jennmaybe

Thank you! Me too! Yeah, I started looking at these back in January and as of the first week of April they were still available. We got together with my mother-in-law and we had finally narrowed it down to either of the two cruises that I mentioned earlier and when I went back out last week to book it, they were both sold out.

I sure do wish we could do the 14 day one! I will definitely keep checking to see if anything opens up. I’m glad you got booked on it and I hope you guys have a wonderful time!

I agree! Princess prices for AUS/NZ are the best I have seen yet. I can see why they are starting to sell out already for 2026. None of the other itineraries interested us so it looks like I will have to wait until they release their itineraries for later in 2026. Let’s say that I have learned my lesson and I will book as soon as they release! 😜

Well, I’ll called Princess. He looked at both of the cruises I was looking at, and he said they are sold out except for some interior rooms on the 8-day. That will not work for us, because we were going to book a penthouse suite. (there will be 3 of us traveling). None of the other cruises peaked our interest, so I guess I will have to start over looking at some other lines. I had already looked at several and did not find any itineraries appealing. Princess had the best itineraries. Unfortunately, we are limited to no more than 8 days. My hubby and I still work and between days for flying and days pre-and post cruise, we cannot get more than 2 weeks off at a time. Aah… hopefully the day will come when we can take very long vacations. 😄🏝 The cruises I have been looking at were the 6-day leaving 1/3/26, AUS/NZ and the 8-day leaving 2/20/26, AUS/NZ. The representative did offer to put me on a wait list with no guarantees, of course, for a fee. I’d politely refused. I am not putting down money for a cruise that I may not get when I can put that money towards a cruise that I can actually book. 😟

Yeah we’ve sailed Princess before, so not a 1st cruise with them. Thanks for the feedback. I always book our cruises online and I don’t use travel agents. I am our travel agent. 😁 I’ll give them a call tomorrow and see what they say. I wanted to check and see if my CC peeps had any insight first. I find you guys way more reliable than I do customer service. Thanks ya’ll!

So, I have been looking at 2 different cruises in 2026 for Australia/NZ. One is a 6-day and the other is a 8-day. We had decided on the 6-day, but when I went out to book it last week, it is showing as sold out. Then, I checked the 8-day cruise since that was our back up, and when I chose 3 guests, it was also showing sold out. On that one, when I changed it to 2 guests, only interior rooms showed as available. I have checked this several times now over the last week and received the same results. My question is, how can these cruises already be sold out? These seem to be the only two that are. Is this common for Princess on AUS/NZ itineraries or is there a special event that has been booked that has taken the rooms? When I started looking at these cruises, there were plenty of rooms available. Super bummed…. looks like we may now have to wait until later in 2026..

We don’t even have a way to get them on our phones, so it’s a printed copy for us.

Why? Our phones are older than this and have no problems. Then again, we don’t use apps for anything. Not everyone wants to pay hundreds of dollars a month for a cell phone. We prefer to spend our money traveling and splurging such as flying first class or Delta One Suites.

You can take your own canned sodas on Celebrity. We do not drink a lot of soda, but we also don’t do fountain soda. We’re taking 1 case with us next month.

Wanna know how much gratuity we pay? 0%! We refuse to pay those prices and we do not use the mindset of “it’s vacation” to justify it. There are so many better things that we can spend that money on while on vacation. Heck, in some cases, that would pay for another short vaca. 😁

Thanks ya’ll! We don’t mind the walk since we are hikers and love to walk. Good info!

We love our daughter, (now 26), but even on vacation, there were times we needed our space and she needed hers. I can’t imagine being cramped in 1 balcony room for that long with just 1 teen, let alone 2. 😜. Lol! I just thought of your poor hubby—-waiting on the bathroom with 3 ladies. 😂 I bet he’ll find another bathroom the 1st day! 😂😂 Seriously, I hate that y’all don’t have many options, but our vote would be for a shorter cruise and bigger cabin. Whatever you choose, enjoy! 🛳️

So, which is better? South Beach or Cove Beach and why? We are just looking for free…..

If we take a taxi down to Radio Beach, how do we organize a taxi to get back to the ship? Are there taxis readily available or do we need to schedule a pick up with the taxi driver that dropped us off?

We will be taking on our own soda. We don’t drink it much, but I don’t drink alcohol and hubby won’t pay the alcohol prices.