Marine traffic website shows Sea Princess steaming (no, they don't actually steam these days) at 19.2 knts towards Auckland. Unfortunately she won't be sailing past us, as the course has a heading around the top of Coromandel and south of Great Barrier. We will however be sailing through "the gap" (which is roughly where the sun is rising) about midnight tomorrow. Don't wait up folks.
We understand that there are about 225 passengers boarding in Auckland, which is a pretty formidable Kiwi contingent. Added to this, our Cruise Director, Corey Moir, is also a Kiwi. Looks like plenty of fun ahead!
OK, I haven't yet posted our itinerary, mainly because I couldn't find a suitable one to post, but at last found it:
| 01/06/18 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| 02/06/18 | Bay Of Islands, New Zealand |
| 03/06/18 | At Sea |
| 04/06/18 | At Sea |
| 05/06/18 | Sydney, Australia |
| 06/06/18 | At Sea |
| 07/06/18 | Brisbane, Australia |
| 08/06/18 | At Sea |
| 09/06/18 | At Sea |
| 10/06/18 | At Sea |
| 11/06/18 | At Sea |
| 12/06/18 | At Sea |
| 13/06/18 | At Sea |
| 14/06/18 | Komodo Island, Indonesia |
| 15/06/18 | At Sea |
| 16/06/18 | At Sea |
| 17/06/18 | Singapore |
| 18/06/18 | At Sea |
| 19/06/18 | At Sea |
| 20/06/18 | At Sea |
| 21/06/18 | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 22/06/18 | At Sea |
| 23/06/18 | At Sea |
| 24/06/18 | At Sea |
| 25/06/18 | Muscat (mina Qaboos), Oman |
| 26/06/18 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 27/06/18 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 28/06/18 | At Sea |
| 29/06/18 | At Sea |
| 30/06/18 | At Sea |
| 01/07/18 | At Sea |
| 02/07/18 | At Sea |
| 03/07/18 | At Sea |
| 04/07/18 | Aqaba (for Petra), Jordan |
| 05/07/18 | Suez Canal (scenic Cruising), Egypt |
| 06/07/18 | Suez Canal (scenic Cruising), Egypt |
| 07/07/18 | At Sea |
| 08/07/18 | Cephalonia (argostoli), Greece |
| 09/07/18 | Corfu, Greece |
| 10/07/18 | Kotor, Montenegro |
| 11/07/18 | Dubrovnik, Croatia |
| 12/07/18 | Venice, Italy |
| 13/07/18 | Venice, Italy |
| 14/07/18 | Ancona, Italy |
| 15/07/18 | At Sea |
| 16/07/18 | Sicily (messina), Italy |
| 17/07/18 | Salerno, Italy |
| 18/07/18 | At Sea |
| 19/07/18 | Barcelona, Spain |
| 20/07/18 | Barcelona, Spain |
| 21/07/18 | At Sea |
| 22/07/18 | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 23/07/18 | At Sea |
| 24/07/18 | At Sea |
| 25/07/18 | London (southampton), England |
| 26/07/18 | At Sea |
| 27/07/18 | Cork, Ireland (cobh - For Blarney Castle) |
| 28/07/18 | At Sea |
| 29/07/18 | At Sea |
| 30/07/18 | Reykjavik, Iceland |
| 31/07/18 | At Sea |
| 01/08/18 | At Sea |
| 02/08/18 | Nanortalik, Greenland |
| 03/08/18 | Qaqortoq, Greenland |
| 04/08/18 | At Sea |
| 05/08/18 | At Sea |
| 06/08/18 | Corner Brook, Newfoundland |
| 07/08/18 | At Sea |
| 08/08/18 | Saguenay, Quebec |
| 09/08/18 | Quebec City, Quebec |
| 10/08/18 | At Sea |
| 11/08/18 | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| 12/08/18 | At Sea |
| 13/08/18 | At Sea |
| 14/08/18 | New York City (manhattan Or Brooklyn), New York |
| 15/08/18 | New York City (manhattan Or Brooklyn), New York |
| 16/08/18 | At Sea |
| 17/08/18 | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 18/08/18 | At Sea |
| 19/08/18 | Miami, Florida |
| 20/08/18 | Key West, United States |
| 21/08/18 | At Sea |
| 22/08/18 | At Sea |
| 23/08/18 | Limon, Costa Rica |
| 24/08/18 | Panama Canal Full Transit, Panama |
| 25/08/18 | At Sea |
| 26/08/18 | Manta, Ecuador |
| 27/08/18 | At Sea |
| 28/08/18 | Lima (callao), Peru |
| 29/08/18 | Lima (callao), Peru |
| 30/08/18 | At Sea |
| 31/08/18 | At Sea |
| 01/09/18 | At Sea |
| 02/09/18 | At Sea |
| 03/09/18 | Easter Island, Chile |
| 04/09/18 | At Sea |
| 05/09/18 | At Sea |
| 06/09/18 | Pitcairn Island (scenic Cruising) |
| 07/09/18 | At Sea |
| 08/09/18 | At Sea |
| 09/09/18 | Tahiti (papeete), French Polynesia |
| 10/09/18 | Raiatea, French Polynesia |
| 11/09/18 | At Sea |
| 13/09/18 | Cross International Date Line |
| 14/09/18 | At Sea |
| 15/09/18 | At Sea |
| 16/09/18 | Auckland, New Zealand |
As you see from the above, Princess has all the free stuff planned for 12th September
- think about that!
Bags are packed (put in an extra one as no flying required!). Currently cooking our last
dinner (a real break for "Chef Pollock" :-). Boarding is not until 2.00 pm tomorrow as
the ship berths at 10.00 am, so off to our "local" "Chairs" for a final breakfast. Shuttle
is due at 1.00 pm and quite frankly it will be nice to just relax before taking off - not
that we don't have over 100 days of relaxing ahead.
After some 18 months of planning, suddenly it is here
- back later when we are onboard!
