Star in Vila

[suexxx]

hi all. Just had a look at cruise cams. Star appears to be docked at PORT VILA. She was not due there until Tomorrow morning(Sunday). Hope all is well. Does seem strange to be approx 12hrs early to port. Suexxx:confused:

[aussiedisneyfan]

How bizarre, I wonder if the passengers are able to get on and off. Maybe they had to leave Lamen Bay early or it was too rough to they went straight to Vila.

[qld cruiser]

Hi cruisers. maybe there was engine trouble..I hope not for your sakes next cruise. ( we encountered the same thing in July...)

the ship is a bit long in port for an emergency medical stop...

regards, Lorraine:confused: :confused:

[aussiedisneyfan]

Overnight stopover. Hope all is well with people and ship. Maybe Lamen Bay was too rough or something so they are just having 2 days in Vila instead.

[kezza]

By the look of it they've had some crappy weather so maybe it's just that. too rough for Lamen Bay.

 

Kerri

[Kinkacruiser]

It's annoying when these unscheduled things happens so close to departure date. I've stopped looking at the MSN 10- day weather forecasts (Noumea and Vila are available for viewing) There are not too many suns about :-(

The forecasters never get it right anyway. Thanks for pointing that out SueXXX

Cheers all,

Kinka (Anna)

[icemaiden2310]

I just received this from the tropical cyclone warning centre mayb this is why there is a delay

Storm Alert issued at 22 Oct, 2006 0:00 GMT

 

Tropical Storm 01P is forecast to strike land to the following likelihood(s) at the given lead time(s):

 

Red Alert Country(s) or Province(s)

Vanuatu

probability for CAT 1 or above is 40% in about 24 hours

probability for TS is 80% in about 24 hours

 

Note that

Red Alert (Severe) is CAT 1 or above to between 31% and 100% probability.

[kezza]

See the Star's off to Lamen Bay tomorrow. - Again ignore this statement. Just read the cam wrong!!

[aussiedisneyfan]

You're not having much luck are you Kezza. :D

[kezza]

Jane it's been a shocker. I think it's due to packing!! I said the other day that I was only taking 4 pairs of shoes.... well, wrong. I then remembered that my feet swell and sometimes I can't wear certain shoes. One formal night I had a nice pair of shoes with a heel and had to wear flat leather thongs, not quite what I had in mind, so I have to cater for the swelling just in case!

 

Then I realised I'll need a few extra tops. If I'm anything like I was in Asia with the heat then everything will be dripping (and I love the heat) but boy.....So I'm taking a few extra clothes for 'just in cases' lol.

 

So hows everyone elses packing going?

 

Kerri

[aussiedisneyfan]

After counting my pile of tshirts and hitting 18 I decided that I was going a bit overboard. I have just about everything but it doesn't fit in the case. Need to repack. I also can't work out which shoes to pack.

[kezza]

18!! lol. I've packed probably close to 12 tops but that's also 1 for formal night, a couple of pool shirts and about 4 for non formal dinners. I then figured what the heck, I'm going to do my best then not to wash. (that'll be a good test!!) I ended up putting in 2 pairs of evening shoes due to feet swelling, thongs, runners and 2 pairs of cas. sandals in case of swelling and oh lets not forget those hideous water shoes. lol.

 

Kerri