Ozwoody

You over packer you.😄 I only take three pair, my trusty walkers, boat shoes for around the ship, and a formal pair.

That is a beautiful spot, we dined there twice in 2019, when we stayed in Capetown for a week prior to catching the QE back to Australia. Great menu selection too, was hard to chose which to have.

Oh it was, with out doubt one of the best cruises we have done. Thoroughly recommend if you can do a WC.

Oh so true, especially for a world cruise. What follows will probably put some of you in incredulous horror.😵 For our last WC in 2018, once we finished packing we had 6 check in bags..... Don't get to excited yet. We also had two carry-ons each as well. But when your away over three months, there is a lot of other stuff, yes there was extra clothes as most of the cruise was in warm regions, but there was a reasonable trip through the artic circle, requiring warm heavy clothes. And then there was Hil's art gear, brushes, paints, canvases, etc. Plus heaps of, health stuff for three months, electronic stuff like charges for shavers, phones, tablets, tooth brushes, hearing aids, trimers, etc. And I won't go into shoes, women will know what I mean. When I seen the line up, my eyebrows were just as high as some of you are now.🤣 By the way, never used any of the cold weather clothes, it was warm barmy weather all through Iceland, Greenland, and northern Canada.😄 Oh there was a few bottles of wine went with us as well. Thank Goodness It Was A Home Port 15min from Home.

In one of our bags lives a collapsible bag, about the same size and shape of a medium size suit case. takes up minimum space and weighs about 200 grams. Inevitably coming home we find we have more than we started with. No idea where it comes from, don't need anything, don't plan to buy anything! But some how that jolly collapsing case comes in handy....🙄

We've never found it a problem, but then our flights are fairly simple ones. Get taxi to air port, take bags direct to drop off, take flight, grab bags, take to car hire, stow bags in car. Usually stay multiple day at each stop. Come home via cruise ship. Voilà done!🤗

When we go on a cruise, I go on a holiday, I'm not planning on mucking around doing domestics.😁 On cruises less than 14 nights I take underwear/socks for each night, & clothes for half the cruise. Cruises over 14 nights its 14 changes of underwear/socks, 7 days clothes. World Cruise 21 days undies and clothes for 14, if we were not elite, probably add a bit extra. OK, I'm probably an over-packer, but Unashamedly so.😜

Your right, my old brain is loosing it.🤣

My Dad always said, "there is statistics, and statistics, and damned lies".

Which cruise line? Normally cruises within Australian waters for permanent residents, you only need your drivers licence.

Yes your right, I'm being greedy,🤦‍♂️ But would still like a Princess (or similar cruise line) Fiji from Brisy. Just not keen on P&O, to party ship for this oldie.😉

I can see what you say, but if we have all of them doing the same thing, isn't that reducing their customer base if all the offerings are the same boring repeats??? If they had more options then people would not be going overseas to get more variation in cruising.🤷‍♂️

Exactly

I know I keep saying this,,,,, BUT why is there 3 princess cruises out of Sydney to Fiji in 2025, yet not even 1 from Brisbane????? I know there is 1 Fiji cruise out of Brisbane by P&O, but what is Princess thinking that Brisbane only wants the same old ports, be great to have at least one more option than the same old same old.🤬

Your no doubt on a fairly comprehensive physio regime. Follow it all the way, do everything they say to do, you don't want to have those tendons seizing up, giving you a permanent limp. When I had my knees replaced, I have been very glad it was stressed how important it was.