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I tried using Yokohama City Air Terminal in their search function and it doesn't seem to recognise this place. We will be needing this but have plenty of time to get to Haneda for late flight. Any tips please?

There are many many cruises that don't sail the full circumnavigation but simply do capital city to capital city. I've been on several of those and they are very popular here. Cruises that circumnavigate then hit an overseas country also do so because then they qualify for being a duty free cruise for Australian duty free regulations. And on only Aussie cruises the currency onboard is AUD. Ships usually spend from October to April cruising Australian sectors and sometimes venturing over to NZ or Bali. Im on a Japan cruise next year and it seems the exit and rentry requirements that Japan has in place are time consuming. Rather frustrating given that it's a cabotage requirement for Japan.

Can I just check about the procedures in Hiroshima? Does this mean you arrive into Hiroshima earlier in the day and proceed to port tours as normal, then face exit immigration on return to the ship? Or do you not arrive into Hiroshima until lunchtime and can't do any touring until after 2.30pm plus, and then tour Hisroshima but then what time do you need to be back onboard? I'm trying to sort our day there. That red wine - Grant Burge - is my home territory. We live around 40 minutes from the Barossa Valley. Except. I really don't like Shiraz! And grits. I've heard of them on TV. But what are they? 😂

But not Australia.

Next Year Golden Week falls on our third last day, in Aomori. It's the only day I've booked a ship tour as a result. Unfortunately it is also the first port after we have been to Busan so it also means an Immigration check. Then the next port is Hakodate then a sea day. Then Yokohama.

My understanding is that cruise ships must visit a port out of Japan. I've read of one Celebrity cruise going to Vladivostok but that's onbviously no longer used.

So it seems they don't have this expensive equipment after all to see forward depth. Back to my original point then hey?

We operate a small boat in a channel plus open seas with outlying reefs. The distance can change in seconds. From five metres to less than one. Tides and winds impact as well. A depth sounder tells you what is, not what it is about to be.

Thanks to all the contributors on this cruise. It's so good to get everyone's different experiences, plus it makes for double the reading. We are on this cruise in April 2025 with just a slight tweaking in the order of ports but otherwise the same ones. We've only been on Solstice ships and nothing since Covid.

I clear my history and cookies every couple of days because Celebrity website caches too much and finally doesn't work. This wasn't the issue. I haven't search NCL in months.

Thankyou. Fixed for me too.

And I think this is the url? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C75IjwoPIpE&feature=youtu.be

Thankyou. Here's an example right now. Safari. iPad. And others taken during the day. They appear every time you click on a link in the forum or refresh the screen. There are three here. And as soon as I posted this post another one appears.

Then why is UK getting them while they are ‘asleep’.

If they were getting them I'd be seeing them when I switch my IP address to the US. I do see them when I switch it to the UK. I don't see them when I switch to Canada or Europe. Thats the whole point of my posts earlier showing my IP location in different countries. Additionally there are posts from US people even though you think they are asleep and there is no mention of them having this issue. And they have not joined this thread either. 🤷‍♀️