Coral Princess movements

[Porky55]

2 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

Wait till they finish the word, it could be P for

Profit,

Palaszczuk

Etc

Or …… Princess 🤣

[CDaze71]

She is facing the other way after her return to dock this morning.
 

Edited June 13, 2022 by CDaze71

[Aus Traveller]

6 minutes ago, CDaze71 said:

She is facing the other way after her return to dock this morning.
 

I noticed that also. Getting close to our cruise. 👍

[NSWP]

34 minutes ago, Porky55 said:

Or …… Princess 🤣

Or P due to all the Pineapple heads on board, 🍍😂     Hope there is no Covid aboard, like Chilliburn said there was on Pacific Explorer.  Keep your masks on people.

Edited June 13, 2022 by NSWP

[Cbtours]

3 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Or P due to all the Pineapple heads on board, 🍍😂     Hope there is no Covid aboard, like Chilliburn said there was on Pacific Explorer.  Keep your masks on people.

On flight to Brisbane currently. Pleased to see everyone masked, allowed to remove for snack and everyone back with them again.

[arxcards]

4 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

Wait till they finish the word, it could be P for

Profit,

Palaszczuk

Etc

I did also think it could have been in honour of the wicked chook of the north.

[arxcards]

47 minutes ago, CDaze71 said:

She is facing the other way after her return to dock this morning.
 

Thought she might. Give them a chance to remove the rusty water stains form the other side.

[arxcards]

31 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Or P due to all the Pineapple heads on board, 🍍😂     Hope there is no Covid aboard, like Chilliburn said there was on Pacific Explorer.  Keep your masks on people.

There will be. Yes, protect yourself masks and washy washy.

[Porky55]

1 hour ago, Cbtours said:

On flight to Brisbane currently. Pleased to see everyone masked, allowed to remove for snack and everyone back with them again.

Spent 26hrs on planes and in airports in mid May - masked on all planes and in every airport we entered. Sleep was a little difficult when wearing a mask, and if you dared pull it down under your nose, the flight attendant quickly told you to fix it. Can see the necessity of it but do hope it’s over before our next overseas flights/s in July ‘23 😷 😮‍💨

[possum52]

4 hours ago, Cbtours said:

On flight to Brisbane currently. Pleased to see everyone masked, allowed to remove for snack and everyone back with them again.

What was it like at Melbourne airport this morning Cbtours? We are flying to Cairns 6 weeks today so thinking about what time we need to arrive at airport.

[Cbtours]

2 minutes ago, possum52 said:

What was it like at Melbourne airport this morning Cbtours? We are flying to Cairns 6 weeks today so thinking about what time we need to arrive at airport.

We went super early just in case. Our flight was 10.20am. We live an hour away from the airport so left at 6.30 and got there 7.30 ( no traffic cos public holiday). We fumbled at the kiosk to self print tags and there were lots of Qantas assistants wondering round helping those of us who have forgotten what to do after not travelling for so long.

 

there were queues at the service desks for those not using self serve though. The security screening section was very quick too, so we were up in the lounge having Brekky by 7.50am. We definitely prefer to have to spend time sitting drinking very nice coffees than worrying we are going to miss our flight though.

 

plane left 10 mins late and was full,

 

however I’m guessing later in the morning there would be much bigger crowds. I also notice an 8.20am flight to Sydney was cancelled. Which was a surprise cos it’s normally rush hour though it could have been cos public holiday, but it made you aware of making sure you always early enough if you connecting with either another flight or a cruise.

[arxcards]

7 hours ago, Cbtours said:

Maybe they have done a merger and it will be “O” 😂😂😂😂

They are already so closely aligned, and Pacific Princess used to be shared between Princess & P&O. Quite a few of the past Princess ships also had a P&O logo on the side. When Sun Princess first arrived here, it was only planned to be for the summer and operated by P&O - glad they changed that before she arrived.

[possum52]

1 minute ago, Cbtours said:

We went super early just in case. Our flight was 10.20am. We live an hour away from the airport so left at 6.30 and got there 7.30 ( no traffic cos public holiday). We fumbled at the kiosk to self print tags and there were lots of Qantas assistants wondering round helping those of us who have forgotten what to do after not travelling for so long.

 

there were queues at the service desks for those not using self serve though. The security screening section was very quick too, so we were up in the lounge having Brekky by 7.50am. We definitely prefer to have to spend time sitting drinking very nice coffees than worrying we are going to miss our flight though.

 

plane left 10 mins late and was full,

 

however I’m guessing later in the morning there would be much bigger crowds. I also notice an 8.20am flight to Sydney was cancelled. Which was a surprise cos it’s normally rush hour though it could have been cos public holiday, but it made you aware of making sure you always early enough if you connecting with either another flight or a cruise.

Thanks for that Cbtours. Our flight is a similar time to yours but with Jetstar - usually fly Qantas but couldn't get a Q flight for time we wanted. We're SE suburbs so depending on traffic can take anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half. I was thinking of leaving home about 6 because as you say much better to be there early enjoying a coffee instead of stressing about getting there on time.

[Cbtours]

2 hours ago, Porky55 said:

Spent 26hrs on planes and in airports in mid May - masked on all planes and in every airport we entered. Sleep was a little difficult when wearing a mask, and if you dared pull it down under your nose, the flight attendant quickly told you to fix it. Can see the necessity of it but do hope it’s over before our next overseas flights/s in July ‘23 😷 😮‍💨

My husband was just commenting on that today, just a two hour flight he felt quite muffled by it and said he’s not sure he’d want to sit 14 hours flight to South Africa in one (where we are waiting to return after 3 years so he can see family).

[Cbtours]

5 minutes ago, possum52 said:

Thanks for that Cbtours. Our flight is a similar time to yours but with Jetstar - usually fly Qantas but couldn't get a Q flight for time we wanted. We're SE suburbs so depending on traffic can take anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half. I was thinking of leaving home about 6 because as you say much better to be there early enjoying a coffee instead of stressing about getting there on time.

We’re Officer south so SE suburbs too. If it was normal working day we would def not leave any later than that for a 10.30 flight

[possum52]

On 6/13/2022 at 4:51 PM, Cbtours said:

We’re Officer south so SE suburbs too. If it was normal working day we would def not leave any later than that for a 10.30 flight

We're along the bay, so will go on East Link onto the Monash. 

[arxcards]

2 large cruise ships operating in the whole country, and they still have to hang close.

 

[MicCanberra]

Heading for some warmth

[OzKiwiJJ]

4 hours ago, arxcards said:

2 large cruise ships operating in the whole country, and they still have to hang close.

 

That's where the shipping channels are, especially around the GBR.

[NSWP]

7 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

That's where the shipping channels are, especially around the GBR.

Perhaps they are going 50/50 in a reef pilot, reduce costs, lol.

[CDaze71]

I wonder if they will pass close by today and wave / honk.

[Ondine]

They are probably feeling a little lonely and lost after the hiatus.  Little ducks huddling together.

 

Saw on YouTube that there were 6 cruise ships in Nassau the other day.  The areas that are accepting cruises are virtually wall to wall cruise ships.

 

Shots of Miami show multiple ships docked each day.

[arxcards]

9 hours ago, CDaze71 said:

I wonder if they will pass close by today and wave / honk.

Not so close.

[arxcards]

10 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

That's where the shipping channels are, especially around the GBR.

We have shipping channels around the whole continent. Just poetic that with all that expanse of water, that the only two ships operating ended up less than 100 miles apart. They would have been closer, but Pacific Explorer was out to sea.

[OzKiwiJJ]

1 hour ago, arxcards said:

We have shipping channels around the whole continent. Just poetic that with all that expanse of water, that the only two ships operating ended up less than 100 miles apart. They would have been closer, but Pacific Explorer was out to sea.

Well there isn't much choice in itineraries at this time of year so they will come close several times over the next couple of months I suspect.