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I definitely recommend going west. Much easier on the body to have 25 hour days instead of 23 hour days. Plus, going east, the last several days (at least 5) are all sea days and, in our experience, people are just ready to be off the ship. Going westbound, the excitement of Sydney (or Auckland, etc) awaits, and give you something to look forward to right to the end.

Ok, this hurt a little. I could have been enjoying that Harmony breakfast for a full month! Instead, I was watching a 10K race at midnight in SoCal when the lights went out with a mile to go and am drinking hotel room coffee this morning. Enjoy it for me!

Thank you! I don’t think we’re cruise for months at a time any longer (it’s a lot of work, actually), but I’ll blog when I do cruise again.

In 2017 when we were spending a season cruising out of Sydney, I bought my mom an iPad and put a shortcut to that webcam on the Home Screen. When I replaced her iPad in 2022, I neglected to do that (since we were no longer cruising out of Sydney) and she called me to tell me how much she missed it and that she looked at it every day. I had to correct that ASAP! It is quite entertaining.

This is when I realize how massive these ships are. Is there a better major city in the world to cruise into and be right in the heart of the action? We did Australia cruising a year after Asia cruising and just loved being berthed at Circular Quay.

The harbor looks choppy. I’m glad the Majestic can make it in.

The Solstice is passing the Majestic just outside the harbor now.

Good to know, thanks! They used to (pre-COVID) be in the Royal Botanical Gardens. Of course, we didn’t know that until we heard them from our hotel room. If it had been a major US city, we would have guessed gunfire, but, being in Sydney, we correctly guessed fireworks.

I forgot to mention yesterday that they used to have fireworks over the Royal Botanic Gardens on Saturday nights. I thought of it this morning but that was too late. Enjoy Manly!

This is worth remembering.

Personally, I would want my first trip through the Panama Canal to be through the historic locks. With Princess, this means on the Island Princess or Coral Princess. If you do choose to go on a larger ship, it will be through the new locks, which are in no way a substitute for seeing the historic locks. In that case, I believe you can do a full or partial transit through the historic locks on a small tour boat on some itineraries (as an excursion). I would highly recommend doing that.

https://the.streameast.app/ncaa-live-streams No sign in. Have to ignore the pop ups for gaming, keep returning to the original tab. Duke-NC State playing right now. Close game, hurry!

Yikes! Purdue just beat Tennessee in a fantastic game! Edey was 🔥.

The sideways interior cabins are roomier, no question about it. I just don’t think they’re the best choice for couples who come and go at different times. When the door to the corridor is opened, anyone walking by sees everything inside, which, if you’re both dressed is fine. If you’re not, it’s a bit…interesting.

Protein bars or even lunch-sized cans of tuna or chicken (unopened, of course) are acceptable every place we’ve traveled, even in strict New Zealand, where your water bottles have to be commercially bottled and unopened when you leave the ship.