icat2000 Posted March 28, 2016 #1 Share Posted March 28, 2016 (edited) I will be flying to Perth tommorrow morning to board the Diamond Princess. Meeting up with friends Tina, Marsha and David. Cruising Perth to Singapore. I'm taking the first flight out of Melbourne at 7 am. After this cruise I will fly to Rome and board the Celebrity Constellation for 12 nights around the Greek Islands. I will be travelling by myself on this cruise. I have free internet minutes on the Diamond Princess and then will be relying on wifi to post the next sector. I try and do a live from Diamond Princess. So any questions please ask. I also be packing lighter this trip as I took a fall on the kitchen floor at work and have a little fracture in my left wrist. Not too bad as its a happened nearly two weeks ago. I have to wear a brace for most of the time. Except at sleeping and showering. Better than plastic. I first thought it was a sprain. But xray showed highly suspectable for a fracture in the distal radius (whatever that means). But all is well. Drinking hand in tack. I haven't had a lot of time to do much preparation work, except for organising a few tours on the Greek Islands cruise. Plus I've done a lot of the ports on first crusie before. So just going to wing it. So any questions please ask. Will know more about the Indonesian visa situation from the cruise too. This cruise also in US dollars. Sarah Edited March 28, 2016 by icat2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted March 28, 2016 #2 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Bon Voyage Sarah, Wishing you all the best for a great cruise(s) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted March 28, 2016 #3 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Sounds great Sarah, enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch1 Posted March 29, 2016 #4 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Have a great cruise fellow melbourneite!!! I just subscribed to this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jn2003 Posted March 29, 2016 #5 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Have a great trip Sarah and hope the wrist mends OK. Cheers Judy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodycruising Posted March 29, 2016 #6 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Hope it is a great trip! Glad to hear the drinking hand is still working. Lots of pics please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newby58 Posted March 29, 2016 #7 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Wow! Have a wonderful time. Following along. Will you be staying over in Singapore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare gogo65 Posted March 29, 2016 #8 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Look forward to hearing all about it, have a great trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkNC Posted March 29, 2016 #9 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Bon voyage, look forward to your report. Hope the wrist holds up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted March 29, 2016 #10 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Have a great time. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icat2000 Posted March 29, 2016 Author #11 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Wow! Have a wonderful time. Following along. Will you be staying over in Singapore? No time in Singapore. Catching a flight the same night as the cruise ends. I'm off to the airport in 40 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Kinkacruiser Posted March 29, 2016 #12 Share Posted March 29, 2016 You must be super excited Sarah. Sounds like a fabulous cruise. Hope the wrist heals well :) Bon Voyage:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icat2000 Posted March 29, 2016 Author #13 Share Posted March 29, 2016 All checked in. Airport knows how to charge $9.80 for latte and one piece fruit toast. I am excited but will miss Pete back at home who has to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted March 29, 2016 #14 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Heres Sarahs Itineraries. Nice one for the Med..:) Diamond also offered Sydney to Perth. Diamond Princess Wed 23/03/16 Sydney / Australia Thu 24/03/16 At Sea Fri 25/03/16 Melbourne / Australia Sat 26/03/16 At Sea Sun 27/03/16 Adelaide / Australia Mon 28/03/16 At Sea Tue 29/03/16 At Sea Wed 30/03/16 Fremantle (Perth) / Australia Thu 31/03/16 At Sea Fri 01/04/16 At Sea Sat 02/04/16 At Sea Sun 03/04/16 Benoa (Bali) / Indonesia Mon 04/04/16 At Sea Tue 05/04/16 At Sea Wed 06/04/16 At Sea Thu 07/04/16 Laem Chabang / Thailand Fri 08/04/16 At Sea Sat 09/04/16 Phu My / Vietnam Sun 10/04/16 At Sea Mon 11/04/16 Singapore / Singapore Celebrity Constellation Fri 15/04/16 Civitavecchia (Rome) / Italy Sat 16/04/16 Messina (Taormina, Sicily) / Italy 13:00 20:00 Sun 17/04/16 Valletta / Malta 07:00 20:00 Mon 18/04/16 At Sea Tue 19/04/16 Rhodes / Greece 09:00 18:00 Wed 20/04/16 Kusadasi / Turkey 07:00 19:00 Thu 21/04/16 Mykonos* / Greece 07:00 18:00 Fri 22/04/16 Piraeus (Athens) / Greece 06:00 Sat 23/04/16 Piraeus (Athens) / Greece 18:00 Sun 24/04/16 Santorin* / Greece 07:00 16:00 Mon 25/04/16 At Sea Tue 26/04/16 Salerno / Italy 07:00 18:00 Wed 27/04/16 Civitavecchia (Rome) / Italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted March 29, 2016 #15 Share Posted March 29, 2016 All checked in. Airport knows how to charge $9.80 for latte and one piece fruit toast. I am excited but will miss Pete back at home who has to work. The only bigger rip off than airport parking .... Airport food. Or is it the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted March 29, 2016 #16 Share Posted March 29, 2016 All checked in. Airport knows how to charge $9.80 for latte and one piece fruit toast. I am excited but will miss Pete back at home who has to work. The only bigger rip off than airport parking .... Airport food. Or is it the other way around. Whats wrong with that ...it just means that the tips are included..:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch1 Posted March 29, 2016 #17 Share Posted March 29, 2016 The only bigger rip off than airport parking .... Airport food. Or is it the other way around. It's both, although I have found pre booking and paying for airport parking on line can be very advantageous!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted March 29, 2016 #18 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Whats wrong with that ...it just means that the tips are included..:D:D Didn't think of it being tips included:p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted March 29, 2016 #19 Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) It's both, although I have found pre booking and paying for airport parking on line can be very advantageous!! The long term parking is good value though, last year $132 for 5 weeks. Edited March 29, 2016 by GUT2407 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icat2000 Posted March 30, 2016 Author #20 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Arrived in Perth. Ship doesnt dock until 10 am but it has arrived. Just walking around fremantle which is very close to dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted March 30, 2016 #21 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Diamonds arrived for you. Looks like a glorious day in Perth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icat2000 Posted March 30, 2016 Author #22 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Looks a bit drab the area. No real atmosphere. Even though old buildings are charming. One interesting local told us off for sitting in her park bench seat even though the next park one was free. She told us to move. We did not. So she said we would burn in hell lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Kinkacruiser Posted March 30, 2016 #23 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Looks a bit drab the area. No real atmosphere. Even though old buildings are charming. One interesting local told us off for sitting in her park bench seat even though the next park one was free. She told us to move. We did not. So she said we would burn in hell lol. Now that's what I call a warm welcome to Fremantle , Sarah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted March 30, 2016 #24 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Looks a bit drab the area. No real atmosphere. Even though old buildings are charming. One interesting local told us off for sitting in her park bench seat even though the next park one was free. She told us to move. We did not. So she said we would burn in hell lol. When we cruised into Perth on a P&O ship from Britain , the port lecturer described it as the most remote and isolated City in the World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icat2000 Posted March 30, 2016 Author #25 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Some one said the last seven days on the cruise the clientale was older crowd. Also noticed a lot of signage in lifts is in Japanese korean or chinese. I will be tri lingual after this cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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