Rare mysty Posted January 2, 2023 Author #26 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Lautoka to Sydney Silver Shadow - 19 Days February 5, 2024 Voyage SS240205019 Avg Temp Rain Days 9 Bay of Islands, New Zealand 55 18 10 Auckland, New Zealand 69 10 12 Tauranga, New Zealand 67 10 13 Gisborne, New Zealand * 66 10 14 Napier, New Zealand 66 22 15 Wellington, New Zealand 63 10 16 Akaroa, New Zealand * 63 8 17 Kaikoura, New Zealand * 62 10 18 Nelson, New Zealand * 63 7 22 Eden, Australia * 76 ... 23 Sydney, Australia 73 12 * - indicates a new port for us ... - indicates the data were not available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 2, 2023 Author #27 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Sydney to Bali Silver Shadow - 22 Days February 24, 2024 Voyage SS240224022 Avg Temp Rain Days 26 Brisbane, Australia 77 7 27 Mooloolaba, Australia * 77 10 28 Fraser Island, Australia * 85 9 1 Airlie Beach, Australia * 81 17 2 Cairns, Australia 80 19 5 Thursday Island, Australia 81 ... 8 Darwin, Australia 83 20 11 Broome (Kimberley), Australia * 86 ... 14 Komodo Island, Indonesia 78 17 15 Lembar Lombok, Indonesia * 79 20 16 Bali, Indonesia 83 14 * - indicates a new port for us ... - indicates the data were not available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 2, 2023 Author #28 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Bali to Hong Kong Silver Shadow - 18 Days March 17, 2024 Voyage SS240317018 Avg Temp Rain Days 19 Semarang (Gateway for Borobodur), Indonesia * 82 ... 22 Singapore, Singapore 83 15 25 Kuching, Malaysia * 81 21 27 Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia * 78 ... 29 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 84 2 1 Chan May (Hue/Danang), Vietnam * 79 ... 3 Hong Kong, China 73 ... * - indicates a new port for us ... - indicates the data were not available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 2, 2023 Author #29 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Hong Kong to Tokyo Silver Shadow - 17 Days April 4, 2024 Voyage SS240404017 Avg Temp Rain Days 8 Shanghai, China 59 15 13 Tianjin (Beijing), China * 58 ... 17 Hiroshima, Japan * 59 ... 18 Osaka, Japan 59 14 20 Tokyo, Japan 58 16 * - indicates a new port for us ... - indicates the data were not available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 2, 2023 Author #30 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Tokyo to Seward (Anchorage, Alaska) Silver Shadow - 19 Days April 21, 2024 Voyage SS240421020 Avg Temp Rain Days 22 Shimizu, Japan * 62 19 24 Kagoshima, Japan * 62 ... 26 Kanazawa, Japan * 55 ... 27 Niigata, Japan * 62 ... 28 Sakata, Japan * 50 20 29 Aomori, Japan * 47 ... 30 Hakodate, Japan * 45 ... 1 Otaru, Japan * 42 ... 7 Dutch Harbor, USA * 41 ... 9 Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA * 44 16 10 Seward (Anchorage, Alaska), USA 52 13 * - indicates a new port for us ... - indicates the data were not available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 2, 2023 Author #31 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Seward (Anchorage, Alaska) to San Francisco (California) Silver Shadow - 16 Days Avg Temp Rain Days May 10, 2024 Voyage SS240510016 11 Whittier, Alaska, USA * 50 16 12 Cruise Hubbard Glacier, Alaska, USA 13 Icy Strait Point, Alaska, USA 44 ... 14 Sitka (Alaska), USA * 46 18 15 Tracy Arm, Alaska, USA * 15 Juneau (Alaska), USA 49 16 17 Wrangell, USA * 50 18 18 Ketchikan, USA 49 17 19 Prince Rupert (British Columbia), Canada * 48 18 21 Victoria, Canada 53 12 22 Vancouver, Canada 55 13 26 San Francisco (California), USA * - indicates a new port for us ... - indicates the data were not available 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare highplanesdrifters Posted January 2, 2023 #32 Share Posted January 2, 2023 I'm loving the plethora of stops in OZ, NZ and Japan. Great itinary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 2, 2023 Author #33 Share Posted January 2, 2023 10 minutes ago, highplanesdrifters said: I'm loving the plethora of stops in OZ, NZ and Japan. Great itinary. That was a big part of the appeal of this particular World Cruise. Myster and I like to explore new places. The number of opportunities to do that with this itinerary was amazing. There would be 14 countries visited of which 3 would be new to us and 65 ports of which 35 would be new to us. We have been very fortunate with travel. We did our first World Cruise in 2016 and our second in 2019. All digits and bendy bits are crossed that this leaky pipe dream is a go. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted January 2, 2023 #34 Share Posted January 2, 2023 So it looks like packing will be quite simple: just bring everything you own, since the various climates will require all of it by the end of the cruise! 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveywavey70 Posted January 2, 2023 #35 Share Posted January 2, 2023 I Can’t wait to follow along M. What a delicious adventure! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 2, 2023 Author #36 Share Posted January 2, 2023 11 minutes ago, Daveywavey70 said: I Can’t wait to follow along M. What a delicious adventure! It will be great fun to have you along for the ride DW! 🥰 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 2, 2023 Author #37 Share Posted January 2, 2023 45 minutes ago, Host Jazzbeau said: So it looks like packing will be quite simple: just bring everything you own, since the various climates will require all of it by the end of the cruise! 🤣 If Myster heard you make that suggestion he would spit out his teeth (his real ones)! 🤣 We have four "wardrobe-like" closets in this apartment. My garb takes up 3 of the closets. With 2 of the closets having double bars (one over the other). And that does not take into account the triple dresser and the top of the highboy. I am an admitted clothes horse. No apology! I do try to be reasonable for voyages though. Packing planning takes me a while! 😅 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumblefoot Posted January 3, 2023 #38 Share Posted January 3, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, mysty said: I do try to be reasonable for voyages though. Don’t try and beat JP. You can’t. Just pack like a Stumble going on a beach vacation does and you’ll have loads of room for your WC wardrobe. Edited January 3, 2023 by Stumblefoot 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 3, 2023 Author #39 Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Stumblefoot said: Don’t try and beat JP. You can’t. Just pack like a Stumble going on a beach vacation and you’ll have loads of room for your WC wardrobe. I have to say that I'm more a Stumblelite than a JPlite. 😁 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare spinnaker2 Posted January 3, 2023 #40 Share Posted January 3, 2023 (edited) I always try to pack jpesque. Sadly I stumble. Not necessarily a bad thing if I don't fall. Just a lotta luggage. Edited January 3, 2023 by spinnaker2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted January 3, 2023 #41 Share Posted January 3, 2023 We bought smaller rollaboard bags recently. Just so we could enjoy the challenge! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted January 3, 2023 #42 Share Posted January 3, 2023 22 minutes ago, jpalbny said: We bought smaller rollaboard bags recently. Just so we could enjoy the challenge! We got Delta Silver status recently – just so we can bring as much luggage as we please! 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted January 3, 2023 #43 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Just now, Host Jazzbeau said: We got Delta Silver status recently – just so we can bring as much luggage as we please! We could bring tons of luggage, if we wanted to (missed Diamond status on DL by $27 this year, but Platinum is very nice). It's just easier not to. No waiting for baggage at Heathrow last week while the baggage handlers were on strike. Easy to take the tube to our hotel. It does come in handy when we want to check a few suitcases full of wine on the way home, though! But the luggage allowances are over the top. When we flew business class to Helsinki in November we could have each brought 3 checked bags of 32kg, plus two carry-on bags, plus a personal item. I'd have to buy more clothes in order to have that much to bring! Apologies to Mysty for dragging this way OT. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted January 3, 2023 #44 Share Posted January 3, 2023 19 minutes ago, jpalbny said: I'd have to buy more clothes in order to have that much to bring! You could bring some of mysty's 3rd closet for her!!! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrism23 Posted January 3, 2023 #45 Share Posted January 3, 2023 This could be fun, a year ahead and misty is already posting the weather. I too am booked on the 1/24 world cruise. At the moment I am regarding this as a place holder. What attracts me to it is that it goes west out of the US instead of east. I was loathe to go to the West because of air time and other logistics. This takes the sting out of 24 hour flights. I am about to leave for 2 legs of the South American Grand Voyage, Lima to Rio 31 days. The 31 days will be the longest I have been at sea. We are using it as a dry run for the world cruise to see how we deal with longer voyages although the world cruise is 4x this. Today I am looking at the weather on the cruise to try to figure out what to pack. Packing for a mere 31 days already has my head spinning and I haven't started yet. The thought of packing for 130+ days seems impossible right now. So anyhow. I will post what I conclude after the cruise. I am puzzled about one thing. Our upcoming cruise is on the Moon. Why the Shadow-one of its older ships (2000) and not one of the newer models. I am assuming that they intend on sailing into locations that the larger ships can't navigate. If I am wrong here let me know. Otherwise I hope to be following this thread for the next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 3, 2023 Author #46 Share Posted January 3, 2023 41 minutes ago, chrism23 said: This could be fun, a year ahead and misty is already posting the weather. I too am booked on the 1/24 world cruise. At the moment I am regarding this as a place holder. What attracts me to it is that it goes west out of the US instead of east. I was loathe to go to the West because of air time and other logistics. This takes the sting out of 24 hour flights. I am about to leave for 2 legs of the South American Grand Voyage, Lima to Rio 31 days. The 31 days will be the longest I have been at sea. We are using it as a dry run for the world cruise to see how we deal with longer voyages although the world cruise is 4x this. Today I am looking at the weather on the cruise to try to figure out what to pack. Packing for a mere 31 days already has my head spinning and I haven't started yet. The thought of packing for 130+ days seems impossible right now. So anyhow. I will post what I conclude after the cruise. I am puzzled about one thing. Our upcoming cruise is on the Moon. Why the Shadow-one of its older ships (2000) and not one of the newer models. I am assuming that they intend on sailing into locations that the larger ships can't navigate. If I am wrong here let me know. Otherwise I hope to be following this thread for the next year. Speaking for ourselves, we much prefer the World Cruise on the smaller ships. Our last two were on the Lady Whisper, the Shadow's sister ship. We were not taken by the various restaurant options on the Moon on our Grand Voyage in May-June. We also prefer the intimacy of the smaller ships. A large part of the fun for adventures like this for me lies in the planning and research. It makes the wait more interesting. I thought I'd share what seems like an important consideration when planning a wardrobe to take you through 132 days. Especially true for this itinerary which covers the gamut of hot and cold temperatures. About 1/3 of the sail will have cool temperatures. I hope you enjoy your Grand Voyage! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare highplanesdrifters Posted January 3, 2023 #47 Share Posted January 3, 2023 16 hours ago, mysty said: Packing planning takes me a while! A dear friend said that she is at her most vulnerable when she is packing. I'm not far behind. The multi climes get me every time! How do I pack for 2024s Antarctica to Namibia with all those weight restrictions? Penguin safari anyone? 😀 WWJPD 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 3, 2023 Author #48 Share Posted January 3, 2023 13 minutes ago, highplanesdrifters said: A dear friend said that she is at her most vulnerable when she is packing. I'm not far behind. The multi climes get me every time! How do I pack for 2024s Antarctica to Namibia with all those weight restrictions? Penguin safari anyone? 😀 WWJPD It is definitely an interesting challenge with luggage weight restrictions. Luckily for this cruise we will get complimentary ship ahead luggage for 2 bags each. One of the ship ahead bags will carry the heavy weight sweaters, jackets and hiking boots. It won't be unpacked until we need warmer things and will spend the cruise under the bed. I am very fortunate to actually enjoy the packing process. I pack for the two of us. If Myster was left to his own devices his wardrobe would arrive jumbled, wrinkled and with unlikely pairings. 😅 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumblefoot Posted January 3, 2023 #49 Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 hour ago, highplanesdrifters said: WWJPD 😆😆😆 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted January 3, 2023 #50 Share Posted January 3, 2023 5 hours ago, chrism23 said: This could be fun, a year ahead and misty is already posting the weather. And mysty is probably more accurate than the official weather people! 🤣 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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