Rhapsody in Airlie Beach today

[biddles]

Hi All,

 

Snapped this photo this morning in Airlie Beach of Rhapsody anchored out in the bay.

 

56 days to go until my Xmas cruise!!! Yeah!

 

 

Cheers,

Biddles:D

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Hi All,

 

Snapped this photo this morning in Airlie Beach of Rhapsody anchored out in the bay.

 

Here is the pic:

 

 

 

Great photo biddles :)

[cazz0069]

Hi All,

 

Snapped this photo this morning in Airlie Beach of Rhapsody anchored out in the bay.

 

56 days to go until my Xmas cruise!!! Yeah!

 

 

Cheers,

Biddles:D

 

Thanks for the pic...we are almost in the 100 day countdown for our first trip on her...:)

[karmac]

Nice pic!!

Biddles, you are so lucky to live in what I think is the most beautiful part of Australia:)

[Goodyab]

Lovely pic Biddles....

Im going to see her in Brisbane on Monday....

Thanks for sharing:)

Cheers Angie:)

[yamcrzr]

Hi All,

 

Snapped this photo this morning in Airlie Beach of Rhapsody anchored out in the bay.

 

56 days to go until my Xmas cruise!!! Yeah!

 

 

Cheers,

Biddles:D

 

Hey Biddles,

 

We're on this cruise as well - can't wait - 8 weeks to go - YAY!!!!!!!!

 

Cheers

Sharon

[The_Big_M]

Looks a fair way out - how long does that tender take?

[karmac]

We were there 3 weeks ago and they actually use the local catamarans as well as the tenders. We were on a cat & it didn't take very long at all.

[didiaust]

Thanks for the pic

 

Makes our few days countdown even more exciting

 

It's my husbands birthday present ( I get to share the best present I have ever bought us lol)

 

Last Friday night he experienced his minor present - we went to Celtic Women - their first concert in Australia. When these angels sang Orinoco Flow We both sang the chorus with passion "Sail away, sail away , sail away."

 

Di

[biddles]

That was my first photo upload ever and I clearly got it wrong!

 

So thank you for fixing that up! To get it right next time, instead of inserting a photo, I should perhaps use the web link icon instead? (photo is hosted on picasa web)

 

Cheers Biddles :D

[bazzaw]

What is the probability of tender operations being cancelled at Airlie Beach? Does it happen occasionally, often??

 

 

Barry

[Kiwi Kruzer]

What is the probability of tender operations being cancelled at Airlie Beach? Does it happen occasionally, often??

Barry

 

I dont think I have heard of any ships having to cancel tendering in either Port Douglas, Yorkeys, or Airlie Beach, except of course in Cyclone season.

On thing going for them is that you are inside the GBR so are not subject to the big ocean swells. The wind would be the big problem I would think, but the Captain can postion the ship to protect the tenders from that.

[AuzzieCruiser]

What a great photo!!

I would love to wake up to a view like that every day.:)

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Some more shots from tendering at Airlie Beach

 

 

Pulling away from Dawn Princess

 

 

One of the catamarans arriving back at the ship

 

The Marina you land at

 

 

Diamond Princess at anchor off Airlie Beach

 

[dea71]

What is the probability of tender operations being cancelled at Airlie Beach? Does it happen occasionally, often??

 

 

Barry

 

We visited Airlie Beach on Rhapsody last December - they were offloading passengers onto the catamarans on both sides of the ship initially (which was great - very quick) but as the wind came up they could only offload on the land side. This slowed things down quite and bit.

 

The wind was also quite strong when everyone was heading back to the ship and the catamarans were waiting off to the side for quite a while (note to self - maybe take seasick tablets next time if winds are up - we were sitting in the bouncy swell for about 45 minutes waiting to get off - not that good :(!!).

 

Dea

:)