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4 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

Cape town to London segment is very cheap

I will look into that. That’d be good for us. I’ve got two weeks to decide if I want to book the one I’ve got on hold

Just now, OzKiwiJJ said:

As far as I know the Princess world cruises don't go that way around so it would be impossible to do Capetown to Australia as a segment. Some Cunard ones may come south through the Atlantic to Capetown then across to Australia but not Princess 

I know 😩 and I would have jumped on the cheap segment Syd to cpt last minute if I didn’t have commitments 

24 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Good on you! And better to fly first and cruise home.

 

Quute a few people on our cruise are only doing sectors - we've chatted to a few who are just going through to Dover.

Cruising home was what we wanted to do re capetown but talking with princess you can’t disembark cape on RTW. Only if doing a segment.

but got a good research project for next couple weeks before I have to confirm 😁

36 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

We're making very good progress towards Fremantle. We're about halfway across the Great Australian Bight, cruising through relatively benign seas.

 

We had our first formal night last night. Most people made an effort to dress up but there were a few exceptions. We were going to go to the show (Encore) but dinner service was a bit slow so we decided not to bother. The change to 9pm for the second show is just a bit too early for us.

Thanks to your excitement stirring us along, I have just booked a half world lol London to Sydney July 2026! Well I’ve got a cabin on hold til 17 May to research and decide lol.

Would visit family in Uk first.

not quite your round the world but half way. Just researching insurance initially cos that’s a huge one for an 85 (well 87 by then !!!!) and of course CC will be my first source of info 🥳🥳🥰

10 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

On the side maybe but not in them.

Yep NEVER IN THE DESSERT

17 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

I think the best creme Brulees don't have cream 

I have to say I indulge on cruises by having one scoop of ice cream on the side 😁

Just now, OzKiwiJJ said:

What they've done is actually illegal - increasing the price after something has been paid for.

Definitely agree. Hope you get the emails evidence 

1 hour ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

I am NOT HAPPY again! We just spent the whole afternoon trying to sort out the expected discrepancy in the shore excursion prices charges to our folio. The person we spoke to, after waiting 45 minutes in a queue, told us we had to provide copies of the emails Princess sent us confirming our excursion bookings but the only emails we received at that time showed only confirmation of the credit card payment, not the actual excursion bookings. However I had noted the price of each excursion as we booked it in my spreadsheet. 

 

I tried to forward the payment confirmation email to Princess with some added information but the email isn't going through. Grrrr! Edit: the problem appears to be with Optus! I managed to send it via my gmail account.

 

I guess we'll end up spending more time sorting it out. The overall discrepancy is $840! Not peanuts!!!

Wow hope it’s sorted soon

14 minutes ago, ekka49 said:

We have our Timings with us as well. We will stock with more in Fremantle Then in Dover as needed. 

Just thinking these could become valuable commodity! You could sell them to fellow passengers craving a good cuppa and recoup some of your $$$ 😁

8 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Expected demographic, not necessarily the actual demographic.

Maybe they thought we were cruising on it, as we hike up the demographic wherever we go (well one of us does 😁😜)

22 hours ago, Witchymob said:

Looking forward to following along from home with great interest.  We have booked Dover to Sydney for 2026 so will be looking for info on ports, all of which we haven't been to and ship board life.  Have a wonderful time.

I would be interested in that cruise too, fly over and see family in Uk then sail home. 

2 hours ago, Elorac123 said:

I’m afraid it’s way beyond our means now but life’s good,got three cruises coming up.

Cheers Carole

It’s way beyond our means too but I think Frank is speaking it in faith 🥰😁🙏🏻🤣🤣

1 hour ago, Elorac123 said:

• Can’t help but be a little envious, wishing you all a perfect cruise.
• Cheers Carole

A little envious 🤣🤣🤣🤣

im totally green! And Frank is totally saying we’ve got to do one lol

25 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Good morning all.

 

The seas calmed down after a couple of hours so we had a comfortable night. As usual I didn't sleep well as it always takes me a night or two to get used to the Princess bed. It's very comfortable but has a totally different feel to our bed at home.

 

But I am NOT HAPPY! I asked for English Breakfast tea in the MDR at breakfast. What came was Pickwicks English tea which is actually worse than Lipton's. It was very bland with a strange backtaste. Thank Goodness I packed a good supply of my favourite Dilmah tea. On the bright side Good Spirits has excellent espresso still so we're happy with that.

 

Trivia is next on our schedule, at 10am. They seem to be running things a bit earlier than on previous cruises - 10am instead of 10:30am for morning trivia, 7pm and 9pm for theatre shows instead of 7:30pm and 9:30pm.

 

We're also going to see what the progressive trivia is all about. That's at 12:15 so we'll be having a late lunch 

Thanks, was waiting for you to surface 😁

so there is no English breakfast at all???

just keeping notes lol

13 minutes ago, sewgood said:

Have a wonderful cruise everyone.

I will be thinking of you each day when I'm cooking, grocery shopping, vacuuming, taking out the garbage bins etc. 😄

 

Making the bed! Cleaning the toilet and shower! 😁

8 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Good idea, are you on board yet ?

That’s what we do Julie, put any washing from that day each nighttime which works very well.

On 4/28/2024 at 5:19 PM, OzKiwiJJ said:

Apparently it's been a bit bouncy today. I saw a video of the water sloshing around in the main pool. There were some spectacular splashes. The pool was netted of course. 

Beyond excited for you today! It’s like I’m going lol

have the best time and I’m looking fwd to reading your report 🥰🥰🥰

15 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

We had to arrange the US etsa, plus a Chile visa for Easter Island which is a bit complicated as you have to have it to embark but you can't apply for it until 90 days prior which is after you embark. Luckily Chile and Princess have been working together on this so you get an email showing you've applied for the visa and Chile will issue it later. Any other are done by Princess.

Your report will be invaluable for any of us who might get to do the dream cruise one day 🥰

1 hour ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

I'm getting jittery! Excitement with a touch of scariness! 

 

I think (hope) we have everything under control. The battle of the suitcases is scheduled for Sunday. That is going to be a challenge!

I’ll be following closely 🥰

4 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

I just had a look at the wave predictions. It looks promising for the Tasman crossing, Bass Strait, and probably the Great Australian Bight as well. However we might just catch the edge of 3 metre seas leaving Sydney Harbour but those are moving north so we'll be out of their influence quite quickly. 

I’m so excited for you 🥰

7 minutes ago, LittleFish1976 said:

 

 

Tokyo

 

 

The day started with a sleep-in until 9am - I arrived in Tokyo last night and at the hotel by around 9.30pm. Deciding to do whatever it took to fly into Haneda was a great decision. It meant having to make the trip in two legs instead of a direct flight (Melbourne to Sydney to Tokyo) but the trip then in a cab from the airport to hotel only took about 15-20 minutes. I booked a cab through booking.com as I was a bit nervous about finding my way through the airport and unsure as to the availability of taxis on demand. Haneda was so much easier to get through than my only other experience of arriving into Tokyo which was into Narita, and which for some reason I found very confusing. Anyway, last night the driver was waiting for me just after customs and pushed my one and a half cases to his waiting car in the rain. I would have taken the coach from the airport but discovered it stops running to this area by that time of night. 

 

I’m staying in the Odaiba area right near the new International cruise terminal. It’s beautifully quiet and open down here with beautiful views of the harbour and Rainbow bridge. I booked a room with a view of the port so I could see the ship when I wake up on departure day (tomorrow!).

 

This morning was taken up with the small sleep-in which I needed after my 4am start yesterday and watching the screen for so many hours on the plane (The House of the Dragon is very watchable for anyone who enjoyed Game of Thrones). Then I had some tech issues revolving around managing (or not, as the case was) to install an eSIM on my phone so I could have local data to use when out (maps) and not at Telstra prices. Finally got the job done and sussed out the plan of attack for the afternoon which I decided would be to visit the Shinjuku National Gardens to see if there is anything left of the cherry blossom. 

 

Let’s just say my Tokyo public transport skills are very rusty. It took me an hour and a half (more than 50% longer than expected) to arrive at the destination of the gardens. Thank heavens for the helpers they have at stations (the older people who are so cleverly deployed by the Japanese government to give them useful roles as well as being of such great assistance wherever they’re working - I saw this on a programme by Miriam Margolyes or Johanna Lumley - can’t remember which one!) * transport note; v useful staying near a station; total cost for the days transport was 1,048 yen which is about $10.30 AUD. Yurikamome line near my hotel is above ground and so it was like a lovely joy ride being on the train and enjoying the sights for the first 15 minutes or so - beautiful sunny day with not a hint of breeze. Also, I discovered this morning while researching my transport route that the Suica card can be downloaded onto a smart phone and kept in the phone’s wallet - this made today’s travels on and off trains, tapping on and off with each change of train, much easier as I already had the phone open and in my hand the whole time checking the route. 

 

The gardens are spectacular and yes, there was still some cherry blossom so I’m very happy. The gardens themselves are well worth a visit. I just snuck into the seniors’ pricing of 250 yen (half price) - there have to be some advantages of being this age. Hopefully there will still be more blossom in Aomori, our first port of call in three days time. 

 

 

 

 

Great report. We’ve never done Japan so I’m following along with interest.

18 minutes ago, Sparky74 said:

I was invited to conduct an early ANZAC Day service at an aged care facility yesterday and then attended three services today. I was surprised that most of the crowd today didn’t sing the national anthem. At the nursing home yesterday, they sang well. 

Looking good Mark 🥰 keep up the good work 👏

2 hours ago, CDaze71 said:

Julie, Rolf, Eric and Sheila, enjoy the World Cruise. So jealous. 

Me too Cilla 😁

23 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

And thank you for starting this thread off. I'll be adding to it regularly. 😊

Looking forward to updates while I follow along from my armchair 🥰

31 minutes ago, Kiwi_cruiser said:

On Thursday 2nd May 2024 Coral Princess sets off from Brisbane on for her epic 111 day round the world cruise!.

 

Bon Voyage!

 

Wishing you all a really fantastic time as your departure date approaches ever nearer.

 

I have started thread early to cover those getting on the Coral Princess in Auckland on 26th April 2024 and in Sydney on the 30th April 2024.

 

What a wonderful time you are all in for!!
 

Here's the fabulous 111 day itinerary...

 

This years itinerary has changed a lot!, a first for the World cruise for a large leg of a would cruise to change so much!

 

Date Port Arrive Depart:
 

Thu 02/05/24 - Brisbane / Australia
Tue 30/04/24 - Sydney / Australia
Wed 01/05/24 - At Sea
Thu 02/05/24 - At Sea
Fri 03/05/24 - At Sea
Sat 04/05/24 - At Sea
Sun 05/05/24 - Fremantle (Perth) / Australia - 10:00 - 19:00
Mon 06/05/24 - At Sea
Tue 07/05/24 - At Sea
Wed 08/05/24 - At Sea
Thu 09/05/24 - At Sea
Fri 10/05/24 - At Sea
Sat 11/05/24 - At Sea
Sun 12/05/24 - At Sea
Mon 13/05/24 - Port Louis / Mauritius - 09:00 - 18:00
Tue 14/05/24 - At Sea
Wed 15/05/24 - At Sea
Thu 16/05/24 - At Sea
Fri 17/05/24 - At Sea
Sat 18/05/24 - At Sea
Sun 19/05/24 - Cape Town / South Africa - 07:00
Mon 20/05/24 - Cape Town / South Africa - 18:00
Tue 21/05/24 - At Sea
Wed 22/05/24 - Walvis Bay / Namibia - 09:00 - 18:00
Thu 23/05/24 - At Sea
Fri 24/05/24 - At Sea
Sat 25/05/24 - At Sea
Sun 26/05/24 - At Sea
Mon 27/05/24 - At Sea
Tue 28/05/24 - At Sea
Wed 29/05/24 - At Sea
Thu 30/05/24 - Mindelo (São Vicente) / Cape Verde Islands - 09:00 - 18:00
Fri 31/05/24 - At Sea
Sat 01/06/24 - At Sea
Sun 02/06/24 - Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) / Spain -  07:00 - 16:00
Mon 03/06/24 - At Sea
Tue 04/06/24 - Tanger / Morocco - 07:00 - 17:00
Wed 05/06/24 - At Sea
Thu 06/06/24 - At Sea
Fri 07/06/24 - Cobh (Cork) / Ireland - 09:00 - 22:00
Sat 08/06/24 - At Sea
Sun 09/06/24 - Zeebrugge / Belgium - 08:00 - 18:00
Mon 10/06/24 - Ijmuiden (Amsterdam) / Netherlands -07:00m - 19:00
Tue 11/06/24 - At Sea
Wed 12/06/24 - Warnemünde / Germany - 09:00 - 23:00
Thu 13/06/24 - At Sea
Fri 14/06/24 - Riga / Latvia - 07:00 - 16:00
Sat 15/06/24 - Helsinki / Finland - 11:00 - 20:00
Sun 16/06/24 - Tallinn / Estonia - 07:00 - 17:00
Mon 17/06/24 - Visby (Gotland) / Sweden - 08:00 - 17:00
Tue 18/06/24 - Stockholm / Sweden - 08:00 -
Wed 19/06/24 - Stockholm / Sweden - 14:00
Thu 20/06/24 - At Sea
Fri 21/06/24 - Copenhagen / Denmark - 08:00 - 22:00
Sat 22/06/24 - Århus / Denmark - 07:00 - 16:00
Sun 23/06/24 - Kristiansand / Norway - 08:00 - 18:00
Mon 24/06/24 - At Sea
Tue 25/06/24 - Dover / England - 07:00 - 20:00
Wed 26/06/24 - Le Havre / France -  08:00 - 20:00
Thu 27/06/24 - At Sea
Fri 28/06/24 - Queensferry (Edinburgh)* / Scotland -  07:00 - 19:00
Sat 29/06/24 - At Sea
Sun 30/06/24 - At Sea
Mon 01/07/24 - Akureyri / Iceland - 08:00 - 18:00
Tue 02/07/24 - Isafjördur* / Iceland - 07:00 - 17:00
Wed 03/07/24 - Reykjavik / Iceland - 07:00 - 23:00
Thu 04/07/24 - At Sea
Fri 05/07/24 - At Sea
Sat 06/07/24 - At Sea
Sun 07/07/24 - At Sea
Mon 08/07/24 - Sydney (Cape Breton Island) / Canada - 07:00 - 16:00
Tue 09/07/24 - Halifax / Canada -  07:00 - 16:00
Wed 10/07/24 - Bar Harbor (ME)* / USA - 07:00 - 19:00
Thu 11/07/24 - Boston (MA) / USA - 08:00 -  22:00
Fri 12/07/24 - At Sea
Sat 13/07/24 - New York (NY) / USA - 06:30
Sun 14/07/24 - New York (NY) / USA - 16:00
Mon 15/07/24 - At Sea
Tue 16/07/24 - At Sea
Wed 17/07/24 - Key West (FL) / USA -  08:00 - 16:00
Thu 18/07/24 - At Sea
Fri 19/07/24 - At Sea
Sat 20/07/24 - Panama Canal (Passage/Cruise) / Panama - 06:00 - 16:30
Sun 21/07/24 - At Sea
Mon 22/07/24 - Manta / Ecuador - 05:00 - 18:00
Tue 23/07/24 - At Sea
Wed 24/07/24 - At Sea
Thu 25/07/24 - Callao (Lima) / Peru - 05:00
Fri 26/07/24 - Callao (Lima) / Peru - 18:00
Sat 27/07/24 - Pisco / Peru - 07:00 - 16:00
Sun 28/07/24 - At Sea
Mon 29/07/24 - At Sea
Tue 30/07/24 - At Sea
Wed 31/07/24 - At Sea
Thu 01/08/24 - Hangaroa* / Easter Island - 07:00 - 18:00
Fri 02/08/24 - At Sea
Sat 03/08/24 - At Sea
Sun 04/08/24 - Pitcairn (Passage) / South Seas - 10:00 - 14:00
Mon 05/08/24 - At Sea
Tue 06/08/24 - At Sea
Wed 07/08/24 - Papeete (Tahiti) / French Polynesia - 08:00
Thu 08/08/24 - Papeete (Tahiti) / French Polynesia - 00:00 - 04:00
Thu 08/08/24 - Moorea* / French Polynesia - 07:00 - 18:00
Fri 09/08/24 - At Sea
Sat 10/08/24 - At Sea
Sun 11/08/24 - Date Line
Mon 12/08/24 - Day lost (due to passing the dateline)
Tue 13/08/24 - At Sea
Wed 14/08/24 - At Sea
Thu 15/08/24 - Auckland / New Zealand - 07:00 - 19:00
Fri 16/08/24 - Bay of Islands* / New Zealand - 07:00 - 16:00
Sat 17/08/24 - At Sea
Sun 18/08/24 - At Sea
Mon 19/08/24 - Sydney / Australia
Wed 21/08/24 - Brisbane / Australia - 07:00

 

Traveled Distance: 65,454.13 km/35,342.40 nm

 

* Ship is anchored; Tendering weather permitting.

 

Itinerary may be subject to change at any time.

 

Coral Princess Live webcam:

 

 

 

Any one found any blogs to follow for this year cruise?

 

Everyone is welcome to contribute to this thread 🙂

It would be a dream! Have fun everyone 🥰