The Grand Princess trip review 4th - 17th Nov NZ

[getting older slowly]

A couple of photos for you  ( i went to sleep while they were downloading to laptop lol )

Milford sound

Doubtful sound

Taruranga

No People  but evenat 6.30am  people tthe IC

Grand at Lyttelton

 

 

 

Edited November 19, 2022 by getting older slowly

[OzKiwiJJ]

We've done Christmas cruises in the past, on Princess and Celebrity.

 

Princess had a formal night on Christmas Eve with carol singing and "snow" falling in the Atrium. They did a traditional Christmas dinner on Christmas Day with crackers on the tables.

 

Celebrity also had carol singing on Christmas Eve. They had turkey and Christmas pudfing for lunch and dinner. Crackers on the table at lunch time but not at dinner which seemed a bit weird.

 

Both ships had lovely decorations in the Atriums. Princess also stuck a small decoration on all cabin "mailboxes" - I wonder what they'll do now they don't have those. 

 

It will be interesting to see what HAL does.

[Porky55]

2 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

It will be interesting to see what HAL does.

We've done a few HAL cruises, we love both the Music Walk and the abundance of fresh flowers on their ships. Hope Westerdam is the same, will look for your opinion after Christmas 😄

 

[robncruise]

have done several Christmas/ New Year cruises .  Princess did a nice job on Golden Princess in 2019 - especially for the children -  Santa arrived by tender and each child recived quite a generous gift. 

But by far the best was on HAL Veendam to Antarctica.

A magical and memorable experience . The Captain and crew were amazing  in creating an shared holiday experience for all on board. Great food, decorations , entertainment and free flowing champagne. It was amazing. And the passengers embraced the holiday spirit by wearing national dress on the formal nights, -    kilts, saris. kimonos, black tie  It was a real parade of nations - incredible the clothing many passengers carried so far from home.   Probably  will be different on Westerdam given it is summer .

[Tara Jane]

Hi Don

I have been checking regularly to see if you have posted any more on your cruise report.

I hope you are fully recovered by now.

It took me a good 2 weeks and hubby still not back to normal at 4 weeks.