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sfjakey - Good for you two.....going strong! You have my admiration 😃 We are 66 and my husband is 70. We are 24 miles / 30 min from Port Canaveral. Enjoy your Princess Royal cruise!

I found this regarding Uber: "Reserve a ride with Uber in advance in Brisbane Complete your plans today by reserving a ride with Uber in Brisbane. Request a ride up to 30 days in advance, at any time and on any day of the year" An estimate from the International Cruise Terminal, where the Carnival website shows, and the hotel at 293 North Quay was $60 AUS. And from hotel to train station $11 AUS. This the response I received from hotel Park Regis - we are 45 mins from the International cruise terminal and a short walk from Roma Street Transit Center. We do not offer a pick up or drop off service. sfjakey - what constitutes "seniors"....lol We may qualify also 😀

So much good information being shared already! sfjakey - thanks for the hotel suggestion, walking with luggage may be a challenge....LOL I'll check out the hotel. I watched a video John Heald posted on the Luminoso, I now understand how the receptacles work and happy to see the USB ports next to the bed. We always bring a cube with additional plug ins and USB ports which should be fine. Thanks to all who had input.

This morning I read a post regarding cabin receptacles being changed from Italian to Australian Type I. This baffles me as the Luminoso will also be sailing from the US to Alaska. Perhaps they will provide both 110 outlets and Australian Type 1? Guess we will learn more once she starts sailing. In the mean time, we checked the electronics we will take with us (cell phones, laptop, hair crimper, hair dryer) and it seems for the most part we only require an adaptor plug while my hair dryer would need a reducer due to wattage. Any additional thoughts on this?

Thanks for the information sfjakey, I'll look into the Mercantile and you are right about the train time...spending the night in Brisbane seems to be the way to go to see the countryside during the day. Welcome Clark and Mary belkin, that's quite a busy schedule, good for you! We are booked on the Celebration in January and look forwarding to sailing the newest in the Carnival fleet. I like your idea of flying to Hawaii after....might have to think about that 🙂 We've not been to Japan and will consider Carnival excursions and researching private tours. Hopefully with those of us looking, we can find some and share with the group.

Happy Saturday! We booked the 30 Day Transpacific then decided to add the Great Barrier Reef, glad to see others are doing the same. We're very excited and already researching, planning and waiting for excursions to be posted. This will be our first time to Australia! Our longest cruise so far has been 33 days, B2B2B, 2 Med Cruises and a Transatlantic. Frank and Sarah, we also plan to also take the train to Sydney and fly home after a 7 day stay in Sydney. I've been researching food options, besides the dining room, on the Luminoso.... looks like Burgers (No Guys), Pizza, Deli and BBQ and the only specialty restaurant is the steakhouse. Maybe I missed something and hope they add another specialty restaurant. Has anyone sailed Australia before? I'm also wondering why on my booking for the GBR we can't make any purchases until onboard, anyone know why? We are Pam & Mike, from Florida