Chiliburn Posted January 18 #101 Share Posted January 18 20 minutes ago, little britain said: That’s great! Balmain for lunch and Manly for dinner today! Watsons bay is good,ferry wharf 5 to Watsons Bay and walk to south head . A easy hour walk return and there’s a nudist beach!! Just turn left at the wharf and follow the shore ,the best view in Sydney from south head but do it before lunch as in gets busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennmaybe Posted January 19 #102 Share Posted January 19 We are planning to do Australia/NZ in the Fall of 2025…….if RC will ever release the schedule! 😔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonsai3s Posted January 19 #103 Share Posted January 19 5 hours ago, Chiliburn said: I don’t know what your plans are but there’s a $8,90 cap on all public transport across Sydney,today,Saturday and Sunday. You can use your credit card as an electronic ticket and ride the ferries,trains and buses all day for $8,90 . You won’t get a better deal in Sydney .LOL @Chiliburn...that's a great deal! How often does this happen? We used the Opal Card when we were in Sydney...what is the daily cap for it currently? I know there was an extra charge to take the train to and from the airport...what is the cost now? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted January 19 #104 Share Posted January 19 20 minutes ago, bonsai3s said: @Chiliburn...that's a great deal! How often does this happen? We used the Opal Card when we were in Sydney...what is the daily cap for it currently? I know there was an extra charge to take the train to and from the airport...what is the cost now? Thank you. To be honest it changes,at the moment it’s $8.90 cap Friday to Sunday. Through the week it’s about $16.80 from memory. Which is still cheap unlimited travel ,anywhere a couple of hours from Sydney . It was $6 weekend then before that it was $2,50 . I don’t know if a overseas tourist can get it but if you are over 60 like I am it’s $2.50 cap all year round.You have to go to one of their business offices and get a Opel card. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CaptainBazz Posted January 19 #105 Share Posted January 19 11 hours ago, bonsai3s said: @Chiliburn...that's a great deal! How often does this happen? We used the Opal Card when we were in Sydney...what is the daily cap for it currently? I know there was an extra charge to take the train to and from the airport...what is the cost now? Thank you. We were in Sydney last year in March...took the subway to the train station...train to Katoomba...did the sites there...then train and subway back...total cost $16...what a deal. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted January 20 Author #106 Share Posted January 20 No cruise ship in today! Showing the location of OPT ( modern building) in relation to Bridge taken from Opera House 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badatz2 Posted January 20 #107 Share Posted January 20 On 1/19/2024 at 4:19 PM, CaptainBazz said: We were in Sydney last year in March...took the subway to the train station...train to Katoomba...did the sites there...then train and subway back...total cost $16...what a deal. How did you travel between the sites such as Echo point, the three sisters, scenic world etc.? There is a Hop On Hop Off Explorer bus from Katoomba station that goes to all the sites and includes Scenic World tickets for 99 AUD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CaptainBazz Posted January 20 #108 Share Posted January 20 1 minute ago, Badatz2 said: How did you travel between the sites such as Echo point, the three sisters, scenic world etc.? There is a Hop On Hop Off Explorer bus from Katoomba station that goes to all the sites and includes Scenic World tickets for 99 AUD We took the regular City/Town bus which left the station and did a loop past all of the sites. Tap on and tap off at each site...very inexpensive, maybe $6 in total...buses ran about every 20 mins if I recall correctly. 5 mins ride between each site. The times are posted at each stop. Scenic World tickets were obviously extra. I think we paid about $40 each (Senior rate). Overall definitely cheaper than the hop on hop off bus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted January 21 Author #109 Share Posted January 21 Round #2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted January 21 #110 Share Posted January 21 (edited) @little britain you haven’t lived until you have had a Tasmania scallop pie. Edited January 21 by Chiliburn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted January 21 Author #111 Share Posted January 21 (edited) Another amazingly easy check in… 14 minutes from cab 🚕 to cabin! Sydney really has this down to a fine art. I was on this ship for her maiden sailing to Rotterdam, and then again for the first leg of her repo to Asia. I love this style of ship. It’ll be good to become reacquainted with her again. One change I’ve noticed is a Fish n Ships by the pool area which was not there before JJ is in the Suite lounge. Only 11 🍍 on board so we have full access to CK 👏 It is the last week of Australian school holidays so there are around 1100 kids on board. Edited January 21 by little britain 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonsai3s Posted January 21 #112 Share Posted January 21 1 hour ago, little britain said: Another amazingly easy check in… 14 minutes from cab 🚕 to cabin! Sydney really has this down to a fine art. I was on this ship for her maiden sailing to Rotterdam, and then again for the first leg of her repo to Asia. I love this style of ship. It’ll be good to become reacquainted with her again. One change I’ve noticed is a Fish n Ships by the pool area which was not there before JJ is in the Suite lounge. Only 11 🍍 on board so we have full access to CK 👏 It is the last week of Australian school holidays so there are around 1100 kids on board. LB, may I ask who the CK Host and Manager...and Suite Concierge are? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SpainAlien Posted January 21 #113 Share Posted January 21 (edited) Do you know if all classes of cabins have kettles? We are in a lowly inside cabin so I doubt it but I can hope. We board on 9th Feb, will you still be onboard then? Edited January 21 by SpainAlien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SpainAlien Posted January 21 #114 Share Posted January 21 Sorry, another question: is Fish n Ships complimentary (except for lobster)? There is conflicting info online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted January 21 #115 Share Posted January 21 23 minutes ago, SpainAlien said: Sorry, another question: is Fish n Ships complimentary (except for lobster)? There is conflicting info online. The app (set to current sailing) should list that (any for fee items) for that venue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted January 21 #116 Share Posted January 21 53 minutes ago, SpainAlien said: Sorry, another question: is Fish n Ships complimentary (except for lobster)? There is conflicting info online. All cabins have a kettle but for some reason there’s never any coffee,plenty of tea though. Fish and chips is mostly free ,there’s a charge for the lobster and fried mars bar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted January 21 Author #117 Share Posted January 21 1 hour ago, SpainAlien said: Do you know if all classes of cabins have kettles? We are in a lowly inside cabin so I doubt it but I can hope. We board on 9th Feb, will you still be onboard then? I believe so. We have a regular balcony and there is kettle, tea and sachets of coffee (which you don’t get from Southampton!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted January 21 Author #118 Share Posted January 21 2 hours ago, bonsai3s said: LB, may I ask who the CK Host and Manager...and Suite Concierge are? Thank you. Mariano, Lúe in CK and JJ in the lounge. Sorry to say that it was a disappointing first night in CK despite it being fillet night (which was delicious). Service was slow. The wine list was very lacking compared to the MDR wine list on Brilliance! No Fifth Leg! They didn’t have the Columbo French rose and when I asked for Whispering Angel I was told it was an extra $1 as it was $16… whereas I drank it quite frequently for free on Brilliance at $15 🤷♀️ Other waiters were overheard telling their tables that it wasn’t burrata as the starter, but mozzarella… our waiter didn’t tell us, and an over chilled unappetising slab of mozzarella appeared. Happy to see that Vintage’s does stock the Pontings range of wines. Will stock up there before dinner tomorrow! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted January 21 Author #119 Share Posted January 21 1 hour ago, SpainAlien said: Sorry, another question: is Fish n Ships complimentary (except for lobster)? There is conflicting info online. Yes the app shows complimentary for; Fish and chips chicken fingers and chips Fried shrimp and chips Crispy fish sandwich treat yourself: Fried lobster tail and chips $12 desert of the day.. no cost showing but as its under the “treat yourself” column I guess there is! I’ll look tomorrow 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonsai3s Posted January 21 #120 Share Posted January 21 6 hours ago, little britain said: Mariano, Lúe in CK and JJ in the lounge. Sorry to say that it was a disappointing first night in CK despite it being fillet night (which was delicious). Service was slow. The wine list was very lacking compared to the MDR wine list on Brilliance! No Fifth Leg! They didn’t have the Columbo French rose and when I asked for Whispering Angel I was told it was an extra $1 as it was $16… whereas I drank it quite frequently for free on Brilliance at $15 🤷♀️ Other waiters were overheard telling their tables that it wasn’t burrata as the starter, but mozzarella… our waiter didn’t tell us, and an over chilled unappetising slab of mozzarella appeared. Happy to see that Vintage’s does stock the Pontings range of wines. Will stock up there before dinner tomorrow! Thanks for the names. Oh my.. hope the service gets better...at least the filet was delicious. * I have never been charge extra for Whispering Angel...curious if they'll charge you extra at Vintages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted January 22 Author #121 Share Posted January 22 (edited) A bit choppy this morning as we head south. Top tier confirmed just over 1000 C&A on board so a lot of new cruisers. There are only 11 pinnacles Demographic - a lot and I mean a lot of Chinese/ oriental guests. The shops seem to be stocked with a far higher quality of goods - Marc Jacob’s handbags 👜, a very big selection of Kate Spades; and of course the 2nd hand LVs The Omega watch shop looked like it already was selling and the casino was quite busy at 11am. Edited January 22 by little britain 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare xpcdoojk Posted January 22 #122 Share Posted January 22 Hi LB, when I saw the screen with only 10 Pins, I knew you would win! Congrats. I have us booked for 3 months next year From Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney and Honolulu. You should have an awesome time!!!! Your friend ———— jc————hopefully we will sail together some day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted January 22 Author #123 Share Posted January 22 19 hours ago, SpainAlien said: Sorry, another question: is Fish n Ships complimentary (except for lobster)? There is conflicting info online. Today’s Fish n Ships pudding was a little chocolate mousse thing - no charge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted January 22 Author #124 Share Posted January 22 (edited) I don’t think they got the wine delivery 🚚 this week There is no St Augustus Shiraz There is no Ponting Rianna rose There is no Colombo rose They did waive the extra $1 charge and give us WA in lieu For the gamblers the roulette tables only had one zero. DH turned our $8 free spins 🎰 into $101 !! The Chinese dress up on formal night.. some fantastic dresses 👗 Edited January 22 by little britain 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgmn Posted January 22 #125 Share Posted January 22 Enjoying your trip reports LB. Hope you continue for the Spectrum cruise, we're on her a couple of weeks after you and will be interested to hear your opinion on her and your ports of call. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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