Bon Voyage Dawn Princes Round Europe Cruise 2013

[Kiwi Kruzer]

They are docked at the new facility in Mykonos.

The Island provides shuttle buses to take you into the old town.

You can walk , but the road is very narrow and dangerous.

 

 

[Sandielle]

Already at Istanbul.

 

DAWN PRINCESS

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Thanks for the pic Sandi...

 

Just checked AIS , and they have come through the Dardenelles and are heading up to Anzac Cove.:)

 

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Dawn at Anzac Cove..

 

 

[MMDown Under]

Thank goodness President OBama is seeking congressional authorization for his decision to take military action against Syria.

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Arrivied at Naples..

 

Norwegian Epic has also pulled in.

and Carnival Sunshine is joining the party...about 9,000 in Naples today.

 

 

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

They are back in Civitavecchia again.This time they are parked on the commercial side of the port. Its a long walk out from there and the shuttle to the port gate takes ages.

Parked on the other side at cruise docks are Norwegian Epic, Nieuw Amsterdam and Disney Magic.

 

 

 

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Todays port of call is Livorno.

They will be in town along with..;

 

 

Ship / Passengers

M/S Dawn Princess... 1,950

M/S Norwegian Epic.. 4,228

M/S Royal Princess... 3,600

M/S Silver Wind.......... 296

 

4 Ships...................10,074

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[K-Roo-Zers]

Todays port of call is Livorno.

They will be in town along with..;

 

 

Ship / Passengers

M/S Dawn Princess... 1,950

M/S Norwegian Epic.. 4,228

M/S Royal Princess... 3,600

M/S Silver Wind.......... 296

 

4 Ships...................10,074

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Wow David, Florence won't know what hit it - 10,000 people. Hope they are all having fun.

 

Nicki

[bazzaw]

Wow David, Florence won't know what hit it - 10,000 people. Hope they are all having fun.

 

Nicki

 

From Livorno the passengers spread out all over the place - Florence, Pisa, Tuscan hill towns, Sienna. It's a huge area -- and a very beautiful one.

 

Barry

[Kiwi Kruzer]

From Livorno the passengers spread out all over the place - Florence, Pisa, Tuscan hill towns, Sienna. It's a huge area -- and a very beautiful one.

 

Barry

 

When we called into Livorno on "Rotterdam" , we had been to Florence and Pisa before , so we chose the Cinque Terre tour. It turned out to be one of the best tours we have ever done. It was a full on , and long day , but well worth it.

 

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

 

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

They have just arrived ,very early in the morning , at Barcelona.

 

 

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

[Kiwi Kruzer]

They have just sailed into Marseilles, Count of Monte Christo fame.

They were followed in by MSC Splendida.

 

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

They have just sailed into Valletta in Malta...

 

 

 

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Gosh ...Where has all that time gone.

The boomerang has turned and they are now heading home.

 

Interesting to note that the bridge cam now states their next port of call is , Aquaba, and does not mention the Suez Canal Transit.

 

Heres the rest of the itinerary....Egypt cancelled I think.

 

 

Tue 10/09/13 Valletta / Malta 08:00 17:00

Wed 11/09/13 At Sea

Thu 12/09/13 At Sea

Fri 13/09/13 Passage Suez Canal / Egypt 01:00 17:00

Sat 14/09/13 Sharm El-Sheikh / Egypt 07:00 19:00

Sun 15/09/13 Aqaba / Jordan 07:00 19:00

Mon 16/09/13 At Sea

Tue 17/09/13 At Sea

Wed 18/09/13 At Sea

Thu 19/09/13 At Sea

Fri 20/09/13 Salalah / Oman 09:00 17:00

Sat 21/09/13 At Sea

Sun 22/09/13 At Sea

Mon 23/09/13 Mumbai / India 11:00 18:00

Tue 24/09/13 At Sea

Wed 25/09/13 At Sea

Thu 26/09/13 Colombo / Sri Lanka 07:00 20:00

Fri 27/09/13 At Sea

Sat 28/09/13 At Sea

Sun 29/09/13 At Sea

Mon 30/09/13 Port Klang / Malaysia 07:00 18:00

Tue 01/10/13 At Sea

Wed 02/10/13 At Sea

Thu 03/10/13 At Sea

Fri 04/10/13 At Sea

Sat 05/10/13 Darwin / Australia 10:00 17:00

Sun 06/10/13 At Sea

Mon 07/10/13 At Sea

Tue 08/10/13 At Sea

Wed 09/10/13 At Sea

Thu 10/10/13 At Sea

Fri 11/10/13 Sydney / Australia 07:00

[bazzaw]

David

 

They wouldn't be missing much if they miss Sharm el Sheikh!! :rolleyes:

 

Barry

[Sandielle]

According to the webcam they are heading for Aqaba, Jordan.

[bazzaw]

Apparently people onboard have known for a long time that they would not be visiting Sharm el Sheikh -- BUT also apparently, they may be transiting Suez Canal at night!! :eek: Don't know anymore or why.

 

EDIT -- well they may not - my correspondent may be confused. They are currently about 250NM from the entrance to the canal and will arrive there around midnight -- they may enter in the very early hours of the morning. Will have a look where they are in about 12 hours.

 

Barry

[icat2000]

David

 

They wouldn't be missing much if they miss Sharm el Sheikh!! :rolleyes:

 

Barry

Shake a leg. I've stayed in down that way on the cost a couple times. Mainly at Dahab. Its not too bad. But I've seen it all down that way now.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

If Live AIS is in fact Live the are lining up to enter the canal as I post.

Interesting that only the ships outside are shown

and they are not showing the progress of any ships in the transit.

 

They are going through on Friday 13th..:eek:

 

 

[bazzaw]

They seem to have disappeared off AIS right now -- but ********** shows that they have commenced the transit. It is now around midnight there.

 

I have emailed a friend onboard to see if this was always the plan - or why they are transiting at night. Apparently there was an attack on a cargo ship a couple of weeks ago - I am wondering if this has anything to do with it. It is a big shame because the Suez transit was probably the highlight of our cruise to UK on Oriana -- much more interesting for us than the Panama was.

 

Barry

[kiwipete]

Live AIS currently shows as being in transit through the canal. About 1/3rd through.