CupcakeSusie Posted November 7, 2019 #1 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Hi friends. I’m looking to book a cruise that leaves on a certain date (we are really limited), but I’m coming up short on google. Are there any specific cruise search engines? Maybe my dates are just dud 😞 I know. Such a dumb question, but please don’t throw tomatoes at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted November 7, 2019 #2 Share Posted November 7, 2019 12 minutes ago, CupcakeSusie said: Hi friends. I’m looking to book a cruise that leaves on a certain date (we are really limited), but I’m coming up short on google. Are there any specific cruise search engines? Maybe my dates are just dud 😞 I know. Such a dumb question, but please don’t throw tomatoes at me. I’m just reaching for some tomatoes. Did you try a online cruise agents search engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CupcakeSusie Posted November 7, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Just now, Chiliburn said: I’m just reaching for some tomatoes. Did you try a online cruise agents search engine. I did! I promise! They seem to glitch constantly - not sure if it’s my phone? 😞 When I use them I either can’t get details or I can’t see prices. I will admit, I only tried a few before giving up. Are there some better than others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted November 7, 2019 #4 Share Posted November 7, 2019 8 minutes ago, CupcakeSusie said: I did! I promise! They seem to glitch constantly - not sure if it’s my phone? 😞 When I use them I either can’t get details or I can’t see prices. I will admit, I only tried a few before giving up. Are there some better than others? Yes chalk and cheese. We aren’t allowed to name agents but I like one in Baldwin Melbourne that offers good cruises. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sparky74 Posted November 7, 2019 #5 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Perhaps if you give us your parameters we could look for some options for you. What are your dates and from what port do you want to sail? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CupcakeSusie Posted November 7, 2019 Author #6 Share Posted November 7, 2019 If you are happy to search I would be very grateful if you can steer me in the right direction. We both get frustrated and keep quitting after a gazillion dead ends. I am a teacher so I’m restricted to school holidays until I build my LSL back up. Hubby is massively busy with work but has from Christmas until early January off. We do like to spend Christmas Day with family. He can possibly wrangle a bit of time in early January ... until maybe the 8th? I was hoping to visit a friend in Thailand next Easter and we’ve tentatively booked a holiday for 2 weeks in the NT and Far North Qld next July. But if there was an amazing cruise during that time we would think about changing plans. We would be happy to fly to the US or Europe for an amazing July cruise. So. The most sensible is for us to go between Christmas and early January 2020. We’d have to do some serious saving to be able to go next month, but it would be doable. I would love to go to the South Pacific yet again. Hubby would like New Zealand. I like RCI and Celebrity. He doesn’t care. A NZ cruise would need the sounds for me to say yes. South Pacific would need Noumea and Isle of Pines for him to say yes. We both dislike Mare but would tolerate it if the rest of the itinerary was excellent. Happy to leave from Sydney or Brisbane - if we left from Sydney this year it would have to be after the 27th. Brisbane is easier for us next year, from the 26th of December. Thanks for any help, ideas or links. I’m beginning to think I’m just too picky 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 7, 2019 #7 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Try Cruise time tables, great searching facility, by date, ship or ports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted November 7, 2019 #8 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Any preference for cruise line. I was looking at one on HAL that left Dec 28, can’t recall what year. We are in a similar situation, Mrs G teaches and has a bit if LSL up her sleeve, but still need to basically stick to holidays, never much in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted November 7, 2019 #9 Share Posted November 7, 2019 There are cruises available from 29th December. They usually have one that includes Christmas, then the next one includes New Year. You may have 'missed the boat' on these. I had a quick look at websites that cover Oz Cruises. There is a 14 day one to NZ from 4th January. It is with Holland American that is regarded as a more sedate cruiseline compared with RCI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 7, 2019 #10 Share Posted November 7, 2019 From Sat 26 Dec 2020 (To Mon 4 Jan 2021)9 Night South Pacific Holiday Ship Radiance Of The Seas More details at Cruise Itinerary: Brisbane, Australia (26 Dec d1630); Noumea, New Caledonia (29 Dec 0800-1700); Mystery Island, Vanuatu (30 Dec 0800-1700); Vila, Vanuatu (31 Dec 0800-1700); Luganville, Vanuatu (01 Jan 0700-1600); Brisbane, Australia (04 Jan a0630) From Sun 27 Dec 2020 (To Sun 3 Jan 2021)7 Night Great Barrier Reef Ship Carnival Spirit More details at Cruise Itinerary: Brisbane, Australia (27 Dec d1600); Airlie Beach, Australia (29 Dec 0700-1600); Yorkeys Knob, Australia (30 Dec); Willis Island, Australia (01 Jan); Brisbane, Australia (03 Jan a0800) From Mon 28 Dec 2020 (To Mon 11 Jan 2021)14 Night New Zealand Ship Sun Princess More details at Cruise Itinerary: Brisbane, Australia (28 Dec d1600); Auckland, New Zealand (01 Jan 0700-1730); Tauranga, New Zealand (02 Jan 0530-1630); Napier, New Zealand (03 Jan 1000-1800); Wellington, New Zealand (04 Jan 0800-1800); Akaroa, New Zealand (05 Jan 0800-1800); Dunedin, New Zealand (06 Jan 0800-1800); Fjordland National Park, New Zealand (07 Jan 1000-1900); Brisbane, Australia (11 Jan 0700-1900) From Tue 29 Dec 2020 (To Sat 9 Jan 2021)11 Night New Year's Eve Cruise Ship Pacific Explorer More details at Cruise Itinerary: Brisbane, Australia (29 Dec d1500); Mystery Island, Vanuatu (01 Jan 0800-1700); Port Denarau, Fiji (03 Jan 0800-1830); Suva, Fiji (04 Jan 0800-1800); Vila, Vanuatu (06 Jan 0800-1700); Brisbane, Australia (09 Jan a0600) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 7, 2019 #11 Share Posted November 7, 2019 From Sun 3 Jan 2021 (To Thu 14 Jan 2021)11 Night Pacific Islands Ship Carnival Spirit More details at Cruise Itinerary: Brisbane, Australia (03 Jan d1600); Champagne Bay, Espiritu Santo (06 Jan 0800-1700); Vila, Vanuatu (07 Jan 0800-1700); Port Denarau, Fiji (09 Jan 0800-1700); Dravuni, Fiji (10 Jan 0800-1600); Noumea, New Caledonia (12 Jan 0800-1200); Brisbane, Australia (14 Jan a0800) From Mon 4 Jan 2021 (To Fri 15 Jan 2021)11 Night South Pacific Ship Radiance Of The Seas More details at Cruise Itinerary: Brisbane, Australia (04 Jan d1630); Lifou, New Caledonia (07 Jan 0800-1700); Isle of Pines, New Caledonia (08 Jan 0800-1700); Lautoka, Fiji (10 Jan 0800-2000); Suva, Fiji (11 Jan 0800-2000); Brisbane, Australia (15 Jan a0630) From Sat 9 Jan 2021 (To Sat 16 Jan 2021)7 Night Pacific Island Hopper Ship Pacific Explorer More details at Cruise Itinerary: Brisbane, Australia (09 Jan d1500); Noumea, New Caledonia (11 Jan 1500-2200); Lifou, New Caledonia (12 Jan 0800-1700); Vila, Vanuatu (13 Jan 0800-1700); Brisbane, Australia (16 Jan a0600) From Mon 11 Jan 2021 (To Thu 21 Jan 2021)10 Night Papua New Guinea Ship Sun Princess More details at Cruise Itinerary: Brisbane, Australia (11 Jan d1600); Alotau, Papua New Guinea (14 Jan 0900-2000); Kitava, Papua New Guinea (15 Jan 0700-1600); Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (16 Jan 0900-1700); Kiriwina Island, Papua New Guinea (17 Jan 0900-1800); Conflict Islands, Papua New Guinea (18 Jan 0800-1800); Brisbane, Australia (21 Jan 0700-1800) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 7, 2019 #12 Share Posted November 7, 2019 From Sat 28 Dec 2019 (To Mon 6 Jan 2020)9 Night New Year's Eve Cruise Ship Pacific Aria More details at Cruise Itinerary: Brisbane, Australia (28 Dec d1400); Lifou, New Caledonia (31 Dec 0800-1700); Vila, Vanuatu (01 Jan 0800-1800); Mystery Island, Vanuatu (02 Jan 0800-1700); Noumea, New Caledonia (03 Jan 0800-1730); Brisbane, Australia (06 Jan a0600) From Sun 29 Dec 2019 (To Sun 12 Jan 2020)14 Night New Zealand Ship Sea Princess More details at Cruise Itinerary: Brisbane, Australia (29 Dec d1600); Fjordland National Park, New Zealand (02 Jan 0700-1600); Dunedin, New Zealand (03 Jan 0800-1800); Akaroa, New Zealand (04 Jan 0800-1800); Wellington, New Zealand (05 Jan 0800-1800); Napier, New Zealand (06 Jan 0700-1400); Tauranga, New Zealand (07 Jan 0730-1815); Auckland, New Zealand (08 Jan 0700-2200); Brisbane, Australia (12 Jan 0700-2200) From Mon 30 Dec 2019 (To Tue 7 Jan 2020)8 Night New Year's Eve Cruise Ship Pacific Dawn More details at Cruise Itinerary: Brisbane, Australia (30 Dec d1600); Noumea, New Caledonia (02 Jan 0800-1730); Mystery Island, Vanuatu (03 Jan 0800-1700); Vila, Vanuatu (04 Jan 0800-1700); Brisbane, Australia (07 Jan a0600) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 7, 2019 #13 Share Posted November 7, 2019 From Fri 27 Dec 2019 (To Tue 7 Jan 2020)11 Night South Pacific Holiday Ship Radiance Of The Seas More details at Cruise Itinerary: Sydney, Australia (27 Dec d1630); Noumea, New Caledonia (30 Dec 0800-1700); Mystery Island, Vanuatu (31 Dec 0800-1700); Vila, Vanuatu (02 Jan 0800-1700); Lifou, New Caledonia (03 Jan 0800-1700); Isle of Pines, New Caledonia (04 Jan 0800-1700); Sydney, Australia (07 Jan a0630) From Fri 27 Dec 2019 (To Fri 10 Jan 2020)14 Night Australia & New Zealand Ship Viking Orion More details at Cruise Itinerary: Sydney, Australia (27 Dec embark(+1)d); Melbourne, Australia (30 Dec); Hobart, Tasmania (01 Jan); Dunedin, New Zealand (04 Jan); Christchurch, New Zealand (05 Jan); Wellington, New Zealand (06 Jan); Napier, New Zealand (07 Jan); Tauranga, New Zealand (08 Jan); Auckland, New Zealand (09 Jan a(+1)disembark) From Sat 28 Dec 2019 (To Mon 6 Jan 2020)9 Night Pacific Islands Ship Carnival Splendor More details at Cruise Itinerary: Sydney, Australia (28 Dec d1600); Noumea, New Caledonia (31 Dec 0800-1700); Isle of Pines, New Caledonia (01 Jan 0800-1700); Lifou, New Caledonia (02 Jan 0800-1700); Mare, New Caledonia (03 Jan 0700-1500); Sydney, Australia (06 Jan a0630) From Sun 29 Dec 2019 (To Fri 10 Jan 2020)12 Night South Pacific & Fiji Holiday Ship Voyager Of The Seas More details at Cruise Itinerary: Sydney, Australia (29 Dec d1630); Lautoka, Fiji (02 Jan 1000-1900); Suva, Fiji (03 Jan 0800-1700); Mare, New Caledonia (05 Jan 0800-1700); Mystery Island, Vanuatu (06 Jan 0800-1700); Lifou, New Caledonia (07 Jan 0800-1700); Sydney, Australia (10 Jan a0630) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 7, 2019 #14 Share Posted November 7, 2019 From Mon 30 Dec 2019 (To Thu 9 Jan 2020)10 Night Pacific Islands Ship Carnival Spirit More details at Cruise Itinerary: Sydney, Australia (30 Dec d1600); Mare, New Caledonia (02 Jan 0800-1700); Isle of Pines, New Caledonia (03 Jan 0800-1700); Mystery Island, Vanuatu (04 Jan 0800-1700); Vila, Vanuatu (05 Jan 0800-1800); Sydney, Australia (09 Jan a0630) From Mon 30 Dec 2019 (To Wed 8 Jan 2020)9 Night New Year's Eve Cruise Ship Pacific Explorer More details at Cruise Itinerary: Sydney, Australia (30 Dec d1600); Vila, Vanuatu (03 Jan 0800-1800); Lifou, New Caledonia (04 Jan 0800-1700); Noumea, New Caledonia (05 Jan 0800-1730); Sydney, Australia (08 Jan a0700) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 7, 2019 #15 Share Posted November 7, 2019 From Fri 3 Jan 2020 (To Mon 13 Jan 2020)10-Night Australia & New Zealand from Sydney (Variation) Ship Norwegian Jewel More details at Cruise Itinerary: Sydney, Australia (03 Jan d1800); Fjordland National Park, New Zealand (06 Jan); Dunedin, New Zealand (07 Jan 0900-1900); Akaroa, New Zealand (08 Jan 0800-1800); Picton, New Zealand (09 Jan 0800-1600); Napier, New Zealand (10 Jan 0800-1600); Tauranga, New Zealand (11 Jan 0930-2030); Bay of Islands, New Zealand (12 Jan 0800-1800); Auckland, New Zealand (13 Jan a0600) From Fri 3 Jan 2020 (To Thu 16 Jan 2020)13 Night Sydney To Sydney Ship Silver Muse More details at Cruise Itinerary: Sydney, Australia (03 Jan d1900); Isle of Pines, New Caledonia (06 Jan 1300-1900); Mare, New Caledonia (08 Jan 0800-1700); Vila, Vanuatu (08 Jan 0800-1800); Lautoka, Fiji (10 Jan 0800-1800); Dravuni, Fiji (11 Jan 0800-1300); Noumea, New Caledonia (13 Jan 0900-1400); Sydney, Australia (16 Jan a0800) From Sat 4 Jan 2020 (To Tue 14 Jan 2020)10 Night South Pacific Cruise Ship Celebrity Solstice More details at Cruise Itinerary: Sydney, Australia (04 Jan d1700); Noumea, New Caledonia (07 Jan 0800-1700); Mystery Island, Vanuatu (08 Jan 0800-1700); Vila, Vanuatu (09 Jan 0800-1700); Mare, New Caledonia (10 Jan 0800-1700); Lifou, New Caledonia (11 Jan 0800-1700); Sydney, Australia (14 Jan a0630) From Sat 4 Jan 2020 (To Sat 18 Jan 2020)14 Night New Zealand Discovery Ship ms Noordam More details at Cruise Itinerary: Sydney, Australia (04 Jan d1700); Fjordland National Park, New Zealand (07 Jan 0700-0800); Dunedin, New Zealand (08 Jan 0800-1800); Akaroa, New Zealand (09 Jan 0700-1800); Picton, New Zealand (10 Jan 1000-2000); Wellington, New Zealand (11 Jan 0800-1600); Napier, New Zealand (12 Jan 0700-1300); Tauranga, New Zealand (13 Jan 0615-1730); Auckland, New Zealand (14 Jan 0700-1800); Bay of Islands, New Zealand (15 Jan 0700-1400); Sydney, Australia (18 Jan a0600) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 7, 2019 #16 Share Posted November 7, 2019 From Sun 5 Jan 2020 (To Wed 15 Jan 2020)10 Night South Pacific & New Zealand Ship Ovation Of The Seas More details at Cruise Itinerary: Sydney, Australia (05 Jan d1700); Noumea, New Caledonia (08 Jan 0800-1700); Mystery Island, Vanuatu (09 Jan 0800-1700); Auckland, New Zealand (12 Jan 0700-1600); Sydney, Australia (15 Jan a0630) From Mon 6 Jan 2020 (To Thu 16 Jan 2020)10 Night Pacific Islands Ship Carnival Splendor More details at Cruise Itinerary: Sydney, Australia (06 Jan d1600); Noumea, New Caledonia (09 Jan 0800-1700); Mystery Island, Vanuatu (10 Jan 0900-1700); Mare, New Caledonia (11 Jan 0800-1700); Lifou, New Caledonia (12 Jan 0800-1700); Sydney, Australia (16 Jan a0630) From Mon 6 Jan 2020 (To Mon 20 Jan 2020)14 Night Outrageous Outback Sydney To Auckland Ship Regatta More details at Cruise Itinerary: Sydney, Australia (06 Jan d1700); Eden, Australia (07 Jan 0800-1500); Melbourne, Australia (08 Jan 1400(+1)1800); Burnie, Tasmania (10 Jan 0900-1800); Dunedin, New Zealand (14 Jan 1100-2000); Akaroa, New Zealand (15 Jan 0700-1800); Wellington, New Zealand (16 Jan 0800-1700); Napier, New Zealand (17 Jan 0800-2000); Gisborne, New Zealand (18 Jan 0700-1700); Tauranga, New Zealand (19 Jan 0900-2000); Auckland, New Zealand (20 Jan a0800) From Mon 6 Jan 2020 (To Mon 20 Jan 2020)14 Night Pacific Treasures Ship ms Maasdam More details at Cruise Itinerary: Sydney, Australia (06 Jan d1600); Mare, New Caledonia (09 Jan 1000-2000); Lifou, New Caledonia (10 Jan 0800-1500); Luganville, Vanuatu (11 Jan 0900-1800); Vila, Vanuatu (12 Jan 0800-1800); Mystery Island, Vanuatu (13 Jan 0700-1600); Noumea, New Caledonia (14 Jan 0800-2300); Norfolk Island, Australia (16 Jan 0700-1500); Tauranga, New Zealand (18 Jan 0815-1915); Bay of Islands, New Zealand (19 Jan 0800-1700); Auckland, New Zealand (20 Jan a0600) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted November 7, 2019 #17 Share Posted November 7, 2019 If Christmas wasn’t a sticking point this one looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kiwi Kruzer Posted November 7, 2019 #19 Share Posted November 7, 2019 If you are working to a specific date and are happy with either Sydney or Brisbane as departure point , just google the ports web sites and have a look at the cruise schedule to see which ships are in port on that day . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaDog-46 Posted November 8, 2019 #20 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Google - Last minute cruises from Sydney & also from Brisbane. Online TA site will come up & show you all available cruises & dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CupcakeSusie Posted November 8, 2019 Author #21 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Thanks so much for all of the ideas. I appreciate it enormously. I’ll show him and see what he says ... crossing my fingers that we can find one that works. Its crazy, but some of the cruises listed above didn’t show up when I searched on RCI’s website!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 8, 2019 #22 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Duplicate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 8, 2019 #23 Share Posted November 8, 2019 They may well be sold out already, seeing as it is only a month and a half away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted November 8, 2019 #24 Share Posted November 8, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, CupcakeSusie said: Thanks so much for all of the ideas. I appreciate it enormously. I’ll show him and see what he says ... crossing my fingers that we can find one that works. Its crazy, but some of the cruises listed above didn’t show up when I searched on RCI’s website!! RC website is hopeless Edited November 8, 2019 by Chiliburn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CupcakeSusie Posted November 8, 2019 Author #25 Share Posted November 8, 2019 3 hours ago, MicCanberra said: They may well be sold out already, seeing as it is only a month and a half away. Some are for 2021, and definitely not sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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