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Good morning. It is overcast, breezy and 52°F here at 09.03am. I hope everyone is safe and in good health. Best wishes to y'all for a wonderful day.

Our next 5 are P&O from Southampton. I was checking the Newcastle cruise schedule and there are a lot of cruise ships transiting through Newcastle in the next few months. Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the seas has been on the Tyne all week for rudder repairs. Have you seen her from the Tyne Dock South Shields side ?.

They used to with Princess but not now. MSC do status matches with Princess and Royal Caribbean and I used our Princess Elite to get their top loyalty Diamond for 1 cruise. I never checked but P&O status might be used so worth checking. The Royal Caribbean companies I posted are permanent loyalty reciprocal levels.

You are welcome. A big perk is 5 free drinks each daily at any time of day. Get the Royal Caribbean app and a crown and anchor number which is linked to your celebrity account. Contact Crown and anchor with your embarkation free cabin drinks too. We get a bottle of champagne. Bottle of beer. 2 bottles of soft drinks. 6 bottles of water

For anyone who sails on Royal Caribbean companies this new reciprocal status has been announced.

Yes Fred Olsen Balmoral home ports from here. Brilliance of the seas is here getting rudder repairs. Nieuw Statendam is due back here June 17th and July 18th. Mein Shieff 3 is due June 3rd. Seaborne Quest is due July 12th. Norwegian Dawn due on July 21st. Silver seas Silver Spirit is due June 20th. Ambassador Ambition is embarking here August 16th. Swan Hellenic SH Diana is here July 30th. Aida cruises Aidasol is due here July 16th. Saga,Regent seven seas are due to transit through here too.

Good morning. It is breezy, overcast and 11°C here at the moment. Pauline wants to cut the front lawn while I do work paperwork. I hope everyone is in good health and looking forward to having a lovely day.

For anyone who sails on Royal Caribbean and Celebrity these new loyalty reciprocal levels have just been announced.

Thank you Vanessa @JazzyV I hope you are resting now and the pain in your feet and legs disappear. Take care. Graham.

Good evening. We had a pleasant day today. Those new loyalty rates look interesting for trying Celebrity. We called at Newcastle cruise terminal which is only 15 miles from home and saw HAL Nieuw Statendam. I hope everyone on here is safe and in good health and y'all have a great day. VID_20240530_132752.mp4

@Luckynana Maryann. Happy 17th birthday Jack. Happy 15th birthday Ryan.

Thank you Roy. We tend to keep a low profile especially when cruising. I understand from what an insurance loss adjuster told Pauline it would only be a big problem if I posted we were away and we had to make a claim and not if someone else mentioned they saw us on their social media site. I hope your doctor appointment went well today and good luck at the dentist tomorrow. Graham.

Thank you Melanie. Our next 5 cruises are booked on P&O from Southampton but after that i will look at convenient flights from Newcastle possibly to Amsterdam or Copenhagen to connect with a HAL ship.

A P&O poster kindly posted this photo for me of the original Nieuw Statendam in Hamilton Bermuda July 1975 when he was a shop manager on board.

I agree. It was a port transit today. Nieuw Statendam is back at Newcastle in June and July. They are doing Dover embarkations in 2025 but Newcastle or even Southampton departures would entice me on. I have a lot of lovely friends on HAL boards. VID_20240530_125055.mp4 VID_20240530_124340.mp4

Good luck Roy at your primary doctor's today and an easy dental extraction tomorrow. Graham.

Yes. I liked the look of Nieuw Statendam and if the itinerary especially departure port is right I would happily get on.

It was lovely to pop along and see HAL Nieuw Statendam at Newcastle today. VID_20240530_132752.mp4

Sounds great Sarah. I hope you both have an amazing cruise on Britannia starting tomorrow.

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Amazing tree Sandi.

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Happy birthday Gary @GTVCRUISER

Stunning photos Sandi. Pauline still has nearly 5 years working if she wants before retirement so all being well we hopefully will have lots of time without work holiday restraints to properly see Alaska and Australia when she retires. We have been fortunate in our 45 years together to have had many hotel and cruise holidays memories.

Happy birthday Jacqui @kazu. I hope you get rid of your foot pain and enjoy lots more cruises.