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I don't think that anyone could ever understand the Princess booking system. When onboard Majestic back in Feb, we made a booking for Grand Princess for Oct '25 with the onboard booking lady - she could only offer guarantee. Upon return called our PCP and she at first said the same thing & then suddenly she was able to book us a specific balcony in our preferred location at same fare - she knew what we wanted from past experience. ????
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BON VOYAGE Coral Princess World Cruisers 2024
mr walker replied to Kiwi_cruiser's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Yes those prices look good (not the OC as Julie pointed out ๐ฎ). By comparison, fare for our Grand Princess cruise in Oct 2025 (Sth Pac, Hawaii, French Polynesia - Syd to Syd) is also 37N & for balcony price is A$11,600 pp! It's only money & you only live once, right ๐ Of course no airfares required for that one, so need to factor in flight to SA and from London & likely accomm costs for this cruise for a true comparison. -
onboard p&o pacific explorer
mr walker replied to yes!yes!yes!'s topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Small samples size (1 P&O & 2 Princess cruises), but certainly not our experience. -
BON VOYAGE Coral Princess World Cruisers 2024
mr walker replied to Kiwi_cruiser's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
I reckon the drinks are a lot cheaper in your place than onboard mate, so that must be a plus ๐ Yes, you did make the most of the time you had travelling - good luck to you. I know you have some great memories. Cheers -
BON VOYAGE Coral Princess World Cruisers 2024
mr walker replied to Kiwi_cruiser's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Is progressive trivia going to be every seaday as it often is on other cruises? That's going to be an awful lot of questions with what 70+ sea days on your trip ๐ฎ Maybe a few repeat questions?? ๐ -
BON VOYAGE Coral Princess World Cruisers 2024
mr walker replied to Kiwi_cruiser's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
What time was sail away scheduled. On Ch9 news it shows ship still berthed? -
BON VOYAGE Coral Princess World Cruisers 2024
mr walker replied to Kiwi_cruiser's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
ENJOY your cruise - we will be following along Cheers Neil & Tracey -
As I understand it, the Upgrade Fairy was superseded by the Upsell Fairy
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We are currently traveling back from QLD & are in TamworthNSW where I attended the Dawn Service this morning instead of usual home venue of Penrith. Good turnout & lovely service. Lest we forget
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Now for something completely different
mr walker replied to Blackduck59's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Strewth mate, you two take care of yourselves & get better soon. -
Voyager Of The Seas Returns to Oz 25/26?
mr walker replied to springaussie's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Almost every ship sails 'full' or close to it. When people talk about filling the ship, they are talking about selling it out at 'full' price. Unsold cabins are filled by discounting, some of which is not visible to all. TA's have clients who can sail at short notice at the right price and this fills unsold cabins. An old rule of thumb is that 80% of cabins sold at regular prices meets the costs of the cruise, the other 20% can be filled below 'cost' as those passengers will drink, take excursions etc which provides the all important revenue. I have been receiving emails from RC once or twice a week for months offering special deals - they are always for Quantam out of Brisbane, not for Ovation out of Sydney. -
Brilliance of the Seas in Newcastle
mr walker replied to lyndarra's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Getting that close to Sydney, and turning back, is almost like teasing the passengers hoping to board now on Sunday ๐ฎ Hope all goes well. -
A$230 pn for presumably an IC for the Anthem cruise is certainly showing that cruise costs are high. Gone are the days of a $200 balcony ๐ Lucky we get the C&A 'price' for drinks ๐
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Between 2014 & 2018 we travelled to Norfolk Island each year. The little dog was always there upon arrival sniffing around. The dog detected something with a woman's bag just along the line from us. The officer asked two or three times if she had any food. She replied "no" each time, and was becoming a bit annoyed & her husband also asked her about whether she had anything. A banana was located in her bag, she said she didn;t remember having it, and then her & her husband had 'words' - not a great start to a holiday on NI!
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Elvis cruise on the Pacific Encounter
mr walker replied to rkmw's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Agree on that for sure. Whilst Elvis was the King, and we have enjoyed 'Elvis shows' over the years on land and at sea, I can't imagine enjoying a whole cruise entertainment schedule being Elvis' or perhaps it's Elvises or Elvii?? We have done a number of country music themed cruises, but a variety of artists, even in the same genre, would be our choice. Slim or Willie of even Dolly every day would not work!! -
Happy Easter to all here on CC - may you day be enjoyable & celebrate whatever Easter means to you. Enjoy your day - we have our adult sons coming today for a lunch get together. I told them it will involve drinking beer, eating food & Easter Eggs - a real Aussie event. ๐
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Elvis cruise on the Pacific Encounter
mr walker replied to rkmw's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
On our recent Majestic Princess cruise we saw a great Elvis show - by a kiwi by the name of Che Orton. He was billed as having recently been named as in the top 5 Elvis acts worldwide & won the Parkes 'Elvis' event this year. He is to travel to US to represent Australia in an Elvis competition. He did a second show as himself & is a great entertainer. He was so good as Elvis, that I think some onboard thought he was the real Elvis ๐ -
Which Princess ship should I choose?
mr walker replied to Tigerlily75's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
We thought the 'stadium-style' seating in 'Live' on Majestic was really good in fitting the crowd in for trivia, games shows etc. The design provided much more capacity than other lounges in a wide range of ships (Princess & others) typically used for these types of activities. Many venues have oversized furniture which is suited for drinking and talking, but severely restricts the number of punters for trivia etc due to the space the furniture takes up. I do accept Julie's point about the design making it less than perfect to teams of 4-6 to sit around for the quiz, but for the 2 of us, and for groups of 3-4, it worked well & a lot more players can take part. -
Which Princess ship should I choose?
mr walker replied to Tigerlily75's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Is that โPrincess Liveโ venue as on Majestic? OK I see that Geoff already answered ๐ -
Methane & methanol are not the same thing ๐ That said, it would be a good thing if a cruise-ship could be powered by methane - a herd of cows down on deck 0 could power the ship & provide milk and beef. The by-product may present an issue though - perhaps they would need to be housed on the poop deck! ๐ฎ
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Iโm sure a good time was had by all mate. The club & surrounding area has changed a bit since then, but it is still Penriff. Itโs funny that the Penriff name started as an insult by others, but now is celebrated with pride ๐ Youโll have to come by sometime to check it out - my shout!!! Cheers