BON VOYAGE Coral Princess World Cruisers 2024

[Kiwi_cruiser]

On Thursday 2nd May 2024 Coral Princess sets off from Brisbane on for her epic 111 day round the world cruise!.

 

Bon Voyage!

 

Wishing you all a really fantastic time as your departure date approaches ever nearer.

 

I have started thread early to cover those getting on the Coral Princess in Auckland on 26th April 2024 and in Sydney on the 30th April 2024.

 

What a wonderful time you are all in for!!
 

Here's the fabulous 111 day itinerary...

 

This years itinerary has changed a lot!, a first for the World cruise for a large leg of a would cruise to change so much!

 

Date Port Arrive Depart:
 

Thu 02/05/24 - Brisbane / Australia
Tue 30/04/24 - Sydney / Australia
Wed 01/05/24 - At Sea
Thu 02/05/24 - At Sea
Fri 03/05/24 - At Sea
Sat 04/05/24 - At Sea
Sun 05/05/24 - Fremantle (Perth) / Australia - 10:00 - 19:00
Mon 06/05/24 - At Sea
Tue 07/05/24 - At Sea
Wed 08/05/24 - At Sea
Thu 09/05/24 - At Sea
Fri 10/05/24 - At Sea
Sat 11/05/24 - At Sea
Sun 12/05/24 - At Sea
Mon 13/05/24 - Port Louis / Mauritius - 09:00 - 18:00
Tue 14/05/24 - At Sea
Wed 15/05/24 - At Sea
Thu 16/05/24 - At Sea
Fri 17/05/24 - At Sea
Sat 18/05/24 - At Sea
Sun 19/05/24 - Cape Town / South Africa - 07:00
Mon 20/05/24 - Cape Town / South Africa - 18:00
Tue 21/05/24 - At Sea
Wed 22/05/24 - Walvis Bay / Namibia - 09:00 - 18:00
Thu 23/05/24 - At Sea
Fri 24/05/24 - At Sea
Sat 25/05/24 - At Sea
Sun 26/05/24 - At Sea
Mon 27/05/24 - At Sea
Tue 28/05/24 - At Sea
Wed 29/05/24 - At Sea
Thu 30/05/24 - Mindelo (São Vicente) / Cape Verde Islands - 09:00 - 18:00
Fri 31/05/24 - At Sea
Sat 01/06/24 - At Sea
Sun 02/06/24 - Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) / Spain -  07:00 - 16:00
Mon 03/06/24 - At Sea
Tue 04/06/24 - Tanger / Morocco - 07:00 - 17:00
Wed 05/06/24 - At Sea
Thu 06/06/24 - At Sea
Fri 07/06/24 - Cobh (Cork) / Ireland - 09:00 - 22:00
Sat 08/06/24 - At Sea
Sun 09/06/24 - Zeebrugge / Belgium - 08:00 - 18:00
Mon 10/06/24 - Ijmuiden (Amsterdam) / Netherlands -07:00m - 19:00
Tue 11/06/24 - At Sea
Wed 12/06/24 - Warnemünde / Germany - 09:00 - 23:00
Thu 13/06/24 - At Sea
Fri 14/06/24 - Riga / Latvia - 07:00 - 16:00
Sat 15/06/24 - Helsinki / Finland - 11:00 - 20:00
Sun 16/06/24 - Tallinn / Estonia - 07:00 - 17:00
Mon 17/06/24 - Visby (Gotland) / Sweden - 08:00 - 17:00
Tue 18/06/24 - Stockholm / Sweden - 08:00 -
Wed 19/06/24 - Stockholm / Sweden - 14:00
Thu 20/06/24 - At Sea
Fri 21/06/24 - Copenhagen / Denmark - 08:00 - 22:00
Sat 22/06/24 - Århus / Denmark - 07:00 - 16:00
Sun 23/06/24 - Kristiansand / Norway - 08:00 - 18:00
Mon 24/06/24 - At Sea
Tue 25/06/24 - Dover / England - 07:00 - 20:00
Wed 26/06/24 - Le Havre / France -  08:00 - 20:00
Thu 27/06/24 - At Sea
Fri 28/06/24 - Queensferry (Edinburgh)* / Scotland -  07:00 - 19:00
Sat 29/06/24 - At Sea
Sun 30/06/24 - At Sea
Mon 01/07/24 - Akureyri / Iceland - 08:00 - 18:00
Tue 02/07/24 - Isafjördur* / Iceland - 07:00 - 17:00
Wed 03/07/24 - Reykjavik / Iceland - 07:00 - 23:00
Thu 04/07/24 - At Sea
Fri 05/07/24 - At Sea
Sat 06/07/24 - At Sea
Sun 07/07/24 - At Sea
Mon 08/07/24 - Sydney (Cape Breton Island) / Canada - 07:00 - 16:00
Tue 09/07/24 - Halifax / Canada -  07:00 - 16:00
Wed 10/07/24 - Bar Harbor (ME)* / USA - 07:00 - 19:00
Thu 11/07/24 - Boston (MA) / USA - 08:00 -  22:00
Fri 12/07/24 - At Sea
Sat 13/07/24 - New York (NY) / USA - 06:30
Sun 14/07/24 - New York (NY) / USA - 16:00
Mon 15/07/24 - At Sea
Tue 16/07/24 - At Sea
Wed 17/07/24 - Key West (FL) / USA -  08:00 - 16:00
Thu 18/07/24 - At Sea
Fri 19/07/24 - At Sea
Sat 20/07/24 - Panama Canal (Passage/Cruise) / Panama - 06:00 - 16:30
Sun 21/07/24 - At Sea
Mon 22/07/24 - Manta / Ecuador - 05:00 - 18:00
Tue 23/07/24 - At Sea
Wed 24/07/24 - At Sea
Thu 25/07/24 - Callao (Lima) / Peru - 05:00
Fri 26/07/24 - Callao (Lima) / Peru - 18:00
Sat 27/07/24 - Pisco / Peru - 07:00 - 16:00
Sun 28/07/24 - At Sea
Mon 29/07/24 - At Sea
Tue 30/07/24 - At Sea
Wed 31/07/24 - At Sea
Thu 01/08/24 - Hangaroa* / Easter Island - 07:00 - 18:00
Fri 02/08/24 - At Sea
Sat 03/08/24 - At Sea
Sun 04/08/24 - Pitcairn (Passage) / South Seas - 10:00 - 14:00
Mon 05/08/24 - At Sea
Tue 06/08/24 - At Sea
Wed 07/08/24 - Papeete (Tahiti) / French Polynesia - 08:00
Thu 08/08/24 - Papeete (Tahiti) / French Polynesia - 00:00 - 04:00
Thu 08/08/24 - Moorea* / French Polynesia - 07:00 - 18:00
Fri 09/08/24 - At Sea
Sat 10/08/24 - At Sea
Sun 11/08/24 - Date Line
Mon 12/08/24 - Day lost (due to passing the dateline)
Tue 13/08/24 - At Sea
Wed 14/08/24 - At Sea
Thu 15/08/24 - Auckland / New Zealand - 07:00 - 19:00
Fri 16/08/24 - Bay of Islands* / New Zealand - 07:00 - 16:00
Sat 17/08/24 - At Sea
Sun 18/08/24 - At Sea
Mon 19/08/24 - Sydney / Australia
Wed 21/08/24 - Brisbane / Australia - 07:00

 

Traveled Distance: 65,454.13 km/35,342.40 nm

 

* Ship is anchored; Tendering weather permitting.

 

Itinerary may be subject to change at any time.

 

Coral Princess Live webcam:

 

 

 

Any one found any blogs to follow for this year cruise?

 

Everyone is welcome to contribute to this thread 🙂

[ceeceeDee]

Well, all I can say is we wish we were going on it. What an awesome cruise!

[Cbtours]

31 minutes ago, Kiwi_cruiser said:

On Thursday 2nd May 2024 Coral Princess sets off from Brisbane on for her epic 111 day round the world cruise!.

 

Bon Voyage!

 

Wishing you all a really fantastic time as your departure date approaches ever nearer.

 

I have started thread early to cover those getting on the Coral Princess in Auckland on 26th April 2024 and in Sydney on the 30th April 2024.

 

What a wonderful time you are all in for!!
 

Here's the fabulous 111 day itinerary...

 

This years itinerary has changed a lot!, a first for the World cruise for a large leg of a would cruise to change so much!

 

Date Port Arrive Depart:
 

Thu 02/05/24 - Brisbane / Australia
Tue 30/04/24 - Sydney / Australia
Wed 01/05/24 - At Sea
Thu 02/05/24 - At Sea
Fri 03/05/24 - At Sea
Sat 04/05/24 - At Sea
Sun 05/05/24 - Fremantle (Perth) / Australia - 10:00 - 19:00
Mon 06/05/24 - At Sea
Tue 07/05/24 - At Sea
Wed 08/05/24 - At Sea
Thu 09/05/24 - At Sea
Fri 10/05/24 - At Sea
Sat 11/05/24 - At Sea
Sun 12/05/24 - At Sea
Mon 13/05/24 - Port Louis / Mauritius - 09:00 - 18:00
Tue 14/05/24 - At Sea
Wed 15/05/24 - At Sea
Thu 16/05/24 - At Sea
Fri 17/05/24 - At Sea
Sat 18/05/24 - At Sea
Sun 19/05/24 - Cape Town / South Africa - 07:00
Mon 20/05/24 - Cape Town / South Africa - 18:00
Tue 21/05/24 - At Sea
Wed 22/05/24 - Walvis Bay / Namibia - 09:00 - 18:00
Thu 23/05/24 - At Sea
Fri 24/05/24 - At Sea
Sat 25/05/24 - At Sea
Sun 26/05/24 - At Sea
Mon 27/05/24 - At Sea
Tue 28/05/24 - At Sea
Wed 29/05/24 - At Sea
Thu 30/05/24 - Mindelo (São Vicente) / Cape Verde Islands - 09:00 - 18:00
Fri 31/05/24 - At Sea
Sat 01/06/24 - At Sea
Sun 02/06/24 - Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) / Spain -  07:00 - 16:00
Mon 03/06/24 - At Sea
Tue 04/06/24 - Tanger / Morocco - 07:00 - 17:00
Wed 05/06/24 - At Sea
Thu 06/06/24 - At Sea
Fri 07/06/24 - Cobh (Cork) / Ireland - 09:00 - 22:00
Sat 08/06/24 - At Sea
Sun 09/06/24 - Zeebrugge / Belgium - 08:00 - 18:00
Mon 10/06/24 - Ijmuiden (Amsterdam) / Netherlands -07:00m - 19:00
Tue 11/06/24 - At Sea
Wed 12/06/24 - Warnemünde / Germany - 09:00 - 23:00
Thu 13/06/24 - At Sea
Fri 14/06/24 - Riga / Latvia - 07:00 - 16:00
Sat 15/06/24 - Helsinki / Finland - 11:00 - 20:00
Sun 16/06/24 - Tallinn / Estonia - 07:00 - 17:00
Mon 17/06/24 - Visby (Gotland) / Sweden - 08:00 - 17:00
Tue 18/06/24 - Stockholm / Sweden - 08:00 -
Wed 19/06/24 - Stockholm / Sweden - 14:00
Thu 20/06/24 - At Sea
Fri 21/06/24 - Copenhagen / Denmark - 08:00 - 22:00
Sat 22/06/24 - Århus / Denmark - 07:00 - 16:00
Sun 23/06/24 - Kristiansand / Norway - 08:00 - 18:00
Mon 24/06/24 - At Sea
Tue 25/06/24 - Dover / England - 07:00 - 20:00
Wed 26/06/24 - Le Havre / France -  08:00 - 20:00
Thu 27/06/24 - At Sea
Fri 28/06/24 - Queensferry (Edinburgh)* / Scotland -  07:00 - 19:00
Sat 29/06/24 - At Sea
Sun 30/06/24 - At Sea
Mon 01/07/24 - Akureyri / Iceland - 08:00 - 18:00
Tue 02/07/24 - Isafjördur* / Iceland - 07:00 - 17:00
Wed 03/07/24 - Reykjavik / Iceland - 07:00 - 23:00
Thu 04/07/24 - At Sea
Fri 05/07/24 - At Sea
Sat 06/07/24 - At Sea
Sun 07/07/24 - At Sea
Mon 08/07/24 - Sydney (Cape Breton Island) / Canada - 07:00 - 16:00
Tue 09/07/24 - Halifax / Canada -  07:00 - 16:00
Wed 10/07/24 - Bar Harbor (ME)* / USA - 07:00 - 19:00
Thu 11/07/24 - Boston (MA) / USA - 08:00 -  22:00
Fri 12/07/24 - At Sea
Sat 13/07/24 - New York (NY) / USA - 06:30
Sun 14/07/24 - New York (NY) / USA - 16:00
Mon 15/07/24 - At Sea
Tue 16/07/24 - At Sea
Wed 17/07/24 - Key West (FL) / USA -  08:00 - 16:00
Thu 18/07/24 - At Sea
Fri 19/07/24 - At Sea
Sat 20/07/24 - Panama Canal (Passage/Cruise) / Panama - 06:00 - 16:30
Sun 21/07/24 - At Sea
Mon 22/07/24 - Manta / Ecuador - 05:00 - 18:00
Tue 23/07/24 - At Sea
Wed 24/07/24 - At Sea
Thu 25/07/24 - Callao (Lima) / Peru - 05:00
Fri 26/07/24 - Callao (Lima) / Peru - 18:00
Sat 27/07/24 - Pisco / Peru - 07:00 - 16:00
Sun 28/07/24 - At Sea
Mon 29/07/24 - At Sea
Tue 30/07/24 - At Sea
Wed 31/07/24 - At Sea
Thu 01/08/24 - Hangaroa* / Easter Island - 07:00 - 18:00
Fri 02/08/24 - At Sea
Sat 03/08/24 - At Sea
Sun 04/08/24 - Pitcairn (Passage) / South Seas - 10:00 - 14:00
Mon 05/08/24 - At Sea
Tue 06/08/24 - At Sea
Wed 07/08/24 - Papeete (Tahiti) / French Polynesia - 08:00
Thu 08/08/24 - Papeete (Tahiti) / French Polynesia - 00:00 - 04:00
Thu 08/08/24 - Moorea* / French Polynesia - 07:00 - 18:00
Fri 09/08/24 - At Sea
Sat 10/08/24 - At Sea
Sun 11/08/24 - Date Line
Mon 12/08/24 - Day lost (due to passing the dateline)
Tue 13/08/24 - At Sea
Wed 14/08/24 - At Sea
Thu 15/08/24 - Auckland / New Zealand - 07:00 - 19:00
Fri 16/08/24 - Bay of Islands* / New Zealand - 07:00 - 16:00
Sat 17/08/24 - At Sea
Sun 18/08/24 - At Sea
Mon 19/08/24 - Sydney / Australia
Wed 21/08/24 - Brisbane / Australia - 07:00

 

Traveled Distance: 65,454.13 km/35,342.40 nm

 

* Ship is anchored; Tendering weather permitting.

 

Itinerary may be subject to change at any time.

 

Coral Princess Live webcam:

 

 

 

Any one found any blogs to follow for this year cruise?

 

Everyone is welcome to contribute to this thread 🙂

It would be a dream! Have fun everyone 🥰

[MicCanberra]

Wishing everyone aboard smooth sailing 

[OzKiwiJJ]

Coral isn't going to Brisbane. That port stop was cancelled. 

 

The NZ world cruisers embark in Auckland tomorrow, 26th April.

Sat 27th April - Bay of Islands

Sun 28th April - At Sea

Mon 29th Apr - At Sea

Tue 30th April - the rest of us, including the Brisbane contingent, embark in Sydney and off we go!

 

 

 

[ekka49]

1 minute ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Coral isn't going to Brisbane. That port stop was cancelled. 

 

The NZ world cruisers embark in Auckland tomorrow, 26th April.

Sat 27th April - Bay of Islands

Sun 28th April - At Sea

Mon 29th Apr - At Sea

Tue 30th April - the rest of us, including the Brisbane contingent, embark in Sydney and off we go!

 

 

 

Yes, we should have boarded in Brisbane for this world cruise. We are now flying down to Sydney on Monday 29th. We will be boarding on the 30th. 

We then have a 112 day world cruise. Finishing in Brisbane on the 21st August

[OzKiwiJJ]

It's going to be an interesting run across to Fremantle. We have 4 days 15.25 hours to get there by the scheduled arrival time, including getting in and out of the harbours. 

 

It's 2140 nautical miles between the two ports. If Coral sustains a steady 20 knots it will take 4 days 11 hours. We are crossing two of Australia's most notorious seas - Bass Strait and the Great Australian Bight. Hopefully the weather and sea gods will be kind to us but if not I've got a good supply of seasickness meds! 

[ceeceeDee]

9 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

It's going to be an interesting run across to Fremantle. We have 4 days 15.25 hours to get there by the scheduled arrival time, including getting in and out of the harbours. 

 

It's 2140 nautical miles between the two ports. If Coral sustains a steady 20 knots it will take 4 days 11 hours. We are crossing two of Australia's most notorious seas - Bass Strait and the Great Australian Bight. Hopefully the weather and sea gods will be kind to us but if not I've got a good supply of seasickness meds! 

You'll be fine Julie. After all, it's not your first rodeo!😉

 

Wishing you an absolutely wonderful trip and I'm sure everyone here will be looking forward to hearing all about it!

[OzKiwiJJ]

1 hour ago, ceeceeDee said:

You'll be fine Julie. After all, it's not your first rodeo!😉

 

Wishing you an absolutely wonderful trip and I'm sure everyone here will be looking forward to hearing all about it!

I'm actually more concerned with reaching Fremantle on time than the actual crossing. We're meeting up with friends for lunch. We missed catching up with them last time we were in Fremantle as we were stuck in isolation as I had Covid.

 

 

[Kiwi_cruiser]

1 hour ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Coral isn't going to Brisbane. That port stop was cancelled. 

 

 

Thank You OZKiwiJJ for the update 🙂

[OzKiwiJJ]

37 minutes ago, Kiwi_cruiser said:

 

Thank You OZKiwiJJ for the update 🙂

And thank you for starting this thread off. I'll be adding to it regularly. 😊

[Cbtours]

23 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

And thank you for starting this thread off. I'll be adding to it regularly. 😊

Looking forward to updates while I follow along from my armchair 🥰

[CDaze71]

12 minutes ago, Cbtours said:

Looking forward to updates while I follow along from my armchair 🥰

Me too. 

[Kiwi_cruiser]

31 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

And thank you for starting this thread off. I'll be adding to it regularly. 😊

 

Your welcome and I hope you enjoy your amazing cruise!

[CDaze71]

Julie, Rolf, Eric and Sheila, enjoy the World Cruise. So jealous. 

[Cbtours]

2 hours ago, CDaze71 said:

Julie, Rolf, Eric and Sheila, enjoy the World Cruise. So jealous. 

Me too Cilla 😁

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Coral Princess docked in Auckland, New Zealand today to pick up her New Zealand World cruises:
 

 

[NSWP]

Bon Voyage to all on the 2014 Worldie.  Have a great time.   Looking forward to some posts.

[ekka49]

23 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

I'm actually more concerned with reaching Fremantle on time than the actual crossing. We're meeting up with friends for lunch. We missed catching up with them last time we were in Fremantle as we were stuck in isolation as I had Covid.

 

 

We are also meeting up with friends in Perth. 

[OzKiwiJJ]

I just had a look at the wave predictions. It looks promising for the Tasman crossing, Bass Strait, and probably the Great Australian Bight as well. However we might just catch the edge of 3 metre seas leaving Sydney Harbour but those are moving north so we'll be out of their influence quite quickly. 

[Cbtours]

4 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

I just had a look at the wave predictions. It looks promising for the Tasman crossing, Bass Strait, and probably the Great Australian Bight as well. However we might just catch the edge of 3 metre seas leaving Sydney Harbour but those are moving north so we'll be out of their influence quite quickly. 

I’m so excited for you 🥰

[Pushka]

I'm just imagining how long this thread will be when the WC return to OZ. 
 

Happy cruising everyone lucky enough to be boarding. I can't even get my head around a World Cruise. Colour me very 💚

[OzKiwiJJ]

30 minutes ago, Pushka said:

I'm just imagining how long this thread will be when the WC return to OZ. 
 

Happy cruising everyone lucky enough to be boarding. I can't even get my head around a World Cruise. Colour me very 💚

Who'd have thought way back at the beginning of 2014 when we were discussing cruising on the old Amazon forums, and you recommended Cruise Critic to me, that we'd be going on a world cruise! 😊

 

I'm not sure I've got my head fully around the cruise either and we're embarking on Tuesday! 🤔😲🤣

[OzKiwiJJ]

1 hour ago, Cbtours said:

I’m so excited for you 🥰

I'm getting jittery! Excitement with a touch of scariness! 

 

I think (hope) we have everything under control. The battle of the suitcases is scheduled for Sunday. That is going to be a challenge!

[Cbtours]

1 hour ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

I'm getting jittery! Excitement with a touch of scariness! 

 

I think (hope) we have everything under control. The battle of the suitcases is scheduled for Sunday. That is going to be a challenge!

I’ll be following closely 🥰