Mariner and Krosa

How are you doing on the Mariner and the upcoming weather (Krosa).

:eek:

Apparently, Capt. Phillipe is planning to come in behind it. The storm is supposed to go ashore and weaken before Mariner gets there.

The captain has decided to leave Shanghai at 7:00 am instead of 1:00 pm to avoid meeting the storm head-on. I am sure this is the right decision, but it is disappointing to lose additional port time. Because of the pod problems, I estimate we have already lost about 20% of our port time.

Regardless, this has been a fantastic cruise. Right now, we are docked opposite the Shanghai Pearl TV Tower and within sight of the Bund. The river has an incredible amount of traffic and is quite a show to watch. Huge quantities of sand are being brought up the river I assume for Shanghai construction.

I highly recommend the Mariner.

Sorry - duplicate message deleted.

We will be joining the ship in Sydney. What pod problems. When do they expect to fix them?

Mariner suffered a pod problem last year about this time, I think. It was the end of the Alaska season. The problem won't be fixed before January 2009. See the thread in this link for more details:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=520345

Debbie