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Some webcam captures of the Disney Wonder going for a cruise down Sydney harbour and then back to dock at the overseas passenger terminal Yesterday evening:

Thank You gbenjo 🙂

Bon Voyage OzKiwiJJ! Have a great time! Look forward to hearing all about it!

Welcome to Sydney and Australia Disney Wonder! Here is she arriving in to Sydney in the early hours of this morning: Disney Wonder is docked over at White Bay today, then tomorrow she moves over to the Overseas Passenger Terminal.

Take Care Uncle Les! Make sure to check in when you can, so we know you are still alive 🙂

I think it will be the crown replacing the Grand.

Brilliance of the Seas departing from Sydney - 22nd October 2023.

From Cruise Weekly: https://cruiseweekly.com.au/news/cw-breaking-news-discovery-princess-heading-to-australia-in-2025-26/76249 Discovery Princess heading to Australia in 2025/26 Princess Cruises President John Padgett confirms line’s flagship to sail locally. Princess Cruises will deploy Discovery Princess out of Sydney in the 2025/26 season, with the cruise line’s chief John Padgett revealing the move this morning during an event on board Royal Princess, which arrived today. “Australia is very important to Princess, so Australia is getting the best of Princess,” he said. Princess Senior VP Stuart Allison told Cruise Weekly Discovery Princess would sail alongside Crown Princess locally, while the full deployment details for this season’s ships including Majestic Princess and Royal Princess will be finalised shortly. Royal Princess‘ arrival this morning marks the start of the line’s biggest ever Australian summer season, with four ships including two Royal-class vessels homeported in Sydney for the first time.

Travel agents are currently jumping up and down on Facebook on this announcement.... I am currently trying to find a Press Release from Princess Cruises.... Here is what a agent has said: Princess has confirmed the deployment of Discovery Princess to Australia for the 25/26 wave season. Discovery is the last of the Royal Class ships and debuted in March 2022. She will be the newest Princess ship to seasonally homeport in Australia. Being a Royal class ship she shares many of the same features as Royal and majestic Princess who are homeporting in Australia this summer. Bookings are expected to open on Nov 15 2023. More soon!

Welcome to Sydney Royal Princess! Royal Princess arriving in to Sydney for the very first time this morning:

Grand Princess departing from Sydney - 21st October 2023:

Brilliance of the Seas alongside in Sydney today:

Welcome to Sydney, Australia Brilliance of the Seas! Here is she arriving in to Sydney this morning for the very first time! 😁

Grand Princess arriving in to Sydney this morning: Grand Princess this afternoon:

I have got a few more photos to post from the cruise, so keep an eye out for them over the next few days.

This morning we disembark from the Grand Princess in Auckland, New Zealand.

Today is our second to last day at sea before we disembark the Grand Princess in Auckland, New Zealand on Tuesday 😞

Hello from the Grand Princess, Today we were in Pago Pago, American Samoa! It was nice to get there especially as we missed it last year (2022) when we were on the Majestic Princess as cruise ships where still banned from going there then. Our plan for the day after looking around the local markets was to go to 2 dollar beach. Which is now $5 USDpp to get in! We thought we would catch the local bus to there, as we have done that before! But after waiting over an hour for a bus!, a group of us decided to get a taxi. Two in our group wanted to go to Tess Barefoot Bar, so we decided that would be fine, but when we got there they wanted $130USD for a day pass!!! 😮 and it had to be prebooked!! So we ended up starting to walk to $2 beach when our taxi driver came along and give us a lift along the road. Once at 2 dollar beach, we found out they no longer sell any drinks or food! 😮 :(, but was told there was a shop 5 – 10mins along the road that sold drinks etc… The tide was going out so it was no good for snorkelling ☹ but mum and I had a swim. I then decided to go for a walk to find the shop, about 5 mins away, which I did!, so ended up buying two Pepsi and two beers for $5 USD. Then we got the Taxi back and headed to Sadie’s Bar then back to the ship! The weather was great! 😊

Relaxing day at Sea as we head for Pago Pago, American Samoa tomorrow.

When we departed from Papeete on Monday 9th October 2023, we (Grand Princess) sailed passed the Royal Princess, as she was heading in to Papeete! Here are some photos of the passing:

Hello from the Grand Princess, Today we where in Papeete, (Tahiti), French Polynesia. We had a nice day there. In the morning we have a look around the town, and in the afternoon, I went Scuba Driving again, which was fun! 🙂 As we sailed from Papeete we meet up with the Royal Princess, which was cool, but neither ship blow there horns 😰.

Hello from the Grand Princess! Yesterday we crossed the Equator! We had the Crossing the Equator Ceremony, which was great, I think this might have been one of our best one! I was on deck 15 and you where not even safe up there, as I got floured!, as the wind pick up!, lol!

Hello from the Grand Princess!, Aloha from Honolulu, Hawaii!. The Grand Princess was docked in Honolulu, Yesterday - 3rd October 2023. The Coral Princess also joined us! 🙂

Hello from the Grand Princess. Last night we had our first formal night and the Champagne waterfall:

Hello from the Grand Princess, Today we are anchored off Long Beach Cruise Terminal while they continue to clean the underside of the ship. Here is a photo of the divers working: