Rare EngIceDave Posted May 6, 2023 Author #576 Share Posted May 6, 2023 9 hours ago, Oakman58 said: I booked the Luminosa for Sep 2024 when it goes back to Australia from Seattle because the price was good. I'm still up in the air about whether or not I should do this cruise because it has so many sea days (17). Do it. Still a trip of a lifetime As Ferris says "If you have the means, I highly recommend one" 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 6, 2023 #577 Share Posted May 6, 2023 Great thread, thanks for taking us along on the ride. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted May 6, 2023 Author #578 Share Posted May 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said: Great thread, thanks for taking us along on the ride. Honestly, it was my pleasure. It was fun for me. Kept me and my mind busy looking for things to share, and my primary intent was information on Luminosa, because there seemed so little available. Every video was some glowing review from an Aussie influencer/free ride....Bahhh....I want something substantial. So, I dug around a lot and it was fun. 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted May 6, 2023 Author #579 Share Posted May 6, 2023 On 5/4/2023 at 1:55 PM, EngIceDave said: Looks familiar IT IS THE SAME ARTIST!! What a coincidence, huh? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_(Botero) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare IntrepidFromDC Posted May 7, 2023 #580 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Thanks for the fun and informative dive into the land downunder, Engine Ice Dave! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balcony bound Posted May 7, 2023 #581 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Thanks so much for doing this!! Had to catch up the last week because I went on my own cruise. Welcome home, and watch for upcoming taco alerts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvercrikhix Posted May 11, 2023 #582 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Thank you so much for all the time and consideration you put into this review. We’re sailing Luminosa in August and your ship pre-view review was great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank12 Posted May 11, 2023 #583 Share Posted May 11, 2023 On 4/13/2023 at 7:07 AM, EngIceDave said: Oh...while in line to check in, noticed a hat a man was wearing, Latitude Margaritaville in Daytona Beach, Florida. Asked if he lived there, said yes....we live literally across the street in another development and shop the same Publix That's what are the odds small world schnit there.... You must live in LPGA!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted May 11, 2023 Author #584 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Just now, Frank12 said: You must live in LPGA!! Yuppers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irie0518 Posted May 12, 2023 #585 Share Posted May 12, 2023 On 4/24/2023 at 2:53 AM, EngIceDave said: It's now totally official, I have become "old" The music in the MDR is all "my music" with Led Zeppellin, Tom Petty, The Ramones, Madonna, Rick James, Devo and B-52's.... We found a banana....well, half a banana You just had to get covid. You could order all the banana's you wanted and they were also bringing me 2-3 of those big $4 bottles of water 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted May 12, 2023 Author #586 Share Posted May 12, 2023 35 minutes ago, irie0518 said: You just had to get covid. You could order all the banana's you wanted and they were also bringing me 2-3 of those big $4 bottles of water 🙂 You the lady who got 5 days, mentioned it on the Facebook group? Still wonder how "De-Australia" the ship is now. What kinds of sodas, beer and so on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irie0518 Posted May 12, 2023 #587 Share Posted May 12, 2023 10 minutes ago, EngIceDave said: You the lady who got 5 days, mentioned it on the Facebook group? Still wonder how "De-Australia" the ship is now. What kinds of sodas, beer and so on... No I'm not on facebook so that wasn't me. When we got back on in Moorea I had a sore throat so I took a test and it came up positive right away. I felt pretty crappy for 2 days and then turned the corner to feeling better. The last 3 days in quarantine were the worst. I was in an inside room and was going stir crazy. I watched Food network until it started repeating every day and then would just put the Forward camera on and just watch the outside that way. Luckily if it had to happen it did at the best possible time. I got released from quarantine on the morning of Honolulu(the day we were supposed to be there). And I didn't have to do the customs thing. Guest services just came and got my passport and did it for me. They also gave me free wifi for the rest of the cruise so that kept me occupied a bit. I guess you didn't watch too many of the live acts but we really enjoyed the rock band that played in the ocean plaza most nights. And the two solo acoustic guys were pretty good too. The girl at the piano bar was entertaining, her voice sounded overworked a few of the times we watched her. There was also a more extensive room service menu. There was a QR code on the wall by the phone. Some of the things I got from there were acutally pretty good. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted May 12, 2023 Author #588 Share Posted May 12, 2023 That's a bummer. Glad they took care of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakman58 Posted May 12, 2023 #589 Share Posted May 12, 2023 9 hours ago, irie0518 said: No I'm not on facebook so that wasn't me. When we got back on in Moorea I had a sore throat so I took a test and it came up positive right away. I felt pretty crappy for 2 days and then turned the corner to feeling better. The last 3 days in quarantine were the worst. I was in an inside room and was going stir crazy. I watched Food network until it started repeating every day and then would just put the Forward camera on and just watch the outside that way. Luckily if it had to happen it did at the best possible time. I got released from quarantine on the morning of Honolulu(the day we were supposed to be there). And I didn't have to do the customs thing. Guest services just came and got my passport and did it for me. They also gave me free wifi for the rest of the cruise so that kept me occupied a bit. I guess you didn't watch too many of the live acts but we really enjoyed the rock band that played in the ocean plaza most nights. And the two solo acoustic guys were pretty good too. The girl at the piano bar was entertaining, her voice sounded overworked a few of the times we watched her. There was also a more extensive room service menu. There was a QR code on the wall by the phone. Some of the things I got from there were acutally pretty good. Because Covid is still around my wife and I get a booster shot right before the cruises we take. Along with the two Moderna shots, we've now had 5 booster shots. So far, so good. We just got our 5th booster last week in anticipation of our upcoming June Alaskan cruise. This past January we took a 16-day round trip from San Diego to Hawaii with Princess and a heck of a lot of people caught covid. The ship had a large number of balcony cabins on deck 12 set aside for quarantine. So many people caught Covid that once those cabins were all filled, they just quarantined passengers in their own cabins. The cabin next door to us ended up being quarantined for the last 5 days of the cruise. I made sure I was not on our balcony when our neighbors were on theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted May 12, 2023 Author #590 Share Posted May 12, 2023 10 minutes ago, Oakman58 said: Because Covid is still around my wife and I get a booster shot right before the cruises we take. Along with the two Moderna shots, we've now had 5 booster shots. So far, so good. We just got our 5th booster last week in anticipation of our upcoming June Alaskan cruise. This past January we took a 16-day round trip from San Diego to Hawaii with Princess and a heck of a lot of people caught covid. The ship had a large number of balcony cabins on deck 12 set aside for quarantine. So many people caught Covid that once those cabins were all filled, they just quarantined passengers in their own cabins. The cabin next door to us ended up being quarantined for the last 5 days of the cruise. I made sure I was not on our balcony when our neighbors were on theirs. We're a pretty keep to ourselves couple. Not into bars, we don't drink. So we kind of keep to ourselves. If we ever saw anyone with a mask, we respected it and gave them a wide berth...maybe they were afraid of us or we should be afraid of them....So, plenty of space and empty elevator for those folks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliot Ness Posted May 16, 2023 #591 Share Posted May 16, 2023 We were on this cruise with you and your review is pretty spot-on with our experiences also. She isn't our favorite ship, but we had a good time and just booked the 30 day return to Brisbane via Seattle, Alaska, Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines. We figure all of the Aussie bacon will be purged by then 😉 John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwokpot Posted May 16, 2023 #592 Share Posted May 16, 2023 14 minutes ago, Eliot Ness said: We were on this cruise with you and your review is pretty spot-on with our experiences also. She isn't our favorite ship, but we had a good time and just booked the 30 day return to Brisbane via Seattle, Alaska, Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines. We figure all of the Aussie bacon will be purged by then 😉 John Did you get the email about the port changes? Nagasaki is replaced by Okinawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliot Ness Posted May 16, 2023 #593 Share Posted May 16, 2023 14 minutes ago, kwokpot said: Did you get the email about the port changes? Nagasaki is replaced by Okinawa. Yes, that's fine with me, I was stationed in Okinawa in the USAF. I expect t to see more changes, maybe not actual ports but port times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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