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You need that editing software that finds the best image and adds stilettos.

Shhh, that feature doesn't go live until the new version is released on Friday.

I am also already in MS, and there is no reserve collection or suites available.

Yeah, nah! Most normal passengers respond to a medivac with - I hope they are OK.

For ours, the price has come down as well - sort of. At face value, we can change from a selected mini to a mini guarantee, save around $300 and also lose $200 OBC. If we wanted to rebook with a chosen cabin, the fare is more expensive and we would also lose the OBC. Here is the rub though - mini guarantee, standard fare shows as: When instigating a booking, it changes to this - same standard mini guarantee. $4400 to $5200 just from a click is showing something wrong.

My dad, the public servant, wore that as his summer uniform for years - although more of a long socks and sandles kind of person.

Some people are more prone to getting the ships that others are. By that, I mean a recent bout of a similar gastro bug will give you some degree of resistance. Those that can stay out of the buffet have better odds, Those that use the stairs have better odds, Those that can stay out of pools and the insides of tenders, Those that wash their hands regularly and properly etc. 300 is a big number in any terms, which requires something very contagious, and likely a few that have forgotten how this all gets shared.

The last time we were on Mt Wellington, we took the advice of the tour operator to change the order of our tour. We were planning for it to be after returning from Richmond, but we were taken up the mountain directly from the ship. Local knowledge paid off, as it was shrouded in cloud the rest of the day.

Yeah, what storm. It is going to get a bit windy on Wednesday, but Bass Strait doesn't look nasty at all. Then, they aren't about to do a "deep clean" just for the sake of an opportunity of poor weather.

Whichever way, it does appear that Grand Princess is cranking it (21 kn) with the aim of getting in early.

A lot of those trackers lock in early based purely on port entries of the time. On some lists they also have UTC clock times, which will place them a day earlier. Whichever way, those times will rarely adjust to match any late schedule changes. Take a look at Pacific Adventure on those tracking sites, and it will still list NZ ports. These are purely based on an advertised itinerary. Luminosa was in Cairns today because Rabaul was skipped for operational reasons - it still shows their intended itinerary. The most accurate is to look at the relevant port daily movement pages.

I thought they were all being held hostage, so it is great that they can leave the ship at all. 😉

Only if you Escape Completely.

Take me away, P&O!

But a P&O cruise? 😉 🤣

We have just slipped within 3 months on another Coral Princess cruise. Time to do exactly the same.

I finally scored a real Black Friday deal on Cyber Monday. Alas, no ship deals to suit. 30% off the usual rate at North Sydney View, which is a bonus now we have decided to spend Christmas Night in Sydney for our Boxing Day cruise.

After not giving Vicky much thought between the late 80's and this conversation .... Vicky O'Keefe boarded Majestic Princess today as an entertainer. I don't know how long that will be for, but I am guessing there will be a disembark pre-Christmas.

There really isn't a magic deep clean that happens. It is ongoing CDC enhanced cleaning protocols that are conducted continually. These include the higher concentration & frequency of cleaning of touch points, and others mentioned such as no buffet self-service, salt & pepper sachets, individual condiment portions, supervised washing & sanititising stations and much more. Sad thing is though that the ship doesn't catch it, and they don't deep clean the next batch of passengers. I would think Grand must be more affected than the other ships because there are higher levels of gastro in Melbourne than is currently in Sydney. There is also the potential of it running through the crew, literally, and that means sanitised surfaces don't stay that way very long.

I would recommend walking backwards.

Yay, Lady GaGa

High tide heels should be OK then?

Open toed sandles are OK per the dress code. Crocs are debatable, but crocs n socks wearers should be required to walk the plank.

Thanks for taking us along. I miss the eggs benedict variant in Harmony, and Darko's aim to please. No doubt, you will too. I have enjoyed your words and images, and I trust you have enjoyed our ocean.