A year since we where able to cruise, How are you doing??

[MMDown Under]

53 minutes ago, qbay46 said:

This time last year we where on Solstice in the middle of the Tasman Sea with the bow pointed at Sydney and a lot of worried passengers hoping we would be let in and allowed to disembark.

That would have been a worry to passengers.  How was disembarkation in Sydney from the big ship?

[qbay46]

36 minutes ago, MMDown Under said:

That would have been a worry to passengers.  How was disembarkation in Sydney from the big ship?

 

 They just let us off, i was among the first 20 people off, straight through customs and immigration out the terminal and into a cab to the airport, took 45 minutes all up. We then got an early flight back to Brisbane and home. 

[MMDown Under]

30 minutes ago, qbay46 said:

 

 They just let us off, i was among the first 20 people off, straight through customs and immigration out the terminal and into a cab to the airport, took 45 minutes all up. We then got an early flight back to Brisbane and home. 

The impression is they wanted passengers off the ship ASAP.  One wonders how much custom and immigration officers knew at that stage.  

[qbay46]

3 minutes ago, MMDown Under said:

The impression is they wanted passengers off the ship ASAP.  One wonders how much custom and immigration officers knew at that stage.  

I wasn’t asking any questions, just happy to be off, we didn’t know about Ruby Princess at the time, our ship was the next to dock after it.

[MMDown Under]

2 hours ago, qbay46 said:

I wasn’t asking any questions, just happy to be off, we didn’t know about Ruby Princess at the time, our ship was the next to dock after it.

Good that you didn't know, so could finish your cruise on a happy note.  

[Porky55]

Last cruise we were in was the one just before “THAT” Ruby Princess cruise - we departed on Ruby on the 24th Feb and back into Sydney on the 8th March - then Ruby was boarded by Covid19 and it was brought back to Aus 10 days later on the 18th March - a year today 😳🥺
 

Coronavirus had arrived in Australia …… and 12 months later …… I think we all realise what a lucky country we live in, even with the sadness of those who were lost 🤔

Edited March 18, 2021 by Porky55