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Kiwi Kruzer

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Just wondering if the ships have all their Christmas glory on display yet?

One year when on Diamond Princess they put them up during our cruise. I got the impression a team had flown out from the States just to put them all up, and then stay on to take them all down again.

 

Now that would be a nice job.:D:D

 

 

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kiwipete

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The decorating team were boarding Sun Princess in Auckland last Sunday as we got off.

They certainly do a great job.

Will never forget the "real" snow on Diamond, with her snow making machines in the top of the Atrium!

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Kiwi Kruzer

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What cabin no. is that....awesome balcony!

 

 

Looks like one of the aft corner ones. I believe they are very popular and from what I have read on the boards you have to book them as soon as the cruising schedule comes out. They have a huge wrap around balcony.

Wonder if they catch the wind?

 

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We were on the 5 night Queensland cruise on Radiance in late November as well. We went to bed one night - no decorations - and got up the next morning to the Christmas tree, garlands and lights. Someone was obviously busy in the middle of the night! It looked lovely.

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We were on the 5 night Queensland cruise on Radiance in late November as well. We went to bed one night - no decorations - and got up the next morning to the Christmas tree, garlands and lights. Someone was obviously busy in the middle of the night! It looked lovely.

Elves perhaps?

The ships look great, I will do a cruise over Xmas one day (until obligations with the family are not required anymore) until then cruising just before will have to suffice.:D

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Elves perhaps?

The ships look great, I will do a cruise over Xmas one day (until obligations with the family are not required anymore) until then cruising just before will have to suffice.:D

Yes, we toy with the idea from time to time but the family would not be impressed. Either that or Christmas in some far off land.Maybe next year?????

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Hi, Currently aboard Solstice in a cool and damp Dunedin today and they have magnificent decorations around the atrium with huge trees on either side of the grand staircase.

 

Will try and post some shots

Great, can not wait to see how it looks. Hope the weather improves for you.:D

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Hi, Currently aboard Solstice in a cool and damp Dunedin today and they have magnificent decorations around the atrium with huge trees on either side of the grand staircase.

 

Will try and post some shots

 

We are on the same cruise next year. Glad to hear that it will be decorated. Due to family obligations we can't cruise over Christmas but this will be the next best thing. Just under 12 months and counting.

 

 

 

 

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We were on the 5 night Queensland cruise on Radiance in late November as well. We went to bed one night - no decorations - and got up the next morning to the Christmas tree, garlands and lights. Someone was obviously busy in the middle of the night! It looked lovely.

 

Happened to us too on Voyager of the seas during our cruise in November, Santas elves had been busy during the night .

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Hi, Currently aboard Solstice in a cool and damp Dunedin today and they have magnificent decorations around the atrium with huge trees on either side of the grand staircase.

 

Will try and post some shots

 

 

Lucky you we couldn't make it into Dunedin earlier this month because of strong winds , missed out on our train ride. Our captain waited for nearly 2 hrs for the winds to drop but had to give up, another cruise ship couldn't make it in either . Big business lost that day for Dunedin. Just can't control the weather and our captain put our safety first. We were on Voyager.

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Lucky you we couldn't make it into Dunedin earlier this month because of strong winds , missed out on our train ride. Our captain waited for nearly 2 hrs for the winds to drop but had to give up, another cruise ship couldn't make it in either . Big business lost that day for Dunedin. Just can't control the weather and our captain put our safety first. We were on Voyager.

 

Weather can play havoc with travel plans, we were stuck in Whittier once for 18 hours longer than we were supposed to be there. We ended up missing a port in Japan also due a super typhoon that would have trapped us there for several days.:D

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Hi All,

 

As promised, here are a couple of pics from aboard Solstice today.

The ship looks fantastic with all the decorations and trees. Plus there seem to be hundreds of pointsettia (spelling??) trees around the ship on every floor.

 

Giant tree on level 10 of the library, plus level 3 on the grand staircase.

 

Also we have the most amazing weather in the sounds yesterday. Just perfect and enjoying a relatively smooth Tasman crossing to arrive Hobart in the morning.

 

Enjoy.

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Hi All,

 

As promised, here are a couple of pics from aboard Solstice today.

The ship looks fantastic with all the decorations and trees. Plus there seem to be hundreds of pointsettia (spelling??) trees around the ship on every floor.

 

Giant tree on level 10 of the library, plus level 3 on the grand staircase.

 

Also we have the most amazing weather in the sounds yesterday. Just perfect and enjoying a relatively smooth Tasman crossing to arrive Hobart in the morning.

 

Enjoy.

Thanks for posting, they look great and Milford looks glorious.:D

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