"Live" Majestic Princess, 33-Days, Apr 10th to May 12th, Sydney to Seattle (+6 Nights Sydney Pre-Cruise)

[robncruise]

Haere ra  ( goodbye) Majestic Princess. Leaving New Zealand for maybe the final time ?  No   cruises down under scheduled in the future.

[MargoK]

Farewell Majestic Princess.   Our fourth cruise on her ended today.

Sadly she is not scheduled to return. 

Last night we had a magnificent meal at The Catch. 

Highly recommended.  Food is beautiful presented and tasted delicious 😋. 

 

By far the best meal we have had in years.    The Catch is only on three of the ships which is a pity.   

[EDVM96]

[LACruiser88]

We found a duck tonight!

[LACruiser88]

The extra dish tonight in the Reserve Dining Room was Shrimp Fra Diavolo.

 

 

 

[LACruiser88]

We lose an hour tonight.  On our way to Papeete.

 

 

[EDVM96]

9 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

 

The Surf and Turf (Land and Sea) on the Royal also came with a jumbo shrimp instead of lobster. And there was also no MDR lobster (without extra pay) on a 14 day cruise. Only Reserve Dining had it I guess.

This seems typical for OZ/NZ cruises. 

 

 

 

Edited April 19 by EDVM96

[HoneyBubba]

On 4/17/2024 at 8:51 PM, Mike A said:

Thank You @LACruiser88!!!  That’s what I figured too. Hopefully that is the case. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the rest of your cruise and look forward to following your great live from thread🙂🙂🙂

It will be in dry dock from March 11th to April 1st.  Looked it up on a cruise timetable. 

 

I have been looking to see what might be changed in dry dock.  We are booked on the July trans-Atlantic.  

[Yehootu]

I booked the Penguin Experience at Sea Life Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium in Auckland last June. It sells out as they only allow 4 people to participate 3 days a week. Awesome experience. I used to tell my Mom, "I've been to 6 continents and you've only been to 5." So she planned a trip to South America and actually was able to land on Antartica and walk around in penguin poop. I don't think I'll make it to Antartica, but I've gotten to walk around in penguin poop. Very inquisitive little guys

Edited April 19 by Yehootu

[LACruiser88]

Cloudy, breezy and a bit cool today.  Not quite pool weather yet.

 

I was mistaken last night, we lose an hour tonight (clocks forward 1 hr).

 

 

 

[LACruiser88]

We checked out the Arcade on deck 6, adjacent to the Casino.  Prices for the games ranged from $1.50 to $3.00.

 

Btw, there was no smoke in the Casino.  🤷‍♂️

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CruzeQueen2]

On 4/14/2024 at 10:39 PM, LACruiser88 said:

We are trying a new Cab, to us, at Vines tonight.  At $17 per glass, we prefer the Silverado. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@LACruiser88 Me too. I tried Silver Palm last night, not having another glass.... Happy to know my palate matches yours. I'm doing my best to keep up. I like Silverado too! On Ruby 😉 

Super Tuscan lunch April 24th. Cheers!

[c-boy]

Jo and I spent some quite time in the arcade after many casino visits....

 

Btw, there was no smoke in the Casino.  🤷‍♂️

 

 

good ol' Australia 

Edited April 20 by c-boy

[azbirdmom]

2 minutes ago, c-boy said:

Jo and I spent some quite time in the arcade after many casino visits....

 

Btw, there was no smoke in the Casino.  🤷‍♂️

 

 

good ol' Australia 

Oh boy, absolutely love the smoke free bonus of taking cruises from Australia!  But I would suspect that now that they have left Auckland and are headed east that they have lifted restrictions on smoking in the casino. For the sake of those onboard I sure hope I am wrong about that.

[EDVM96]

Just now, azbirdmom said:

But I would suspect that now that they have left Auckland and are headed east that they have lifted restrictions on smoking in the casino.

I'm pretty sure the turnover will be in Honolulu.

Onboard currency also has to change from AUD to USD somewhere. 😄

 

[azbirdmom]

2 minutes ago, EDVM96 said:

I'm pretty sure the turnover will be in Honolulu.

Onboard currency also has to change from AUD to USD somewhere. 😄

 

 

According to the pictures from the arcade from the post above it appears that the changeover from AUD to USD has already happened.

Edited April 20 by azbirdmom

[EDVM96]

Just now, azbirdmom said:

 

According to the pictures from the arcade from the post above the changeover from AUD to USD has already happened.

I think it was always USD in the arcade also on the Royal in March (roundtrip from SYD to Fiji).

But maybe they already changed it. 

 

 

[EDVM96]

3 minutes ago, azbirdmom said:

 

According to the pictures from the arcade from the post above the changeover from AUD to USD has already happened.

Wait, why do you think this is USD? AUD uses the same "$" 

[azbirdmom]

2 minutes ago, EDVM96 said:

Wait, why do you think this is USD? AUD uses the same "$" 

Because I'm fairly certain that the price would be higher if AUD.  But we will find out soon enough...

[EDVM96]

1 minute ago, azbirdmom said:

Because I'm fairly certain that the price would be higher if AUD.  But we will find out soon enough...

One arcade game was one US quarter back in the 80s. 😄
I wish I would have tried it on the Royal a few weeks ago, but I like to play Q-Bert and Asteroids more than todays arcade games with headsets etc.

[azbirdmom]

13 minutes ago, EDVM96 said:

One arcade game was one US quarter back in the 80s. 😄
I wish I would have tried it on the Royal a few weeks ago, but I like to play Q-Bert and Asteroids more than todays arcade games with headsets etc.

Yes those were the days!

[LACruiser88]

2 hours ago, azbirdmom said:

 

According to the pictures from the arcade from the post above it appears that the changeover from AUD to USD has already happened.

The changeover to USD occurred when we boarded in Sydney.

 

Btw, I just spoke to the Casino manager.  He said the Casino will be smoke-free until Vancouver.  After that, he is hoping it will stay that way but he suspects that he will be told that it will revert to smoking.

[LACruiser88]

3 hours ago, CruzeQueen2 said:

@LACruiser88 Me too. I tried Silver Palm last night, not having another glass.... Happy to know my palate matches yours. I'm doing my best to keep up. I like Silverado too! On Ruby 😉 

Super Tuscan lunch April 24th. Cheers!

You know what they say about great minds! 🤣  Btw, we have been alternating between the Silverado Cab, Paraduxx Blend, and the Grgich Hills Merlot.

 

Enjoy your cruise (and vinos 🍷)!!!

[LACruiser88]

Today's lunch menu. 

 

 

Today's ice creams were Oreo Cookie and Torrincino.  We have been skipping dessert, but could not resist the Oreo Cookie!  It was delicious! 

 

After the start-up, their ice cream choices were only vanilla and chocolate.  They have now gone back to making different flavors on a daily basis.

[CruzeQueen2]

@LACruiser88 is the expression...Great minds drink alike? Enjoy every sip and gulp. Love your reports. Thank you for sharing so much info.

Is Darko  the concierge with you?