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Cruisegroover

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  1. No Whiners I wondered where you were glad to see you are still following the Swans. As for the favourites one big betting agency here had Collingwood, Brisbane, Carlton and GWS as top 4 a couple of weeks ago and of course now Collingwood are out of the 4 and Sydney in. The AFL had Brisbane, GWS, Collingwood and Adelaide. I like taking screenshots at the beginning of the season and compare end of season.
  2. Wow I got off the Edge on Thursday after 11 nights and a coke was $US5. Now it's $US6!
  3. I sort of got an inside picture when I went to the art auction as they are held in that area.
  4. So if miss out on getting dinner reservations where do you eat? And if you are last to board you may miss out on seeing the shows?
  5. Hopefully we see some more posts. I am I interested in see your adventures in the Japanese ports. I have a question about how immigration formalities where handled at your first port in Japan.
  6. Thanks I'm thinking of doing this next year. Look forward to your review
  7. Agree as a solo traveller I'm off elsewhere. Have sent a message to Celebrity with no answer of course.
  8. That is not good news re Covid. I have been enjoying your posts and was looking forward to your thoughts on Taipei. I am on Royal Princess next year going to Taipei and was going to ask has there been any communication about immigration procedures on arrival in Taipei. I am tossing up between a private tour or the ships shorex and if the ships tours get go through immigration first I'd book that. Take care and get well soon.
  9. I just stumbled across your report whilst researching a similar itinerary - it was great. Well done for all the information you wrote about. Very helpful. Happy cruising.
  10. I have often looked at Ponant so thanks for doing a thread on your trip. It's a great itinerary for sure. What are the demographics onboard? I travel solo so wonder if it would be easy to fit in when I would want company so to speak.
  11. Thanks for the info. I am in Nashville this week for CMA after spending the last 2 weeks touring the beautiful national parts (loved Zion). I searched Fox Sports 1 have found a replay will be Saturday morning only. So will watch that.
  12. @NoWhiners I am in the USA at the moment can you tell how do I find out if the Swans game on 8 June is telecast somewhere. Thanks
  13. On a recent Celebrity cruise at the end of the final nights show the cruise director talked about the cruise survey and basically said anything other than a 9 or 10 is considered to be a failure by head office.
  14. Travelling anywhere seems to be fraught with rules and regulations unless travelling independently. As a comparison to what happens on a land based tour I was on a 15 day APT tour of Canada a few weeks ago. Those who tested positive to Covid were left at the hotels where they tested positive. First couple left behind at Whistler (Westin Whistler Resort) day 5, second couple at Vancouver (Fairmont Waterfront) day 7 and the last couple Lake Louise day 12 (they made their own way to Banff (Fairmont Banff Springs) as they had other family travelling with them). Canada covid rules are the same as ours. So no strict isolation. The tour director didn't give us many updates only to say the couple from Whistler on day 15 flew to Calgary where the tour finished to pick their flights home to Australia via San Francisco as they were told if they didn't fly Calgary to SFO the entire ticket would be cancelled. Mask wearing on the coach was encouraged but only 50% wore them. The TD and driver did all the time.
  15. Oh no what a decision to have to make (unless the ship makes it for you). While in NSW there is no mandatory isolation here are the NSW Health guidelines https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/travel/cruising-rules/cruise-factsheet https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19 Good luck with it all.
  16. Different rules on different cruises depending on capacity it seems. My friend last week on Ovation was positive and partner negative and both remained in the room. My negative friend was allowed out wearing a mask, could get dinner but had to eat in the room. Certainly a lot of people wearing N95 masks appeared toward the end of the cruise. At the end of the cruise they were escorted off after everyone had left ship as they live locally. Someone I knew who was also positive who had to fly home was escorted off to the airport before anybody else was allowed off. My roomie didn't get it nor any other of my friends. My friend is still testing negative at home now so the virus is certainly random.
  17. Thanks for your review. I have friends and rellies on your cruise and have heard nothing from them so they will wonder how I will know what's going on. I got off Ovation the day you got on but my cruise was the Super Music Charter so all activities were run by the charter company. It was a fantastic cruise. We too missed Mystery Is though just in the last couple of days another cruise company got there. Where was the picture of the pool taken in Vila? I love going to Vila for a land based holiday and certainly like the location of that pool.
  18. The class action has been listed for trial. The trial will commence on 12 October 2022 and run for four weeks. It will be open to the public and a link is also provided for a livestream. Further details in this link https://www.shine.com.au/service/class-actions/ruby-princess-coronavirus-claim
  19. Preliminary Final locked in for Saturday 17 Sep 4.45pm SCG Sydney Swans v winner of Collingwood/Fremantle game.
  20. Thanks for the update. I am a details person so was wondering how Viking handled the issue. Glad you made it all on the same ship.
  21. Did you get bussed to Regensburg for the walking tour or did you get through? I just saw a blogger doing a live who is on your river cruise and no mention of any river level issues.
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