Celebrity Eclipse 14/01/23 Fiji, Samoa etc NZ TO Sydney 26/01/23

[Travellers123]

hope you had a great time?

 

Finally sorted out the flights for the trip, Emirates BC very nice

 

 Sam

[Hove1959]

Brighton Pride parade was great fun, having been cancelled the 2 previous years due Covid. Great to see the city busy again.

Good to hear you have sorted out your flights for OZ/NZ. Emirates are a great airline. We have flown on them in the past down to OZ. Are you doing any stopovers en route?

 

Kevan 

 

[Travellers123]

Hi, sorry been away on Holidays and just realised that I hadnt been on in a while. No no stopovers, we have extended for a couple of days pre cruise and we have added on a wek at the end in Australia. 

Soo looking forward to it all now.

 

 Sam

[Hove1959]

No problem. Guessed you were away in Benidorm. Hope you had a good time. 

Great to hear you have extended your trip at each end. Any plans for the extra time in Oz?

We will be away for a total of 6 weeks. One advantage of being retired! I have dreamed of being in Sydney for NYE for 40 years but was never allowed to take holiday in December as I worked for airlines most of my life, and then retail as it was embargoed due it being our busiest time of the year. 

Only 16 weeks until we leave LHR now. Can't wait!

 

Kevan 

 

[Hove1959]

Hi Sam

Hope you are both well. Look forward to meeting you on the 19th. Understand Ian spoke to you on the phone recently.

Just looked at the "tracker" for our flights to Sydney. 99 days away now. It's coming around quickly!

 

Kevan 

[posspet]

Keep an eye on your itinerary and possible changes.  we are on South Pacific Eclipse cruise in december and they have made significant changes not for the better.

[Hove1959]

Posspet. Thanks for the warning

 

 

[Hove1959]

Hi Sam and Huw

 

It was so good to meet you last week. Thank you again for such a lovely stay. Only realised it was you on the M5 Sam, as you whizzed by. Hope you had a nice break.  We had a great time in Bristol catching up with friends and family.

Look forward to seeing you on Eclipse in January!

 

Kevan and Ian 

[Travellers123]

Hi,

 

 thanks for the warning , what were the cahnges 

 

Sam

[posspet]

On 10/1/2022 at 11:08 PM, Travellers123 said:

Hi,

 

 thanks for the warning , what were the cahnges 

 

Sam

Hi Sam,

They cancelled Mare, Isle of Pines and Port Villa and substitutted it with Lautoka (Fiji) and 2 sea days.

Cheers

Clark

[MIkeLeeJames]

Hey everyone, we’re joining you on the 14th AKL, we live in Sydney so please let us know if you have any questions. 

[Hove1959]

Hi MikeLeeJames. Welcome to the group. 

 

[Blazerboy]

We will be disembarking when you all embark, as we sail from Sydney on the 2nd, but we will also be at the Royal Botanical Gardens for NYE celebrations!  See you "among/amongst the crowd!" 

 

We wanted to do the next cruise, but were persuaded by friends from the US who are renting a beach house in Auckland to stay on after the cruise.  And we'll break up the hideously long return flight with a week in Hawaii!

 

Have fun, guys!

 

Andrew

[Hove1959]

That sounds like a great trip! We will be on the harbour for NYE on a Captain Cook dinner cruise. We'll give you a wave! It's been a dream for 40 years. It was never possible when we were working as we worked in industries ( travel and retail) where we were not allowed to take holiday over Christmas and NYE as they were our busiest period. 

We fly out of the UK to Sydney on Christmas Day which will be different!

 

Edited October 18, 2022 by Hove1959

[Travellers123]

On 10/4/2022 at 2:59 AM, posspet said:

Hi Sam,

They cancelled Mare, Isle of Pines and Port Villa and substitutted it with Lautoka (Fiji) and 2 sea days.

Cheers

Clark

Hi,

 

 the changes that you have said have always been included on this cruise so I have not known any different. I love days at sea so more the merrier.

 

 Sam

[Hove1959]

Paid the balance for our cruise yesterday. It's coming round really quickly now. Can't wait to get on board. Hi to Sam and Huw. Not seen you here for a while. Hope all is well x

 

[Travellers123]

Hi Guys,

 

 hope all is well, you must be in Aus now? have a great Xmas and see you onboard.

 

 

Sam & huw

[Hove1959]

Hi Sam and Huw

 

 

 

Great to hear from you! We are still in the UK. We go up to Heathrow for the night on Christmas Eve. Fly on Singapore Airlines at 1100 on Christmas Day. Can't wait! We booked the cruise 21 months ago. No doubt you are getting excited too. Have a good trip down. Look forward to seeing you on board. Have a Merry Christmas !

 

Kevan and Ian

 

 

[Hove1959]

Hi Sam and Huw. Hope you had a great Christmas and New Year. You must be very excited about heading to Auckland soon. We have had a great week in Sydney. Our New Year's Eve dinner cruise on the harbour was wonderful. A dream come true! Eclipse was in Sydney today, leaving for the cruise before ours. We drove up to the Blue Mountains today so did not see it unfortunately. Got a great pic from the Sydney Harbour webcam of it xx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Travellers123]

Fab photo. Great that you are having the time of your lives. We are so excited, we fly on the 9th arriving on Auckland on the 11th. Have be in contact with some guys who are on her now and they say all fantastic. We are midships on deck 9 where are you?

We should be all having a fun holiday.

 Sam & Huw

[Hove1959]

Hi Sam.

 

 

 

We arrived in Auckland this evening. Staying at the M Social opposite the cruise terminal. Only a 5 minute walk to board the Eclipse on Saturday. Amazing that whave a 12 night cruise after all we have done already. Did a road trip from Sydney to the Blue Mountains and then up the coast to see friends and family. Spent time with all 4 of my cousins. 

Hope you had a great trip down on Emirates. See you soon. We are on Deck 7 midships 

 

Kevan and Ian 

 

 

[Travellers123]

hi,

 

glad you arrived ok and that you have had a great trip so far.

 

 Just done the covid test and all negative all checked in on the app so good to go. 

 

We are boarding at 1pm so see you onboard, we like to do the sail away on the aft bar,  shall we meet there? 5.30pm???

 

 

Sam

[Hove1959]

Hi Sam

 

Just done our Covid tests too, and all OK. Phew!  We are boarding at 1200 tomorrow. 5 30 at the aft bar sounds great. See you then, unless we bump into you around the ship. Our friend Martin,  who is travelling with us, may come along. See you soon

 

Kevan and Ian 

 

[Travellers123]

Great, horrible pressure re the tests. we are boarding a 1pm so we wiull probably see you in the afternoon, if not will see you in the sunset bar

 

Sam

[Travellers123]

or the Ocean View Bar whichever has more room. 

 

We are in 9221 btw Sam