Gaznjo Posted May 20, 2010 #1 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Thought it would be nice to wish all of 2010 World Cruisers a Bon Voyage!! [/u] Tomorrow is the day that you set sail at sea... May the sun shine brightly with the ocean calm as can be... May your bags be all packed and full to the brink And your clothes be too big, cause sea air makes them shrink... So you must be excited with your head in a swirl... Cause tomorrow you start to circumnavigate the WORLD! Joanne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Coast Cruisers Posted May 20, 2010 #2 Share Posted May 20, 2010 What wonderful words. I so wish I was going too and not just dropping our four friends off at the airport tomorrow morning. Even they can't believe they'll be away for 104 days.:) BON VOYAGE to you all......may all the waves be small ones. Jillybean:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Coast Cruisers Posted May 20, 2010 #3 Share Posted May 20, 2010 What wonderful words. I so wish I was going too and not just dropping our four friends off at the airport tomorrow morning. They still can't believe they'll be away for 104 days.:) BON VOYAGE to you all......may all the waves be small ones. Jillybean:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandielle Posted May 20, 2010 #4 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Hope all of you world cruisers have a magical holiday! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassCruise Posted May 20, 2010 #5 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I'd also like to wish everyone sailing - an amazing journey - what a wonderful opportunity and experience - big sigh LOL!!! Any tidbit very much appreciated. Safe sailing - will be thinking about you all. Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiemin Posted May 20, 2010 #6 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I would like to wish you all a very happy holiday and hope one of you can do a blog for us so we can travel by armchair with you Last year we had two wonderfull bloggers we could follow it was very interesting especially to us that only dream of a world cruise. Maybe one day:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil R. Posted May 20, 2010 #7 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Is anyone aware of world cruise blogs to follow the progress of the 2010 cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Kinkacruiser Posted May 20, 2010 #8 Share Posted May 20, 2010 What a great poem Joanne.:) Here, here...happy 'bon voyaging' to all world cruisers. Cheers, Anna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted May 20, 2010 #9 Share Posted May 20, 2010 BON VOYAGE to all the World Cruisers, on Dawn Princess, and to those joining this epic voyage for segments. Itinerary Travel Distance: 65,512.68 km/35,374.02 nm Itinerary may be subject to change at any time Date Port Arrive Depart Fri 21/05/10 Sydney / Australia 17:00 Sat 22/05/10 At Sea Sun 23/05/10 At Sea Mon 24/05/10 At Sea Tue 25/05/10 At Sea Wed 26/05/10 At Sea Thu 27/05/10 Darwin / Australia 08:00 18:00 Fri 28/05/10 At Sea Sat 29/05/10 At Sea Sun 30/05/10 Benoa (Bali) / Indonesia 08:00 18:00 Mon 31/05/10 At Sea Tue 01/06/10 At Sea Wed 02/06/10 Singapore / Singapore 08:00 18:00 Thu 03/06/10 Port Kelang / Malaysia 07:00 19:00 Fri 04/06/10 Langkawi / Malaysia 09:00 18:00 Sat 05/06/10 At Sea Sun 06/06/10 At Sea Mon 07/06/10 At Sea Tue 08/06/10 Kochi / India 08:00 17:00 Wed 09/06/10 At Sea Thu 10/06/10 Mumbai / India 07:00 23:00 Fri 11/06/10 At Sea Sat 12/06/10 At Sea Sun 13/06/10 Muscat / Oman 07:00 13:00 Mon 14/06/10 Dubai / United Arab Emirates 08:00 20:00 Tue 15/06/10 At Sea Wed 16/06/10 At Sea Thu 17/06/10 At Sea Fri 18/06/10 At Sea Sat 19/06/10 At Sea Sun 20/06/10 Safaga / Egypt 07:00 23:00 Mon 21/06/10 At Sea Tue 22/06/10 Passage Suez Canal / Egypt 01:00 17:00 Wed 23/06/10 Port Said / Egypt 07:00 20:00 Thu 24/06/10 At Sea Fri 25/06/10 Kusadasi / Turkey 07:00 13:00 Sat 26/06/10 Istanbul / Turkey 10:00 20:00 Sun 27/06/10 ANZAC Cove (Gallipoli) / Turkey 06:00 14:00 Mon 28/06/10 Santorin / Greece 07:00 20:00 Tue 29/06/10 Piraeus (Athens) / Greece 06:00 16:45 Wed 30/06/10 At Sea Thu 01/07/10 Venice / Italy 13:30 Fri 02/07/10 Venice / Italy 13:00 Sat 03/07/10 Dubrovnik / Croatia 09:00 18:00 Sun 04/07/10 At Sea Mon 05/07/10 Civitavecchia (Rome) / Italy 07:00 19:00 Tue 06/07/10 Livorno / Italy 07:00 19:00 Wed 07/07/10 Cannes / France 07:00 17:00 Thu 08/07/10 Barcelona / Spain 09:00 22:00 Fri 09/07/10 At Sea Sat 10/07/10 Gibraltar / Gibraltar 07:00 14:00 Sun 11/07/10 At Sea Mon 12/07/10 At Sea Tue 13/07/10 Le Havre / France 07:00 20:00 Wed 14/07/10 Southampton / England 07:00 21:00 Thu 15/07/10 At Sea Fri 16/07/10 Dublin / Ireland 07:00 22:00 Sat 17/07/10 At Sea Sun 18/07/10 At Sea Mon 19/07/10 At Sea Tue 20/07/10 At Sea Wed 21/07/10 At Sea Thu 22/07/10 At Sea Fri 23/07/10 Boston / USA 07:00 16:00 Sat 24/07/10 Newport (Rhode Island) / USA 09:00 18:00 Sun 25/07/10 New York / USA 07:15 20:00 Mon 26/07/10 At Sea Tue 27/07/10 At Sea Wed 28/07/10 At Sea Thu 29/07/10 St. John's (Antigua) / Lesser Antilles 07:00 16:00 Fri 30/07/10 Bridgetown (Barbados) / Lesser Antilles 10:00 18:00 Sat 31/07/10 At Sea Sun 01/08/10 Curaçao / Netherlands Antilles 07:00 16:00 Mon 02/08/10 At Sea Tue 03/08/10 Panama Canal (Passage/Cruise) / Panama 05:00 16:30 Wed 04/08/10 At Sea Thu 05/08/10 At Sea Fri 06/08/10 At Sea Sat 07/08/10 Acapulco / Mexico 07:00 16:00 Sun 08/08/10 Manzanillo / Mexico 09:00 16:00 Mon 09/08/10 At Sea Tue 10/08/10 At Sea Wed 11/08/10 Los Angeles / USA 07:00 17:00 Thu 12/08/10 At Sea Fri 13/08/10 At Sea Sat 14/08/10 At Sea Sun 15/08/10 At Sea Mon 16/08/10 Honolulu (Oahu, Hawaii) / USA 08:00 22:00 Tue 17/08/10 At Sea Wed 18/08/10 At Sea Thu 19/08/10 At Sea Fri 20/08/10 At Sea Sat 21/08/10 At Sea Sun 22/08/10 Papeete (Tahiti) / French Polynesia 08:00 Mon 23/08/10 Papeete (Tahiti) / French Polynesia 04:00 Mon 23/08/10 Moorea / French Polynesia 08:00 17:00 Tue 24/08/10 At Sea Wed 25/08/10 At Sea Thu 26/08/10 Pago Pago / South Seas 08:00 17:00 Fri 27/08/10 At Sea Sat 28/08/10 Date Line 08:00 17:00 Sun 29/08/10 At Sea Mon 30/08/10 At Sea Tue 31/08/10 Auckland / New Zealand 07:00 16:00 Wed 01/09/10 At Sea Thu 02/09/10 At Sea Fri 03/09/10 Sydney / Australia 09:00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazz0069 Posted May 20, 2010 #10 Share Posted May 20, 2010 BON VOYAGE to all the World Cruisers, on Dawn Princess, and to those joining this epic voyage for segments. Itinerary Travel Distance: 65,512.68 km/35,374.02 nm Itinerary may be subject to change at any time Date Port Arrive Depart Fri 21/05/10 Sydney / Australia 17:00 Sat 22/05/10 At Sea Sun 23/05/10 At Sea Mon 24/05/10 At Sea Tue 25/05/10 At Sea Wed 26/05/10 At Sea Thu 27/05/10 Darwin / Australia 08:00 18:00 Fri 28/05/10 At Sea Sat 29/05/10 At Sea Sun 30/05/10 Benoa (Bali) / Indonesia 08:00 18:00 Mon 31/05/10 At Sea Tue 01/06/10 At Sea Wed 02/06/10 Singapore / Singapore 08:00 18:00 Thu 03/06/10 Port Kelang / Malaysia 07:00 19:00 Fri 04/06/10 Langkawi / Malaysia 09:00 18:00 Sat 05/06/10 At Sea Sun 06/06/10 At Sea Mon 07/06/10 At Sea Tue 08/06/10 Kochi / India 08:00 17:00 Wed 09/06/10 At Sea Thu 10/06/10 Mumbai / India 07:00 23:00 Fri 11/06/10 At Sea Sat 12/06/10 At Sea Sun 13/06/10 Muscat / Oman 07:00 13:00 Mon 14/06/10 Dubai / United Arab Emirates 08:00 20:00 Tue 15/06/10 At Sea Wed 16/06/10 At Sea Thu 17/06/10 At Sea Fri 18/06/10 At Sea Sat 19/06/10 At Sea Sun 20/06/10 Safaga / Egypt 07:00 23:00 Mon 21/06/10 At Sea Tue 22/06/10 Passage Suez Canal / Egypt 01:00 17:00 Wed 23/06/10 Port Said / Egypt 07:00 20:00 Thu 24/06/10 At Sea Fri 25/06/10 Kusadasi / Turkey 07:00 13:00 Sat 26/06/10 Istanbul / Turkey 10:00 20:00 Sun 27/06/10 ANZAC Cove (Gallipoli) / Turkey 06:00 14:00 Mon 28/06/10 Santorin / Greece 07:00 20:00 Tue 29/06/10 Piraeus (Athens) / Greece 06:00 16:45 Wed 30/06/10 At Sea Thu 01/07/10 Venice / Italy 13:30 Fri 02/07/10 Venice / Italy 13:00 Sat 03/07/10 Dubrovnik / Croatia 09:00 18:00 Sun 04/07/10 At Sea Mon 05/07/10 Civitavecchia (Rome) / Italy 07:00 19:00 Tue 06/07/10 Livorno / Italy 07:00 19:00 Wed 07/07/10 Cannes / France 07:00 17:00 Thu 08/07/10 Barcelona / Spain 09:00 22:00 Fri 09/07/10 At Sea Sat 10/07/10 Gibraltar / Gibraltar 07:00 14:00 Sun 11/07/10 At Sea Mon 12/07/10 At Sea Tue 13/07/10 Le Havre / France 07:00 20:00 Wed 14/07/10 Southampton / England 07:00 21:00 Thu 15/07/10 At Sea Fri 16/07/10 Dublin / Ireland 07:00 22:00 Sat 17/07/10 At Sea Sun 18/07/10 At Sea Mon 19/07/10 At Sea Tue 20/07/10 At Sea Wed 21/07/10 At Sea Thu 22/07/10 At Sea Fri 23/07/10 Boston / USA 07:00 16:00 Sat 24/07/10 Newport (Rhode Island) / USA 09:00 18:00 Sun 25/07/10 New York / USA 07:15 20:00 Mon 26/07/10 At Sea Tue 27/07/10 At Sea Wed 28/07/10 At Sea Thu 29/07/10 St. John's (Antigua) / Lesser Antilles 07:00 16:00 Fri 30/07/10 Bridgetown (Barbados) / Lesser Antilles 10:00 18:00 Sat 31/07/10 At Sea Sun 01/08/10 Curaçao / Netherlands Antilles 07:00 16:00 Mon 02/08/10 At Sea Tue 03/08/10 Panama Canal (Passage/Cruise) / Panama 05:00 16:30 Wed 04/08/10 At Sea Thu 05/08/10 At Sea Fri 06/08/10 At Sea Sat 07/08/10 Acapulco / Mexico 07:00 16:00 Sun 08/08/10 Manzanillo / Mexico 09:00 16:00 Mon 09/08/10 At Sea Tue 10/08/10 At Sea Wed 11/08/10 Los Angeles / USA 07:00 17:00 Thu 12/08/10 At Sea Fri 13/08/10 At Sea Sat 14/08/10 At Sea Sun 15/08/10 At Sea Mon 16/08/10 Honolulu (Oahu, Hawaii) / USA 08:00 22:00 Tue 17/08/10 At Sea Wed 18/08/10 At Sea Thu 19/08/10 At Sea Fri 20/08/10 At Sea Sat 21/08/10 At Sea Sun 22/08/10 Papeete (Tahiti) / French Polynesia 08:00 Mon 23/08/10 Papeete (Tahiti) / French Polynesia 04:00 Mon 23/08/10 Moorea / French Polynesia 08:00 17:00 Tue 24/08/10 At Sea Wed 25/08/10 At Sea Thu 26/08/10 Pago Pago / South Seas 08:00 17:00 Fri 27/08/10 At Sea Sat 28/08/10 Date Line 08:00 17:00 Sun 29/08/10 At Sea Mon 30/08/10 At Sea Tue 31/08/10 Auckland / New Zealand 07:00 16:00 Wed 01/09/10 At Sea Thu 02/09/10 At Sea Fri 03/09/10 Sydney / Australia 09:00 Good lord what an itinerary!!! May i be honest (and for fear of being screamed at by my fellow CC`ers) I think i would go absolutely stir crazy if i had to spend 104 nights on a ship. Having been on the Dawn Princess, i found my 13 night cruise just enough. I even think if i had the Duplex Suite on the QM2 i would be a little worse for wear after 3 months at sea :eek: I really have to admire these people that can do it....i think my problem is i have to constantly be amused, and the idea of just lying back and watching the world go past would only excite me for about 5 minutes, then i would want to get off hehe. Nonetheless, i am sure, those on board are literally having their holiday of a lifetime and i hope everyone has the most amazing time! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted May 20, 2010 Author #11 Share Posted May 20, 2010 "the idea of just lying back and watching the world go past" ha ha ... that is like music to my ears.... LOL I guess when i think about the places we are going to see, that excitment alone counteracts the sea days... but I am bias as I love sea days too... LOL ok now for blogs... these have either been publically given out on the roll call or I have googled them.... http://jill-ray.blogspot.com/ http://johnandgailscruise.blogspot.com/ http://blog.bretthandy.com/ if find more i will let you know Joanne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted May 20, 2010 #12 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Thanks for the blogs Joanne, and thanks for putting up the thread. Its good to have a reference to them on page 1, thats why I put up the itinerary as well, so we can refer back to it, if we want to, as the thread and the cruise progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazz0069 Posted May 20, 2010 #13 Share Posted May 20, 2010 "the idea of just lying back and watching the world go past" ha ha ... that is like music to my ears.... LOL I guess when i think about the places we are going to see, that excitment alone counteracts the sea days... but I am bias as I love sea days too... LOL ok now for blogs... these have either been publically given out on the roll call or I have googled them.... http://jill-ray.blogspot.com/ http://johnandgailscruise.blogspot.com/ http://blog.bretthandy.com/ if find more i will let you know Joanne heheh i wish it was for me too Joanne, i have always been far too hyperactive. Dont get me wrong it sounds idyllic, but i just think i would get too restless....looking forward to reading the blogs though:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted May 20, 2010 Author #14 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Thanks for the blogs Joanne, and thanks for putting up the thread. Its good to have a reference to them on page 1, thats why I put up the itinerary as well, so we can refer back to it, if we want to, as the thread and the cruise progress. i was hoping that you would put the itinery up , just like you did last year lol... I also have the page torn out of the brochure next to the computer this time LOL.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted May 20, 2010 #15 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I will be following this one, I know three heads on board ! BON VOYAGE TO ALL ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandielle Posted May 20, 2010 #16 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Thanks David and Joanne for putting up the itinerary and blogs. Now I'll have file them in my One Note folder so I can find them quickly. Oh dear, Jas, I don't think you can be termed a true 'cruise tragic'!!!!!! I would have no trouble 'putting up with' that number of days! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Coast Cruisers Posted May 20, 2010 #17 Share Posted May 20, 2010 BON VOYAGE to all the World Cruisers, on Dawn Princess, and to those joining this epic voyage for segments. Itinerary Travel Distance: 65,512.68 km/35,374.02 nm Itinerary may be subject to change at any time Date Port Arrive Depart Fri 21/05/10 Sydney / Australia 17:00 Sat 22/05/10 At Sea Sun 23/05/10 At Sea Mon 24/05/10 At Sea Tue 25/05/10 At Sea Wed 26/05/10 At Sea Thu 27/05/10 Darwin / Australia 08:00 18:00 Fri 28/05/10 At Sea Sat 29/05/10 At Sea Sun 30/05/10 Benoa (Bali) / Indonesia 08:00 18:00 Mon 31/05/10 At Sea Tue 01/06/10 At Sea Wed 02/06/10 Singapore / Singapore 08:00 18:00 Thu 03/06/10 Port Kelang / Malaysia 07:00 19:00 Fri 04/06/10 Langkawi / Malaysia 09:00 18:00 Sat 05/06/10 At Sea Sun 06/06/10 At Sea Mon 07/06/10 At Sea Tue 08/06/10 Kochi / India 08:00 17:00 Wed 09/06/10 At Sea Thu 10/06/10 Mumbai / India 07:00 23:00 Fri 11/06/10 At Sea Sat 12/06/10 At Sea Sun 13/06/10 Muscat / Oman 07:00 13:00 Mon 14/06/10 Dubai / United Arab Emirates 08:00 20:00 Tue 15/06/10 At Sea Wed 16/06/10 At Sea Thu 17/06/10 At Sea Fri 18/06/10 At Sea Sat 19/06/10 At Sea Sun 20/06/10 Safaga / Egypt 07:00 23:00 Mon 21/06/10 At Sea Tue 22/06/10 Passage Suez Canal / Egypt 01:00 17:00 Wed 23/06/10 Port Said / Egypt 07:00 20:00 Thu 24/06/10 At Sea Fri 25/06/10 Kusadasi / Turkey 07:00 13:00 Sat 26/06/10 Istanbul / Turkey 10:00 20:00 Sun 27/06/10 ANZAC Cove (Gallipoli) / Turkey 06:00 14:00 Mon 28/06/10 Santorin / Greece 07:00 20:00 Tue 29/06/10 Piraeus (Athens) / Greece 06:00 16:45 Wed 30/06/10 At Sea Thu 01/07/10 Venice / Italy 13:30 Fri 02/07/10 Venice / Italy 13:00 Sat 03/07/10 Dubrovnik / Croatia 09:00 18:00 Sun 04/07/10 At Sea Mon 05/07/10 Civitavecchia (Rome) / Italy 07:00 19:00 Tue 06/07/10 Livorno / Italy 07:00 19:00 Wed 07/07/10 Cannes / France 07:00 17:00 Thu 08/07/10 Barcelona / Spain 09:00 22:00 Fri 09/07/10 At Sea Sat 10/07/10 Gibraltar / Gibraltar 07:00 14:00 Sun 11/07/10 At Sea Mon 12/07/10 At Sea Tue 13/07/10 Le Havre / France 07:00 20:00 Wed 14/07/10 Southampton / England 07:00 21:00 Thu 15/07/10 At Sea Fri 16/07/10 Dublin / Ireland 07:00 22:00 Sat 17/07/10 At Sea Sun 18/07/10 At Sea Mon 19/07/10 At Sea Tue 20/07/10 At Sea Wed 21/07/10 At Sea Thu 22/07/10 At Sea Fri 23/07/10 Boston / USA 07:00 16:00 Sat 24/07/10 Newport (Rhode Island) / USA 09:00 18:00 Sun 25/07/10 New York / USA 07:15 20:00 Mon 26/07/10 At Sea Tue 27/07/10 At Sea Wed 28/07/10 At Sea Thu 29/07/10 St. John's (Antigua) / Lesser Antilles 07:00 16:00 Fri 30/07/10 Bridgetown (Barbados) / Lesser Antilles 10:00 18:00 Sat 31/07/10 At Sea Sun 01/08/10 Curaçao / Netherlands Antilles 07:00 16:00 Mon 02/08/10 At Sea Tue 03/08/10 Panama Canal (Passage/Cruise) / Panama 05:00 16:30 Wed 04/08/10 At Sea Thu 05/08/10 At Sea Fri 06/08/10 At Sea Sat 07/08/10 Acapulco / Mexico 07:00 16:00 Sun 08/08/10 Manzanillo / Mexico 09:00 16:00 Mon 09/08/10 At Sea Tue 10/08/10 At Sea Wed 11/08/10 Los Angeles / USA 07:00 17:00 Thu 12/08/10 At Sea Fri 13/08/10 At Sea Sat 14/08/10 At Sea Sun 15/08/10 At Sea Mon 16/08/10 Honolulu (Oahu, Hawaii) / USA 08:00 22:00 Tue 17/08/10 At Sea Wed 18/08/10 At Sea Thu 19/08/10 At Sea Fri 20/08/10 At Sea Sat 21/08/10 At Sea Sun 22/08/10 Papeete (Tahiti) / French Polynesia 08:00 Mon 23/08/10 Papeete (Tahiti) / French Polynesia 04:00 Mon 23/08/10 Moorea / French Polynesia 08:00 17:00 Tue 24/08/10 At Sea Wed 25/08/10 At Sea Thu 26/08/10 Pago Pago / South Seas 08:00 17:00 Fri 27/08/10 At Sea Sat 28/08/10 Date Line 08:00 17:00 Sun 29/08/10 At Sea Mon 30/08/10 At Sea Tue 31/08/10 Auckland / New Zealand 07:00 16:00 Wed 01/09/10 At Sea Thu 02/09/10 At Sea Fri 03/09/10 Sydney / Australia 09:00 Thanks for the info David. We were talking about the distance to be travelled on the way to the airport this morning. Our four friends travelling were SO very excited....what a trip of a lifetime. I'll text them with the actual distance now....we all guessed much less than that.:o Jillybean:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted May 20, 2010 Author #18 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I also found a blog by a Richard Detrich, now he seems to be a port lecturer and in one of his blogs he mentions that he will be on the Dawn princess in may... so I will wait and see if he blogs then I will post that as well .... today will be me in 369 days LOL joanne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella cruiser Posted May 21, 2010 #19 Share Posted May 21, 2010 heheh i wish it was for me too Joanne, i have always been far too hyperactive. Dont get me wrong it sounds idyllic, but i just think i would get too restless....looking forward to reading the blogs though:) Hi Jas, I think you could manage it ..... it's easy.... just when you start to get cabin fever, another port pops up. You might surprise yourself!!;) When I was young we did a 52 day Asia on the Cathay (including 10 days in Hong Kong), a 47 day on the Fairstar to Asia (via Perth:eek:) and another 45 day to Asia on Fairstar. I think, all together I spent over 6 months on board Fairstar alone (Sitmar days of course not P & O). Every time we returned to Sydney we wanted to go round again. I think this looks fantastic:D, I hope they all have a great time. What an adventure....I am sooo jealous. I hope they post regularly so we can keep up. Jenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonniesmum Posted May 21, 2010 #20 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Bon Voyage to you all, have a wonderful time :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_cruiser Posted May 21, 2010 #21 Share Posted May 21, 2010 today will be me in 369 days LOL joanne And in 369 days we will be doing a thread for you :D Hope you will be following this cruse. BON VOYAGE to everyone on this cruise & hope you have a wonderful time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Coast Cruisers Posted May 21, 2010 #22 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Just had a phone call from our friends who have just boarded Dawn Princess. Very smooth and quick boarding of the ship. From getting out of the shuttle, boarding and off to have lunch all in 20 minutes..... well done Princess.:) Jillybean:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazz0069 Posted May 21, 2010 #23 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Hi Jas, I think you could manage it ..... it's easy.... just when you start to get cabin fever, another port pops up. You might surprise yourself!!;) When I was young we did a 52 day Asia on the Cathay (including 10 days in Hong Kong), a 47 day on the Fairstar to Asia (via Perth:eek:) and another 45 day to Asia on Fairstar. I think, all together I spent over 6 months on board Fairstar alone (Sitmar days of course not P & O). Every time we returned to Sydney we wanted to go round again. I think this looks fantastic:D, I hope they all have a great time. What an adventure....I am sooo jealous. I hope they post regularly so we can keep up. Jenny Good God Jenny, thats even worse :p. I couldnt imagine spending 52 days on the Fairstar. I remember seeing something on the news maybe back in 92, where the air conditioning and sewerage broke down and people were sleeping on deck chairs etc. I suppose i see the 2 main issues for me would be `living`in one of those cabins on Dawn for 3 months (especially an inside one) Joanne i`d be curious to know what type of cabin you have booked. I suppose the other thing is i know how much money we spent on our 13 nighter, i cant comprehend what i would go through on a world cruise hehe. Dont get me wrong, still totally jealous. The excitement levels right now for those people must be off the meter :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella cruiser Posted May 21, 2010 #24 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Good God Jenny, thats even worse :p. I couldnt imagine spending 52 days on the Fairstar. I remember seeing something on the news maybe back in 92, where the air conditioning and sewerage broke down and people were sleeping on deck chairs etc. I suppose i see the 2 main issues for me would be `living`in one of those cabins on Dawn for 3 months (especially an inside one) Joanne i`d be curious to know what type of cabin you have booked. I suppose the other thing is i know how much money we spent on our 13 nighter, i cant comprehend what i would go through on a world cruise hehe. Dont get me wrong, still totally jealous. The excitement levels right now for those people must be off the meter :) Haha Jas, I did say it was Sitmar days not P & O (better food/service/atmosphere), never had any mechanical issues when we were on board. We always had a two berth outside for mum and dad and us 3 teenagers in a separate outside cabin on A deck (with private facillities) When P & O got her they tacked/bolted on a huge deck extension over her prominade deck at the back ruining her profile and astro turfed her beautiful scrubbed teak upper decks :eek::eek:. (the style police should have arrested someone over that). I guess their maintenance schedule was related to their taste:rolleyes: and she seriously deteriorated from then on. We had a great time anyway, I always remember sitting up in the Jungle room drinking Galliano thickshakes and watching the ocean and having a laugh with all my friends. Jenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted May 21, 2010 #25 Share Posted May 21, 2010 I suppose the other thing is i know how much money we spent on our 13 nighter, i cant comprehend what i would go through on a world cruise hehe. But Cazz its a lot different on a world cruise. At home do you go out drinking and spending every night? You have to pace yourself. Its the same with the food..... I could not eat rich fancy food night after night,and thats why they will have several "plain " dishes on the menu to give you a choice. Imagine Lobster and Beef Wellington , every night , night after night. You would be longing for a good feed of sausages and mashed potatoes:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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