Timmer DownUnder 2016

Btimmer · September 25, 2016

PREPARING TO LEAVE

As I've done on several prior cruises, I'll be blogging daily about our cruise which begins tomorrow. I'll be posting here periodically about this 52 day cruise, but the daily detail will be found in my blog which is linked below.

We are sailing via the Maasdam from Seattle to and around Australia from Monday, 9/26/16 to Monday 11/28/16. In summary the trip will take us from Seattle to Vancouver, Hawaii, Fiji, Samoa, New Caledonia, and docking in Sydney on 10/20. We then will circumnavigate Australia counter clockwise for 30 days and then spend 10 days in the Sydney and Melbourne areas.

Below is a link to my SpotWalla account which will track our upcoming trip:

http://*******.com/Timmer2016DownUnder (There won’t be a tracking point for every day but you’ll get an idea of where we are and have been).

If you want to know exactly where the Maasdam is at any point in time, go to: http://www.sea-scanner.com/schiffsposition.php?schiff=maasdam or http://www.cruisemapper.com/ms-Maasdam-location?imo=8919257 There’s also information about the ship at those links. In summary, it’s the 3rd oldest ship in the fleet and carries around 1,300 passengers and around 800 crew.

My personal blog is at: https://timmer2016downunder.blogspot.com It will have a daily entry although those entries will not necessarily be posted daily due to lack of internet access. It'll have the most detail about daily activities.

If you want a light-hearted account of the trip, we have some stow-aways, and their blog is at: https://nigandnogblog.wordpress.com. They have already posted an entry and you can find some history there about these cute little gnomes.

Feel free to post any questions in this thread. Please be aware that on sea days, we’ll generally not have internet access so a response might be delayed up to 5 days. Feel free to share these links with family or friends, but please don’t further post them publicly.

We're really looking forward to our departure. . .

kazu · September 25, 2016

Thanks Tim :)

Looking forward to following along.

Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Already wished you one,but what the heck.....

Bon Voyage!!!

Have a great cruise and a WONDERFUL time:):)

obriendan · September 25, 2016

Hi Tim,

So glad to see that you will be blogging for the Madam cruise. Look forward to keeping up with your cruise until we join you in Sydney.

Dan

erewhon · September 26, 2016

Good to know you are blogging this voyage.

Thanks for the links.

Gail & Marty sailing away · September 26, 2016

We will see you on the ship

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KirkNC · September 26, 2016

Good, this is a cruise we have our eye on in the future.

bcummin · September 26, 2016

Thank you again, Tim, for blogging this great cruise.

I look forward to tagging along and enjoying each detail.

Bon Voyage !

Barbara

fatcat04 · September 26, 2016

What a fantastic cruise on an even more fantastic ship! You all have fun. :)

VennDiagram · September 26, 2016

Really looking forward to your reports :)

Btimmer · September 26, 2016

We're about to head for the ship. Time to sign off my home PC and transform myself into an adventurer. . .

StartrainDD · September 26, 2016

Exactly what we are hoping to do once retirement arrives. Bon Voyage and we will be following along!

Btimmer · September 26, 2016

The Zaandam is berthed next to us. It's a beautiful day to be leaving Seattle. Anniversary dinner reservations for the Pinnacle Grill for tonight have been made.