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3 hours ago, NSWP said:

Just checked into Marriott, nice vew of Opt forthe morning.

Have a wonderful time Les, we have friends going on that cruise too...we loved  the Coral on our recent back to back..., just a great feel, lovely cozy ship, great food, fabulous crew, one of the nicest cruises we have been on... we are booked for Royal P next year....Bon Voyage...have fun....

23 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

We will be joining you for the last of your b2bs.

Shame that others are not wearing their masks properly  or at all. Keep safe

Hope to catch up with you guys on the Coral cruise,  we on b2b from 22nd...will look for you...have missed the cruise get togethers in Canberra,  cheers.....

1 hour ago, NSWP said:

But it might change again even, what a nightmare for those who cannot get the extra days of work etc..

Yes Les,...and Geoff.... its a bit of a shamozzle...lol....still...we are on for the 12 days...happy to be able to sail anywhere....quad vaxxed, flu vaxxed, fingers crossed ..we have had to change the insurance from the original PNG...cancel that policy, now getting domestic policy.. hoping they dont change again..time will tell.....

5 hours ago, NSWP said:

I did not go down there due to my accident, sore back, but around here ok, overcast, light showers, 3 metre seas, would be much the same down there.

Hi Les, so sorry to hear your back is bad, sending good thoughts  and best wishes for a speedy recovery, we are watching all the ship discussions, and hoping things will settle for our cruise next month... we are quad vaxxed, so hoping for the best....cheers...

13 hours ago, arxcards said:

There is no news Sandy. Shortening cruises or splitting them up into pieces is designed to keep it that way. Carnival Australia will know what infection numbers they had on Pacific Explorer over the 8 nights and see that a cruise of that length is a risk vs the protocols that have been set for them.

Thanks Geoff, sounds sensible, we are hoping to have a nice chilled cruise, we are all vaxxed..(4 shots), and flu, hoping to avoid the worst of it...cheers...

15 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Carnival should release the lurgy numbers, keeping them secret is not right, there should be transparency, pending pax have a right to know.  Hope the media get onto this.

Thanks Les, havn't heard anything ..was there some covid....

1 minute ago, Aus Traveller said:

Not that we know of. P&O changed a 10-day itinerary into an 8-day one. This was before the cruise so it wasn't because of something happening during the cruise. That's all we know.

Thanks for that reply Aus Traveller, cheers..,

53 minutes ago, arxcards said:

I think the decision was made based on what Pacific Explorer had experienced with their recent 8 night cruise. Only they would know the numbers. That cruise ended on Wednesday, so I think any decisions have been made swiftly and not done to tie people to final payments.

 

If anything, that works against the cruise line, as many more passengers will jump ship to get their fare refunded vs those that will push it back to a later cruise. I have been happy to kick $1, $49, $99 deposits down the track for a couple of years, but will cancel anything that ties up my money after final payment.

I obviously missed the news on Explorer, was there a problem onboard the 8 day cruise...cheers...

thanks.... we are looking forward to  our August cruise

Bon voyage, have a wondeful time, can you please let us know what dancing/music/bands  are  available in the evening around the ship...thanks so much....regards...

On 4/6/2022 at 11:54 AM, NSWP said:

Sorry, that is what I meant, a smart phone, some of us don't have those.

yep,you are right Les, we also have older phones....

Yes, we just had our flu shots this week, and covid jab number 4 in a couple of weeks,  wondering what the process will be pre cruise for covid tests etc...cheers

On 3/24/2022 at 5:25 PM, NSWP said:

And if you declare you are on blood thinners, straight out, NO. I am fishing around for travel insurance. If I can get a policy at a reasonable price I may go for a little cruise on Princess. The Conflict Islands one in August on Coral Princess appeals, Syd-Syd.

 

IMO for us 'Seniors' it is a risk at the moment booking a cruise, travel insurance policies are so varied, expensive and sketchy. Needs serious consideration folks.

 

I would not be happy if I had to wear a mask at embarkation/disembarkation, around the ship and ashore, not comfortable with masks and given the money you pay.

Hi Les, we are also looking  for insurance, will prob only be able to get cancellation, baggage and  accidental medical etc, not much chance of getting covid insurance..We are off for jab number 4 in couple of  weeks, we hopefully will all be ok to cruise then, given that the ships will have to have such high standards of sanitizing going on, plus all pax and crew vaxxed as well...   and....if you decide to go on the August cruise, you are more than  welcome to join us with our party of 6, more the merrier..

Im also wondering what vaccination protocols they will have in place for checking our covid status at port... maybe we will get tested at the port somehow...will be watching this subject on here....cheers...

4 hours ago, CDaze71 said:

I'm IN - Got a booking. Whoo Hoo.

Congrats, great news....

4 hours ago, kenexx said:

Great news Tanya.  We still use Debra for all our bookings.  

Hi guys, and Tanya,   good to see you all booking, hope to catch up with you all at some point, I am off to see if there is a rollcall started yet...x

6 hours ago, NSWP said:

No cruises planned. I don't see much value in paying double bubble as a solo.

I lost my wife from the big C in May 2020., I am still shattered. I have done a dozen road trips in the past 18 months. Up to the Gold Coast on Sunday see my brother and sister.   Are you missing Batemans Bay? We have a new bridge now, lol.

OMG ..Les, how terrible for you, thats just tragic, you must be absolutely gutted, so so sorry to hear that...... our very deepest condolences to you and your family... we do hope to meet up with you on a cruise one day..... ..and, yes...we do miss the Bay, the lovely weather and

the jazz club etc, lots to do there, but we are very happy being here with our kids and grandkids, we are very settled..needing  a  cruise.. as there have been health issues here  over the past year or so, knee replacements are on the list, and lots of other stuff as we get older.very best wishes...x

 

59 minutes ago, sewgood said:

We too have left instructions with our cruise planner for a 7 and 3 day in August.

We thought we may as well tack on a three day cruise and sail down to Sydney.

Our planner couldn't give us any prices so hopefully she is able to get us a cabin in our price range.

It will be nice to get out of South east NSW  for a few days in August.

Hi Sewgood,   yes..good luck with your plans, hope you get your booking, yes it has been a long 2 years for everyone for sure..

59 minutes ago, NSWP said:

G'day young Sandy and Dave, nice to hear from you, stay safe it is a jungle out there.

Oh Les, so nice to hear from you,will you be cruisiing this year...?...we have been laying low with all the covid everywhere but  we are triple jabbed and thought we may as well give it a go if we can... I think the ships will have a high standard of covid measures in place, heres hoping....

CDaze71... yes, good luck for your booking plans...,, we will all be very happy vegemites if things go well....

Hi all, have been following along here, we are  hoping to get a couple of  cabins on Coral Princess..Qld..August..we registered  a booking interest with an agent, and have fingers crossed, we last cruised in Jan 2020,... badly needing a break at the moment...  Big Hi to  Les, nice to see you are still  on here and cruising....cheers..

Thanks Sandy. I have been looking at a lot of Majestic reviews here on CC, they are very ordinary.:o As I said before, like you I prefer the Grand Class rather than the Royal Class.

Yes Les, we will also try Ruby when she arrives, as we did like Emerald (Diamond, Sapphire etc_...) :) and the food was great on those too... cheers S&D

S&D/Thorpe, did they enforce the jacket and tie thing in the MDR's on Formal nights? :o

Hi Les, no..not that we saw, lots of nice shirts and pants though....but we did see a lot of jackets and ties too...I ended up going to 2 maitre'd people to get a table for formal night, the first one we were in the pizza place as we couldn't get a time other than 5.15.... or 8....sad...:o oh well...looking fwd to the next cruise now.... cheers S&D

we had anytime dining got in straight away, I always found plenty of deck chairs around even in the Hollywood pool area, food was good alround except for harmony, staff were awesome esp in crooners and wakeview bar.

yes...staff were very good everywhere. but the dining was disappointing for us this time....cheers :)

Question for those who have just been on Majestic - someone in our roll call wants to know if there are any "themed nights" other than the formal ones??

 

 

TIA

Not exactly a theme night, but there was an on deck latin party with the band, no island night or country n western, or black n white night etc, like we used to have back in the day on some of the earlier cruises! cheers S&D

Question for gbenjo if I may - were you working yesterday (i.e. Majestic check-in) - If so, how busy was it? I'm on the next one (10 Oct), with staggered times I got the 4.30 time slot but I can't get transport that late.

 

Have priority boarding pass (Platinum) and expect to be there around 1.30-2.00pm. What are my chances of getting on at that time??

Thanks in advance :)

We had priority boarding, with a time of 4pm....we just turned up and were onboard by 11.30...hope that helps!...