Willard23 Posted June 30, 2012 #1 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Found complete and official Sydney cruiseship schedule for the coming season. There are two ports used and is of importance to those making hotel reservations. Search "Sydney Port Schedule" in any search engine and you will find schedule published by port authority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjm66 Posted June 30, 2012 #2 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Found complete and official Sydney cruiseship schedule for the coming season. There are two ports used and is of importance to those making hotel reservations. Search "Sydney Port Schedule" in any search engine and you will find schedule published by port authority. Good advice. From 1 March 2013 Barrangaroo Wharf 5 will close and a new berth will open at White Bay in Balmain. The Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay remains in place. The last ship to depart from Barangaroo Wharf 5 will be Pacific Pearl on 28 February. The first group of passengers to disembark at the new berth will be on an Atlantis chartered Oosterdam cruise from Auckland arriving on 3 March. The first cruise to embark from Balmain will be a 14 Day Pacific cruise on the Oosterdam on the same day. On March 3 Pacific Princess is using the Overseas passenger terminal at Circular Quay. There does not seem to be an obvious rule about which line uses which berth and occasionally a ship will leave from one berth and return to the other. Cunard is berthing QM2 at Balmain. Try this link to check out where your are embarking/disembarking. A few ships use a different berth on their round trip into and out of Sydmey. http://www.globenettravel.com.au/cruises/sydney_port_cruise_schedule.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassamanda Posted June 30, 2012 #3 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Cunard is berthing QM2 at Balmain. Are you sure QM2 can fit under the bridge:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diy dave Posted June 30, 2012 #4 Share Posted June 30, 2012 QM2 at white bay, er, no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted June 30, 2012 #5 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Are you sure QM2 can fit under the bridge:confused: Looks like it. All her visits are booked on the west side, either at Barangaroo or when that closes at White Bay. I'd thought it must have been because they were late to book, but they even choose to berth there when there's nobody at OPT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macntosh Posted June 30, 2012 #6 Share Posted June 30, 2012 The last ship to depart from Barangaroo Wharf 5 will be Pacific Pearl on 28 February. The first group of passengers to disembark at the new berth will be on an Atlantis chartered Oosterdam cruise from Auckland arriving on 3 March. . Hi all, Just checked the Sydney Ports web site and it looks like Pacific Pearl is the last ship out of Barangaroo Wharf 5 on 28 Feb, but looks like she is only moving across the bay to Balmain Wharf 5 ready for her departure on 1 March at 4 pm. So appears Pacific Pearl is actually the first to board passengers at Balmain to depart and then Oosterdam the first to arrive and disembark passengers the next morning. It will be interesting to see what facilities are available at Balmain to cope with arrivals and departures. Does anyone know what facilities are being built? ie. undercover checkin, security, Customs & Immigration, taxi ranks, private car drop-off / pick-up, any long-term passenger parking... etc.. The link to Sydney Ports is: http://www.sydneyports.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/17738/Passenger_Vessel_Schedule_Final_v166.0_18_June_2012.pdf or http://www.sydneyports.com.au/port_operations/cruise_schedule then click on the pdf link at the bottom. I trust that the Sydney Ports web site is the most up-to-date. Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Kinkacruiser Posted June 30, 2012 #7 Share Posted June 30, 2012 What's happening at the old Wharf 8 site...will that replace White Bay in the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjm66 Posted June 30, 2012 #8 Share Posted June 30, 2012 What's happening at the old Wharf 8 site...will that replace White Bay in the future? I believe it is swallowed up by the biger than Ben Hur development at Barrangaroo - now up to modification 6 so who knows what will happen. There is a "passenger terminal" in the public space area but that looks like being for harbour ferries to provide public transport not for cruise ships. Much to the unease of local residents, Balmain (White Nay) is being touted as the bright future for cruising. I think it can berth two at a time and there is potential for surrounding development - according to the pollies - not the residents! Colleen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbenjo Posted June 30, 2012 #9 Share Posted June 30, 2012 There does not seem to be an obvious rule about which line uses which berth and occasionally a ship will leave from one berth and return to the other. Cunard is berthing QM2 at Balmain. The "obvious rule" is ships (or cruise lines that have ships) that fit under the bridge will use White( Elephant) Bay / Barangaroo unless there is no room and then they will use the OPT. eg P&O Princess & Holland America. Royal Caribbean /Celebrity ships are to big to go under the bridge so have to use the OPT. Facility/logistics wise they would probably prefer to use WEB although I guess no one yet knows what it will be like . As for the QM2 "berthing" at WEB..... it is not.. it will be berthed at the OPT... BUT passenger processing will be done at WEB and then they will, I guess, be bused around to the OPT to board. This is why I call the new terminal White" Elephant" Bay. It can only, because of the bridge, accommodate the "smaller" cruise ships, so in this growing Australian cruise market, unless the cruise lines limit the size of ship they base in Sydney (and bigger ships = more passengers = more profit) and the limits, both size and operational, of the OPT there does not seem to be great future for White Bay apart from the current fleet of cruise ships being used for the next twenty years because they are the only ones that will fit under the bridge. Already with the Carnival Spirit being based here Carnival are forced to use the OPT as do Princess when the Diamond is here To Kinkacruiser What's happening at the old Wharf 8 site...will that replace White Bay in the future? The old wharf 8 and wharf 5 Barangaroo are being redeveloped as harbour side parklands and will disappear forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 1, 2012 #10 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Cunard is berthing QM2 at Balmain. Are you sure QM2 can fit under the bridge:confused: QM2 does not fit under the bridge. You may find that "Balmain" is where the pax report and are processed then taken to the ship either in busses or catamarans. When we joined QM2 for a short Sydney to Auckland crossing , we went to Glebe Island and were then taken by cat to the ship at Garden Island. We went through Customs and Immigration at the Glebe Island marquee, and then once on board , were processed by Cunard in the Queens Ballroom.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjm66 Posted July 1, 2012 #11 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Hi all, The link to Sydney Ports is: http://www.sydneyports.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/17738/Passenger_Vessel_Schedule_Final_v166.0_18_June_2012.pdf or http://www.sydneyports.com.au/port_operations/cruise_schedule then click on the pdf link at the bottom. I trust that the Sydney Ports web site is the most up-to-date. Mark. Thanks Mark, I have replaced my desktop link with the official one. The arrangement of processing at Balmain and bussing to OPT seems very kludgy - can understand it for "temporary" berths like Garden Island or tendered ones like Athol Buoy but why do it if the ship is berthed at OPT where there are full processing facilities. I don't doubt the information just questioning the logic of it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted July 1, 2012 #12 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Thanks Mark, I have replaced my desktop link with the official one. The arrangement of processing at Balmain and bussing to OPT seems very kludgy - can understand it for "temporary" berths like Garden Island or tendered ones like Athol Buoy but why do it if the ship is berthed at OPT where there are full processing facilities. I don't doubt the information just questioning the logic of it all. Maybe because the facilities at the OPT are apalling. The facility might be able to cope with a very small ship, but it is hopeless with passenger numbers around 1,800 or more. There are usually long queues in the sun/rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 1, 2012 #13 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Maybe because the facilities at the OPT are apalling. The facility might be able to cope with a very small ship, but it is hopeless with passenger numbers around 1,800 or more. There are usually long queues in the sun/rain. Carnival Spirit will be using the OPT all the time.:eek: That will be fun for her 2,680 passengers:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted July 1, 2012 #14 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Is White Bay located near Darling Harbour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmw Posted July 1, 2012 #15 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Is White Bay located near Darling Harbour? as the crow flies straight across the harbour....to drive there you have to go over the Anzac Bridge and turn into Roberts st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted July 1, 2012 #16 Share Posted July 1, 2012 as the crow flies straight across the harbour....to drive there you have to go over the Anzac Bridge and turn into Roberts st Thank you for your reply. Did try to locate it on a map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy and Charlie's Mum Posted July 1, 2012 #17 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Interesting to note that our cruise on the Diamond Princess which we board on the 8th March 2013 and leave on the 9th March 2013 has us down for leaving on 8th March at 20.00hours. :eek: Ok, that's weird.... if you click on the first schedule it shows the above. If you go into the site on the second link and click on the PDF is shows that we are overnighting. Sheesh.... I will look at the second one seeing as it seems to be the more correct one. What the? Now both is showing correct.... I give up!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmw Posted July 1, 2012 #18 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Interesting to note that our cruise on the Diamond Princess which we board on the 8th March 2013 and leave on the 9th March 2013 has us down for leaving on 8th March at 20.00hours. :eek: Ok' date=' that's weird.... if you click on the first schedule it shows the above. If you go into the site on the second link and click on the PDF is shows that we are overnighting. Sheesh.... I will look at the second one seeing as it seems to be the more correct one. What the? Now both is showing correct.... I give up!!!![/quote'] going by sydney ports the Diamond overnights in Sydney 8th march and departs at 1pm on the 9th march Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 1, 2012 #19 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Interesting to note that our cruise on the Diamond Princess which we board on the 8th March 2013 and leave on the 9th March 2013 has us down for leaving on 8th March at 20.00hours. :eek: Ok' date=' that's weird.... if you click on the first schedule it shows the above. If you go into the site on the second link and click on the PDF is shows that we are overnighting. Sheesh.... I will look at the second one seeing as it seems to be the more correct one. What the? Now both is showing correct.... I give up!!!![/quote'] going by sydney ports the Diamond overnights in Sydney 8th march and departs at 1pm on the 9th march Diamond is being offered in 2 ways for that one. You cna join in either Auckland for a 38 nt cruise or 24 night cruise from Sydney. Looks like either way you get an overnight in Sydney...Whoopee!!!! 22-Feb-2013, departs Auckland, New Zealand Day Port Arrive Depart 1 Auckland, New Zealand 6.00pm 2 Tauranga, New Zealand 7.00am 6.00pm 3 At Sea 4 Picton, New Zealand 8.00am 5.00pm 5 Wellington, New Zealand 7.00am 6.00pm 6 Christchurch (Lyttleton), New Zealand 8.00am 6.00pm 7 Dunedin (Port Chalmers), New Zealand 8.00am 6.00pm 8 Fjordland National Park, New Zealand 9.00am 7.00pm 9 At Sea 10 At Sea 11 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 8.00am 6.00pm 12 At Sea 13 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 7.00am 5.00pm 14 At Sea 15 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 6.00am overnight 16 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1.00pm 17 At Sea 18 At Sea 19 Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia 7.00am 6.00pm 20 At Sea 21 At Sea 22 Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia 12.00pm 7.00pm 23 At Sea 24 At Sea 25 At Sea 26 At Sea 27 At Sea 28 Hong Kong 9.00am overnight 29 Hong Kong 5.00pm 30 At Sea 31 Keelung, Taiwan 7.00am 6.00pm 32 At Sea 33 Kagoshima, Japan 7.00am 4.00pm 34 Busan, (Pusan) South Korea 12.00pm 7.00pm 35 At Sea 36 Shanghai, China 7.00am 6.00pm 37 At Sea 38 Dalian, China 7.00am 2.00pm 39 Beijing (Tianjin), China 4.00am 08-Mar-2013, departs Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Day Port Arrive Depart 1 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia overnight 2 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1.00pm 3 At Sea 4 At Sea 5 Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia 7.00am 6.00pm 6 At Sea 7 At Sea 8 Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia 12.00pm 7.00pm 9 At Sea 10 At Sea 11 At Sea 12 At Sea 13 At Sea 14 Hong Kong 9.00am overnight 15 Hong Kong 5.00pm 16 At Sea 17 Keelung, Taiwan 7.00am 6.00pm 18 At Sea 19 Kagoshima, Japan 7.00am 4.00pm 20 Busan, (Pusan) South Korea 12.00pm 7.00pm 21 At Sea 22 Shanghai, China 7.00am 6.00pm 23 At Sea 24 Dalian, China 7.00am 2.00pm 25 Beijing (Tianjin), China 4.00am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resordanis Posted July 1, 2012 #20 Share Posted July 1, 2012 going by sydney ports the Diamond overnights in Sydney 8th march and departs at 1pm on the 9th march Does anyone know how to get to the new cruise terminal at White Bay using public transport i.e. trains? I think it is going to be extremely difficult and costly if taxis are to be used. It is just so easy at present either going to OPT or Barangaroo. I really don't thik this has been thought thru. The traffic around that area on a sailing day is going to be a nightmare!:( PS Diamond Princess seems to be doing a couple of overnighters in Sydney. When we arrive in from Bangkok we arrive at 1.00pm and disembark the following morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchieozz Posted July 1, 2012 #21 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Well that makes my decision to only cruise with ships docking at the OPT from now on. Whilst they facilities there ARE appalling for a large ship and waiting times can be pretty bad at times - White Bay has always been TERRIBLE idea and it really doesn't entice me to want to cruise with lines that will only use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 1, 2012 #22 Share Posted July 1, 2012 If you ask Mr Google for Whites Bay....he has never heard of it. As far as I know public transport is zilch ....I guess you could always arrive at Circular Quay and take a water taxi:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmw Posted July 1, 2012 #23 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Does anyone know how to get to the new cruise terminal at White Bay using public transport i.e. trains? I think it is going to be extremely difficult and costly if taxis are to be used. It is just so easy at present either going to OPT or Barangaroo. I really don't thik this has been thought thru. The traffic around that area on a sailing day is going to be a nightmare!:(PS Diamond Princess seems to be doing a couple of overnighters in Sydney. When we arrive in from Bangkok we arrive at 1.00pm and disembark the following morning! i think the best option is a taxi, they do run government buses to Balmain but you would have to drag your luggage along Roberts rd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diy dave Posted July 1, 2012 #24 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Hi kiwi kruzer, take the "s" off whites bay and google White Bay and you,ll find it. Also i wonder if they processed passengers for QM2 at barangaroo last time when she was berthed at the opt.?that would,nt make sence to me. When Voyager of the seas comes in to the opt later this year , even though she is smaller tonnage than QM2, she carries about 500 more passengers and looks like she will do all the processing at the opt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbenjo Posted July 1, 2012 #25 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Hi kiwi kruzer, take the "s" off whites bay and google White Bay and you,ll find it. Also i wonder if they processed passengers for QM2 at barangaroo last time when she was berthed at the opt.?that would,nt make sence to me. When Voyager of the seas comes in to the opt later this year , even though she is smaller tonnage than QM2, she carries about 500 more passengers and looks like she will do all the processing at the opt. I believe we will have a lot more check in people for the Voyager which should make it a lot quicker and also some other "surprises" that, along with a staggered check in times, will help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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