threeforthree

Glad you enjoyed it Mysty and Turtle.  It was as good as I remembered it!  Lois, the pictures do not do the food justice!  Great spices and fresh ingredients with our own work making the food...doesn’t get much better than that.

Woke at 430 here too.  And no jet lag, just excited to go!  Hopefully a couple of hours of sleep on the short flight..

The zoo is awesome.  

How long does the opening last?  What happens to the traffic that uses the bridge?

8 hours ago, joe_90 said:

 

Mysty

 

We are in the process of World Cruising the house as per the insurance company's requirements and my  thoughts

 

All windows locked

All doors locked and no keys left onsite

Batteries removed from tv remotes

All electric plugs removed (except for alarm , Deep Freeze  or security lights) 

Alarm set

If you have a desktop pc a master back up is completed

the water system drained totally

if car in garage try to not use handbrake as the disc can stick to pads making it unmovable 

Clean body work of car bird dirt can leave paint marked.

 

These are the best I can do so Bon Voyage and safe journey.

 

Just your very very average 

 

Joe

 

ps its only 11.5 hrs in a metal tube from London. 

 

 

 

Yes, but you are home when the trip ends :)....

Our luggage gone.  

We don't have to vacation proof our house, friends of ours are house sitting...

Also saw 2.  One on the first morning.  He was eating, so quite interesting.  The second was sleeping; in fact one of the advanced team thought he was a rock...alas, he didn't do too much other than an occasional roll over.

Our bags just visited UPS to check weight; 3 in the high 40's, one in the high 30's.  What a nice thing getting rid of 4 of them ahead of time.  In the past, we had to get them there ourselves..

Sailing takes me away to where I'm going.  (Christopher Cross)

I am sailing away.  Set an open course for the Galaxy (Styx)

In 2016 it was a shuttle bus.

We prefer bridge to bingo ;).  We've never been to an opera, maybe this will be the first.  We did attend a function at the Opera House last time we passed through town.

It looks like a night at the opera in Sydney?  

Nothing in spam.  I'd rather not bug the TA on the weekend...if you prefer, you can send it to me privately 🙂

OK, will someone please spoil it for me?  I received no email, and see nothing new on the website.  Help!

I did hear the drydock is supposed to expand the gym, at the cost of some space in observation.  A welcome change for me.  The only time observation is full is when there is a function there.  I would guess they will move such functions elsewhere on the ship.  Not sure where though.

I don;t know if we count in the veteran WC ranks or not, but we do expect to know a lot of people.  Still hoping to meet some newbies too!  

Love the bugs.  

We are regged for the Meet/Mingle.  

La Colombe reservations are open, Mrs.3 secured one.  

Smart casual is my recollection.   Had a great meal at La Colombe, in addition to the fine food, the ambiance was spectacular...

Yes, we did receive the information via email.  

As to Test Kitchen...here was I wrote on tripadvisor:

Looks like 12/27 is the date for luggage pickup.  

We went to Test in 201?...I think 2012, but anyway, not sure it was so great, my recollection was that it wasn't.  Will ask Mrs.3 

My own experience regarding ship size and service is that once you get beyond 350 or so passengers, the service takes a remarkable drop.  At a size of 500 and beyond, you just don't see the same faces often enough for you to build a relationship with the crew, and they see too many other people as well. This has been the case on different lines as well.  We quite enjoyed our food on Regent, but the service was quite noticeably different and definitely not in a good way.

Everyone has their sweet spot/preference for ship size, but for me 300-400 is definitely the way to go.  

On 10/25/2018 at 3:12 AM, turtlemichael said:

Bring it on threeforthree! (Although I am better downwind than upwind.)  Hope you are in training 🙂

I have been....usually do either 5 miles on treadmill, or walk for about 90 minutes in the park.  I will probably do more in gym than on deck, but I like to walk a LOT 🙂

On 10/21/2018 at 1:22 PM, joe_90 said:

Hi all WC'ers  I have heard on the wires that the wonderful chef David Bilsland will be on for the first 2 sectors so get ready to have  clothes with extra inches or more walking the deck.

 

Joe

I plan to lead the league in laps on the cruise....so I'm game to eat anything!

They have opened the bookings for the Bali cooking class.  We are in.

threeforthree....excursions are highly subjective. Hard to make recommendations when you don't know the person's interests. Myster and I have chosen some food adventures for ports we have visited previously:

 

Hong Kong, China - Central Foodie Adventure HKG-M

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Saigon Street Food Experience SGN-B

Shanghai, China - Dumpling Revolution SHA-O

 

Myster watched a Netflix series called Shaka Zulu. There is an excursion in Richards Bay, South Africa that was used in the filming:

 

Shakaland Zulu Village RCB-E

 

Pink Lake is one of the things we read about in Senegal so we chose an excursion there that includes a Village Feast:

 

Pink Lake Retba & Village Feast DKR-B

 

Musical Rocks situated in the 'Moon Landscape' in the rocky section of the Namib Desert is supposed to be very interesting so we booked:

 

Treasures of Namib WVB-B

 

Our splurge will be dinner at the Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte from the port of Bordeaux:

 

DINNER AT THE CHÂTEAU SMITH LAFITTE BOD-Q

 

Obviously these choices reflect our interests. Not necessarily things not to be missed. Just things we don't want to miss. There are many ports with Hop On Hop Off bus tours and we will use that option for some ports.

 

Not sure if this helps you.

Thanks for the list. I was off at a bridge tournament, and haven't checked back in a while. I see you like food...if so, consider the Balinese cooking tour; we took that in 2011, and loved it. We are looking to go to Goree as well. A little disconcerting that we might not make it back to the ship. Maybe if there is enough interest they will organize a tour.

Getting excited!