Mercury AUS/NZ Opens May 17, 2006

[ocngypz]

Bookings for Mercury AUS/NZ opens May 17, 2006 for sale:-)

[Bev]

Thanks!

 

Do you have any information about the itinerary for the repositioning cruise from Honolulu to Auckland?

 

bev

[ocngypz]

23nov07 Friday Honolulu, Hi, Us 03:00 Pm Board Ship

06:00 Pm Depart

 

24nov07 Saturday Hilo, Hi, Us 08:00 Am Arrive

06:00 Pm Depart

 

25nov07 Sunday At Sea

 

26nov07 Monday At Sea

 

27nov07 Tuesday At Sea

 

28nov07 Wednesday At Sea

 

29nov07 Thursday At Sea

 

30nov07 Friday Papeete, Pf 12:00 Pm Arrive

06:00 Pm Depart

 

01dec07 Saturday Moorea, Pf 07:00 Am Arrive

06:00 Pm Depart

 

02dec07 Sunday Bora Bora, Pf 07:00 Am Arrive

06:00 Pm Depart

 

03dec07 Monday At Sea

 

04dec07 Tuesday At Sea

 

05dec07 Wednesday At Sea

 

06dec07 Thursday At Sea

 

07dec07 Friday At Sea

 

08dec07 Saturday Bay Of Islands, Nz 11:00 Am Arrive

10:00 Pm Depart

 

09dec07 Sunday Auckland, Nz 07:00 Am Arrive

[sueernieb]

Do you have any info on the other cruises and dates?

 

Sue

[Andy]

Hi Everyone !

 

I cant wait to see the prices.

[emeyers]

We're interested in the Mercury repositioning cruise at the end of the 2007-2008 season--from Auckland to Honolulu and onward to the U.S. I guess it will be a 2 B 2. Any information available on that trip.

We're also awaiting the information from Princess (Sapphire) and will decide between the 2. We'll be celebrating our 50th Anniversary at the time and want to cruise New Zealand-Australia-Tahiti-Bora Bora, (etc)-Hawaii-and the cruise back to the U.S.

 

Ellis

[thomasale]

I don't know if I could handle 2 sets of 5 Sea Days

[Bev]

Thanks Ocngypz! Do you have any pricing information for the repositioning and Auckland-sydney cruises?

 

Bev

[sailingfriends]

We are also very interested in seeing the itinerary and pricing. We heard that they were considering doing Australia, but when the other schedule came out, it was not listed. Glad to see we will have a choice, Princess or Celebrity. We are diamond on RCCL, so we also will receive the same on Celebrity, so that is a plus for them. Never used Princess, but have only heard good things about the line, so we are open to the best itinerary and cost.

 

Gerry

[thecruisechick]

CRUISE ITINERARY: 15 NIGHT HAWAII TO NEW ZEALAND CRUISE

SHIP- MERCURY DEPARTURE- 11/23/07

NO DAY DATE PORT LOCATION ARRIVE DEPART REMARK

1 FRI 11/23/07 HONOLULU (OAHU), HAW 6:00P DOCK

2 SAT 11/24/07 HILO, HAWAII 8:00A 6:00P DOCK

3 SUN 11/25/07 AT SEA

4 MON 11/26/07 AT SEA

5 TUE 11/27/07 AT SEA

6 WED 11/28/07 AT SEA

7 THU 11/29/07 AT SEA

8 FRI 11/30/07 PAPEETE, TAHITI FREN 12:00A 6:00P TENDER

9 SAT 12/01/07 MOOREA, FRENCH POLYN 7:00A 6:00P DOCK

10 SUN 12/02/07 BORA BORA, FRENCH PO 7:00A 6:00P TENDER

11 MON 12/03/07 AT SEA

13 WED 12/05/07 AT SEA

14 THU 12/06/07 AT SEA

15 FRI 12/07/07 AT SEA

16 SAT 12/08/07 BAY OF ISLANDS, NEW 11:00A 10:00P TENDER

17 SUN 12/09/07 AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAN 7:00A DOCK

The following two itineraries are repeated until Mar 2 and then she returns to Hawaii

CRUISE ITINERARY: 14 NIGHT AUCKLAND TO SYDNEY CRUISE

SHIP- MERCURY DEPARTURE- 12/09/07

NO DAY DATE PORT LOCATION ARRIVE DEPART REMARK

1 SUN 12/09/07 AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAN 6:00P DOCK

2 MON 12/10/07 TAURANGA,NEW ZEALAND 7:00A 10:00P DOCK

3 TUE 12/11/07 AT SEA

4 WED 12/12/07 NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND 7:00A 5:00P DOCK

5 THU 12/13/07 WELLINGTON, NEW ZEAL 7:00A 6:00P DOCK

6 FRI 12/14/07 CHRISTCHURCH,NEW ZEA 7:00A 6:00P DOCK

7 SAT 12/15/07 DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND 7:00A 5:00P DOCK

8 SUN 12/16/07 DUSKY SOUND 9:00A 10:00A CRUISING

8 SUN 12/16/07 DOUBTFUL SOUND 11:30A 1:00P CRUISING

8 SUN 12/16/07 MILFORD SOUND, NEW Z 4:30P 6:00P CRUISING

9 MON 12/17/07 AT SEA

10 TUE 12/18/07 AT SEA

11 WED 12/19/07 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA 8:00A 6:00P DOCK

12 THU 12/20/07 AT SEA

13 FRI 12/21/07 NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA 8:00A 7:00P DOCK

14 SAT 12/22/07 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 9:00A DOCK

15 SUN 12/23/07 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA DOCK

SHIP- MERCURY DEPARTURE- 12/23/07

NO DAY DATE PORT LOCATION ARRIVE DEPART REMARK

1 SUN 12/23/07 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA DOCK

2 MON 12/24/07 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 6:00P DOCK

3 TUE 12/25/07 AT SEA

4 WED 12/26/07 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA 7:00A 6:00P DOCK

5 THU 12/27/07 AT SEA

6 FRI 12/28/07 HOBART, TASMANIA 7:00A 6:00P DOCK

7 SAT 12/29/07 AT SEA

8 SUN 12/30/07 AT SEA

9 MON 12/31/07 MILFORD SOUND, NEW Z 8:30A 10:00A CRUISING

9 MON 12/31/07 DOUBTFUL SOUND 1:00P 2:00P CRUISING

9 MON 12/31/07 DUSKY SOUND 3:00P 4:00P CRUISING

10 TUE 01/01/08 DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND 8:00A 6:00P DOCK

11 WED 01/02/08 CHRISTCHURCH,NEW ZEA 7:00A 6:00P DOCK

12 THU 01/03/08 WELLINGTON, NEW ZEAL 7:00A 5:00P DOCK

13 FRI 01/04/08 AT SEA

14 SAT 01/05/08 TAURANGA,NEW ZEALAND 9:00A 6:00P DOCK

15 SUN 01/06/08 AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAN 7:00A DOCK

SHIP- MERCURY DEPARTURE- 02/17/08

NO DAY DATE PORT LOCATION ARRIVE DEPART REMARK

1 SUN 02/17/08 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA DOCK

2 MON 02/18/08 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 6:00P DOCK

3 TUE 02/19/08 AT SEA

4 WED 02/20/08 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA 7:00A 6:00P DOCK

5 THU 02/21/08 AT SEA

6 FRI 02/22/08 HOBART, TASMANIA 7:00A 6:00P DOCK

7 SAT 02/23/08 AT SEA

8 SUN 02/24/08 AT SEA

9 MON 02/25/08 MILFORD SOUND, NEW Z 7:30A 10:00A CRUISING

9 MON 02/25/08 DOUBTFUL SOUND 1:00P 2:00P CRUISING

9 MON 02/25/08 DUSKY SOUND 3:00P 4:00P CRUISING

10 TUE 02/26/08 DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND 8:00A 6:00P DOCK

11 WED 02/27/08 CHRISTCHURCH,NEW ZEA 7:00A 6:00P DOCK

12 THU 02/28/08 WELLINGTON, NEW ZEAL 7:00A 5:00P DOCK

13 FRI 02/29/08 AT SEA

14 SAT 03/01/08 TAURANGA,NEW ZEALAND 9:00A 5:30P DOCK

15 SUN 03/02/08 AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAN 7:00A DOCK

CRUISE ITINERARY: 15 NIGHT AUCKLAND TO HONOLULU CRUISE

SHIP- MERCURY DEPARTURE- 03/02/08

NO DAY DATE PORT LOCATION ARRIVE DEPART REMARK

1 SUN 03/02/08 AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAN 6:00P DOCK

2 MON 03/03/08 TAURANGA,NEW ZEALAND 7:00A 3:30P DOCK

3 TUE 03/04/08 AT SEA

4 WED 03/05/08 AT SEA

5 THU 03/06/08 CRUISING CRUISING

5 THU 03/06/08 RAROTONGA, COOK ISLA 9:00A 5:00P TENDER

6 FRI 03/07/08 AT SEA

7 SAT 03/08/08 MOOREA, FRENCH POLYN 7:00A 6:00P TENDER

8 SUN 03/09/08 BORA BORA, FRENCH PO 8:00A 4:00P TENDER

9 MON 03/10/08 AT SEA

10 TUE 03/11/08 AT SEA

11 WED 03/12/08 FANNING ISLAND, KIRI 12:00A 6:00P TENDER

12 THU 03/13/08 AT SEA

13 FRI 03/14/08 AT SEA

14 SAT 03/15/08 HILO, HAWAII 7:00A 5:00P DOCK

15 SUN 03/16/08 HONOLULU (OAHU), HAW 7:00A DOCK

[JORAY]

We also are interested in Celebrity going to Australia, but it appears no one has noticed that they said 40 new ports in this new schedule.

 

The to Australia & back is about 12/14 new ports which is about 35% of the new ports of call.

 

So we have become interested in the others also, because for us to take the Australia cruises we are looking at 24 hour flights and $$$$ airplane fares from the East coast. (The airfare is more than the cruise price based on other cruise lines) :(

[Roland4]

We also are interested in Celebrity going to Australia, but it appears no one has noticed that they said 40 new ports in this new schedule.

 

The to Australia & back is about 12/14 new ports which is about 35% of the new ports of call.

 

So we have become interested in the others also, because for us to take the Australia cruises we are looking at 24 hour flights and $$$$ airplane fares from the East coast. (The airfare is more than the cruise price based on other cruise lines) :(

 

The cost can be an obstacle, but please don't let the length of the flight color your thinking. We have done NZ/AUS from the East Coast twice in the last three years and it is absolutely spectacular. Unlike any other cruising we have done, and we have been fortunate enough to do a lot. There are ways of dealing with the flights, many of which we have learned on these boards. The reality is once the trip is over and you are back home it's the memories of what you have seen and the people you have met that will stand out in your mind, not the vague unpleasantness of the long flight. If you can handle the expense, go for it!!!

[florisdekort]

8 FRI 11/30/07 PAPEETE, TAHITI FREN 12:00A 6:00P TENDER

9 SAT 12/01/07 MOOREA, FRENCH POLYN 7:00A 6:00P DOCK

 

That's weird. We sailed Polynesia on Tahitian Princess last year. Papeete and Moorea are only 10 miles apart, it took Tahitian Princess only 1 hour to sail from Papeete to Moorea. We left at 6 am and arrived at 7 am... I wonder what Mercury will be doing these 13 (!) hours. Also, there is a huge cruise port with 4 docks in Papeete, but Moorea is definately a tender port. Maybe they mixed things up.

[ocngypz]

That's weird. We sailed Polynesia on Tahitian Princess last year. Papeete and Moorea are only 10 miles apart, it took Tahitian Princess only 1 hour to sail from Papeete to Moorea. We left at 6 am and arrived at 7 am... I wonder what Mercury will be doing these 13 (!) hours. Also, there is a huge cruise port with 4 docks in Papeete, but Moorea is definately a tender port. Maybe they mixed things up.

 

 

Sailing around in a circle, that's what she'll be doing!

[thecruisechick]

Joray,

 

They did not say they would have 40 new ports in the South Pacific, they were including Austrailia and NZ.

 

 

"A total of nearly 40 new ports of call have been added to Celebrity's deployment lineup for 2007, including those in Australia and New Zealand."

 

Mary

[Moeve]

At the price of bunker oil today they'll probably drop the anchor just out side the port and sit there saving fuel and port charges while you sleep.

[Bev]

Hi

 

Does anyone know when the itineraries and pricing will be available on Celebrity's website?

 

Bev

[Pat&Paul]

Hi

 

Does anyone know when the itineraries and pricing will be available on Celebrity's website?

 

Bev

 

Good question Bev. They were not available as of 6:45 AM PST. My guess is you should call your TA or Celebrity directly now if you are looking to reserve a good cabin on any of the sailings. My experience is that the website is usualy 2-3 days behind on updates.

 

Pat

[hmg]

It can be booked directly with Celebrity by phone... :D