t been to that one - will have to check it out. Western Sydney is the Centre of excellence of Australia, well at least in sport mate - panthers back to back NRL winners & Aussie captain in cricket, and from RL World Cup Mt Druitt is capital of Samoa 🇼🇸 as they make the final 😁🍻

Strewth mate, that's not good news. Take care and hope you get better soon. Cheers, Neil & Tracey

Don't self yourself short mate, you have enough culture to move in the circles that matter 🙂 I'm not so much into fine dining either as I don't consider two tiny baby spuds, 2 or 3 pieces of julienne carrots & an asparagus spear as suitable accompaniment to a steak, or a nice piece of grilled fish or chicken. Had a real nice 1/2 rack of pork ribs with slaw and chips (not fries) last night at Penrith Lone Star right by the mighty Nepean River - would have been even better if it was on a cruise 🙂

This reminded me about leaving your car with people. I had a mate who worked at a smash repair place & he told me that smash repair guys never pay for petrol, they just milk it out of cars that are there for repair, and that the guy who goes for the lunches just takes whichever car is there!! Maybe it makes sense to take a photo of the dashboard display of fuel level and km when you drop it off, and make sure the guy sees you take the photo 🙂

G'day Les. Good luck with it all mate. We think about you & look forward to catching up again. Maybe a cruise on the Clyde up to Nelligen?? 🙂

Not cruised post Covid resumption, but on all of our RC cruises departing Australia, the menu price was the price ie no gratuity added, unlike OS cruises. Nonetheless, your logic on the value of the package is sound - enjoy

I'm hoping for the crownies to be honest mate, but I have been known to have any beer they have when I need to wet my thoat 🙂

When we first cruised I kept seeing signs & listings for events advertised as ‘Friends of Bill’ & had no idea what it was - just thought that that bloke Bill must have been someone important, with lots of friends 😁 Someone let me know what it was all about

No mate, not upmarket at all - still a Penrith boy 😁 Looking forward to trying another cruise-line for the itinerary!

OK will do thanks. I already saw that they have mixed up Tracey & me via our codes & my booking confirmation for us both was sent to her email - lucky it wasn't a surprise cruise 🙂 We both have Captains Circle 'status' from previous Carnival cruises.

Well, I'm now going to have to take an interest in prices on P&O 🙂 . After cruising mostly on RC, and also Carnival & Princess, out of frustration of not cruising since Jan '19, I was searching for a cruise that did not involve OS flights, fitted our schedule, and went to some places we haven't been. So today I booked Pacific Adventure 15N Bounty Cruise for Oct 2023 with calls to Norfolk Is, Tonga (2 ports) & Fiji (2 ports) & the compulsory Noumea (swim at Lemon Bay & lunch at La Barca coming up). Also sail past of some islands of Mutiny on the Bounty fame & apparently a guest lecturer on the subject. So, visiting places I have an interest in, and some that we haven't seen before. Got a deal(?) with free upgrade to balcony from OV room & $49 pp deposit & have a cabin Deck 14 forward. I know nothing about the ship (apart from it was Golden Princess & so the shopping trolley class), but we are officially cruiselings - they have given us Cruiseling Codes 🙂 Advice most welcome. Cheers

Any excuse will do 😁