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Coral Princess, some comments
arxcards replied to Aus Traveller's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
It should be, but a comedian would be wasted unless they did matinees. I guess it depends on the itinerary and the ship. I don't think QM2 has a particularly old crowd. -
Disney Wonder Cruising From Sydney 2023
arxcards replied to springaussie's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Makes sense. I agree about the T/A too. Much easier to just get an email with booking details on it. -
Disney Wonder Cruising From Sydney 2023
arxcards replied to springaussie's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
I know quite a few people that have cruised Disney in the past with their kids. Kids are all grown up, yet they have been waiting impatiently for weeks to book. Some booked yesterday, so it must have been less chaotic for past cruisers getting in early. The advice given is to close your eyes when you hit the confirm button. Not for us either, but maybe when we are in grandkid territory. I get it though. Some of the dearest cruises we have done have been Rock the Boat. Same Royal ship, same amenities, but the entertainment changes everything and well worth the double price tag for us - so I see why adult Disney fans are queuing-up for this. -
Coral Princess, some comments
arxcards replied to Aus Traveller's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Ahh yes, there is always a comedian that likes to start by asking how many of the audience are on their first cruise, then rolls through those apocryphal anecdotes about the water in the toilets, the microwave not working, and the extension lead trailing behind the ship. -
Hello from the Majestic Princess!
arxcards replied to Kiwi_cruiser's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Not till a few days after Hawaii -
Alternative to Marine Traffic??
arxcards replied to bazzaw's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
@bazzaw To note as well. Getting images from most of the tracking sites requires you to take a screen capture, then crop your image out of the capture. With cruisemapper, it is just a matter of right click on the image and save as an image file. -
That all happened weeks ago
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29th December cruise is back. 8th and 22nd January are still missing. No, I don't think they have deleted anything, but are still working their way through whatever wiped out all of Luminosa's schedule from their system.
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At least you have some friends to help you. Winter, I would be concerned about fog. Summer, I would be concerned about about afternoon thunderstorms October, I think an early flight involving Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and even Gold Coast are a pretty safe bet. As you say, lots of plan B flights.
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Coral Princess, some comments
arxcards replied to Aus Traveller's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
I bet. -
Alternative to Marine Traffic??
arxcards replied to bazzaw's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
I used to use Marine traffic (got slow to load - lots of data), then Marine Radar which started to throw up pop-up ads. Currently happy with Cruise Mapper app. The only flaw is if you are looking for movement of tugs/pilot boat etc, they don't show, as it only shows cruise ships. -
Our new ship has vanished, but we know about it. 😂
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Alternative to Marine Traffic??
arxcards replied to bazzaw's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
AIS (Automatic identification system) is the equivalent to ships as ADB (Automatic Dependent Surveillance) is to planes. It works everywhere, but the free versions of the tracking sites only include the land based (terrestrial) data. AIS satellite is available in a limited way to cruisemapper - they only have cruise ships. Their phone app is really handy too. -
Alternative to Marine Traffic??
arxcards replied to bazzaw's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
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The ship has left after her renovations, and is halfway to the Suez Canal and doing 20kn. No issues with the drydock or ship then. The above advisories are old news regarding deleted schedules for Splendor & Spirit. Luminosa never had any October sailings, and was always kicking off in Brisbane from 6th November. I can't see them either, and the ship has totally disappeared from the AU and US Carnival sites. Still, a website glitch doesn't have to equal cancellations. Aw Snap, look again later.
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As far as I could tell, the theatre and dining rooms were the only places without medallion app order/delivery. Perhaps the buffet too?? The dining room still had their usual table service for drinks, and we have now learned to get our drinks before going into the theatre. I have been a Crooners fan for as long as I have been a Princess fan. The area is a bit small though, and is full when there is a pianist on duty. The ex-Churchills is nearby to order the Crooners menu via medallion, and quieter than quiet. Spent an "enchanted" evening sampling every bourbon they had at the Explorers Lounge, and tried to help some friends with some trivia answers along the way. Good Spirits will get a lot more attention on our next one. For some reason, I have never been a big Wheelhouse fan going back to the Sun class ships. Don't know why, as they are nice enough spaces.
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I saw that somewhere - I think Royal's AU instagram hads a video clip. Good PR to try and get a trial cruise to visit Vila in November.
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Costa Luminosa to join the Carnival Fleet in Brisbane
arxcards replied to rkmw's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
It's all ice cream, just a different flavour. Carnival adds fluoro sprinkles. -
Yep, it would give you the pips 😂 Expensive because Julio is below deck squeezing them with his bare hands. I gather they have the little machine where you drop an orange in the top, and you see it juicing through the clear window on the front of the machine - Royal has something like that, and also ridiculously priced.