Hello from the Majestic Princess!

[arxcards]

15 minutes ago, NSWP said:

3500 wanting to get on early for the embarkation day luncheon in the MDR, OMG.😁

Shhh. I am hoping most will head to the buffet.

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Hello from the Majestic Princess!
 

We are day 4 of our 5 day crossing to Hawaii!
 

The last two days we have had calm seas and sun shine! (with a little bit of rain yesterday afternoon!).

[MMDown Under]

7 hours ago, Kiwi_cruiser said:

Hello from the Majestic Princess!
 

We are day 4 of our 5 day crossing to Hawaii!
 

The last two days we have had calm seas and sun shine! (with a little bit of rain yesterday afternoon!).

Calm seas and sunshine just what you needed. 

Thanks for great photo.

Did they have any Hawaiian activities to get you in the mood for Hawaii?

Enjoy Hawaii!  

[portcbob]

21 hours ago, MMDown Under said:

Close.  Anglers Paradise, Runaway Bay.  Hollywell is one of the places we walk the dogs. 

Hi. We live in Statice Ave, runs into the dog park. We are there every morning.👍

[MicCanberra]

Crossing the equator ceremony perhaps.

[arxcards]

6 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Crossing the equator ceremony perhaps.

Not till a few days after Hawaii

[MMDown Under]

7 hours ago, portcbob said:

Hi. We live in Statice Ave, runs into the dog park. We are there every morning.👍

We mainly walk along the Broadwater, but go to the dog park in the afternoon, if dogs need a run. 

We should have a cruise critic meeting at the dog park (like the Canberra people do). 

4 hours ago, arxcards said:

Not till a few days after Hawaii

We

[portcbob]

16 hours ago, MMDown Under said:

We mainly walk along the Broadwater, but go to the dog park in the afternoon, if dogs need a run. 

We should have a cruise critic meeting at the dog park (like the Canberra people do). 

We

Good thinking.👍

[bazzaw]

10 hours ago, NSWP said:

Hey Baz what is the above lingo? Layoff the Bundy old son, 😂

It's called an Internet Hyperlink 🙂 just click on it and see what it does 🙂 

[MargoK]

Nice to see you bringing the Majestic down under.

 

We are onboard 16 - 29 January.   I like the ship having done a Christmas New Year B2B 2018-2019.  It was quite interesting.  First leg Auckland to Sydney, Second leg Sydney -Sydney.   Huge difference in the pax! First was fun and it was always easy to find a seat and a spot to hangout.  Second cruise (dare I say it) full of noisy Aussies (ok I am half Aussie!).   Still, lots of fun and never a problem to find a spot!

 

Question Stu - is Crooners still next to the Casino?  It was our favourite hangout after the last show.  Great entertainers and pianists. 

[MicCanberra]

On 9/30/2022 at 4:48 AM, portcbob said:

Good thinking.👍

Yep but we meet up in a Yacht club, not a dog park. 😉

[MicCanberra]

On 9/29/2022 at 12:25 PM, MMDown Under said:

We mainly walk along the Broadwater, but go to the dog park in the afternoon, if dogs need a run. 

We should have a cruise critic meeting at the dog park (like the Canberra people do). 

We

Meeting up regularly  can be very beneficial between adventures 

[NSWP]

1 hour ago, MicCanberra said:

Yep but we meet up in a Yacht club, not a dog park. 😉

Indeed Canberrans are more civillised than those pineapple heads up north, lol.

[MMDown Under]

2 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

Yep but we meet up in a Yacht club, not a dog park. 😉

I was waiting for that!  WE have a beautiful yacht club on the Broadwater, but no dogs!  

[Kiwi_cruiser]

On 9/30/2022 at 7:47 PM, MargoK said:

Nice to see you bringing the Majestic down under.

 

We are onboard 16 - 29 January.   I like the ship having done a Christmas New Year B2B 2018-2019.  It was quite interesting.  First leg Auckland to Sydney, Second leg Sydney -Sydney.   Huge difference in the pax! First was fun and it was always easy to find a seat and a spot to hangout.  Second cruise (dare I say it) full of noisy Aussies (ok I am half Aussie!).   Still, lots of fun and never a problem to find a spot!

 

Question Stu - is Crooners still next to the Casino?  It was our favourite hangout after the last show.  Great entertainers and pianists. 

 

There is no Crooners on the Majestic.

 

[Kiwi_cruiser]

A bit of a update from our time in Hawaii:

29th September 2022:

Majestic Princess is running late in to Hawaii as a Ship generator broke.

 

[Kiwi_cruiser]

29th September 2022:

 

Aloha! From Honolulu!

 

We arrived here this afternoon we ended up docking at 1:30pm.

 

It was about 2:20 - 2:30 pm before the ship was cleared to let passengers ashore.

 

There was no shuttle buses only taxis and uber at the port.

 

Here are a few photos of us arriving in to Honolulu this afternoon:

 

 

 

Edited October 2, 2022 by Kiwi_cruiser

[Kiwi_cruiser]

30th September 2022:

Good Morning from Honolulu, Hawaii , we are spending our 2nd day here:

 

Edited October 2, 2022 by Kiwi_cruiser

[MicCanberra]

Enjoy, hope the weather is nice

[arxcards]

On 10/1/2022 at 12:47 PM, MargoK said:

Nice to see you bringing the Majestic down under.

 

We are onboard 16 - 29 January.   I like the ship having done a Christmas New Year B2B 2018-2019.  It was quite interesting.  First leg Auckland to Sydney, Second leg Sydney -Sydney.   Huge difference in the pax! First was fun and it was always easy to find a seat and a spot to hangout.  Second cruise (dare I say it) full of noisy Aussies (ok I am half Aussie!).   Still, lots of fun and never a problem to find a spot!

 

Question Stu - is Crooners still next to the Casino?  It was our favourite hangout after the last show.  Great entertainers and pianists. 

Double Down Bar is next to casino. This used to be Crooners prior to the lockdown. There doesn't appear to be much of a change in layout, but it has taken on a wall of TV screens. It seemed strange for a Crooners to be closed away in a room, but I am sure they will still do an awesome martini there.

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Hello from the Majestic Princess!
 

We are day 2 of our 5 days at sea on our way to Tahiti!
 

Today the whole of the ship did its second covid test, They did one the day before we got to Honolulu, Hawaii, and I suspect we will get another one before we get to Tahiti and again before we get to New Zealand.
 

Before the Hawaii covid test we had aprox 22 cases (a crew member told us) of covid and apparently after the before Honolulu covid test we had large number of cases of covid, but that has NOT been confirmed! (This came from a passenger, but I don’t know where that info came from).
 

Our covid test is neg, again 😊

 

[arxcards]

2 hours ago, Kiwi_cruiser said:

Hello from the Majestic Princess!
 

We are day 2 of our 5 days at sea on our way to Tahiti!
 

Today the whole of the ship did its second covid test, They did one the day before we got to Honolulu, Hawaii, and I suspect we will get another one before we get to Tahiti and again before we get to New Zealand.
 

Before the Hawaii covid test we had aprox 22 cases (a crew member told us) of covid and apparently after the before Honolulu covid test we had large number of cases of covid, but that has NOT been confirmed! (This came from a passenger, but I don’t know where that info came from).
 

Our covid test is neg, again 😊

 

At this stage of their journey, Carnival Splendor was also getting tests, but the lack of positives meant the passengers could go mask free for the final part of their crossing.

 

Not what I wanted to hear though, and I hope they can at least prevent numbers from going up. On the numbers you gave, the ship would be at code yellow, and I know there are plenty of passengers staying aboard for the following cruise - our cruise.

[NSWP]

20 minutes ago, arxcards said:

At this stage of their journey, Carnival Splendor was also getting tests, but the lack of positives meant the passengers could go mask free for the final part of their crossing.

 

Not what I wanted to hear though, and I hope they can at least prevent numbers from going up. On the numbers you gave, the ship would be at code yellow, and I know there are plenty of passengers staying aboard for the following cruise - our cruise.

Sounds a bit serious Geoff, testing all on board. Here hoping the numbers are down pre arrival in Sydney.  We do not wish for another Ruby Princess/Diamond Princess disaster.

Edited October 3, 2022 by NSWP

[OzKiwiJJ]

11 hours ago, arxcards said:

Double Down Bar is next to casino. This used to be Crooners prior to the lockdown. There doesn't appear to be much of a change in layout, but it has taken on a wall of TV screens. It seemed strange for a Crooners to be closed away in a room, but I am sure they will still do an awesome martini there.

It had TV screens when it was Crooners. It was a horrible bar.

[arxcards]

15 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Sounds a bit serious Geoff, testing all on board. Here hoping the numbers are down pre arrival in Sydney.  We do not wish for another Ruby Princess/Diamond Princess disaster.

They have been juggling this now for months, and have been pretty successful at it. Scheduled testing on longer cruises does prevent a massive surprise at the end of the cruise. Hospitalisations from cruise ships are so rare, that there is no way you could compare anything to Diamond or Ruby.

 

For numbers, these are the highest risk - passengers transiting from various countries and cities, then sharing a confined space for a month. 22 is a blip on 4500+, but happy if it remains as a blip, everyone is isolated in time, and recovered in the next 17 days.