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I hope I m still going at 100!! You didn’t offend me. At my age I have cruised from the days when ships were ships, not shopping malls or theme parks. On Russians, Sitmar and all the no frills, down corridor toilets and showers. No stabilisers, through cyclones!

You’re right, but I always find a sunny spot.

Checked with Cruise Critic and Voyager will be based in Brisbane from December 2025 till late April 2026. I am not a plant for anyone. I’m over 80 years old so don’t post things unless I have something useful to say. Doesn’t happen much on CC. I do like Pacific Encounter as it is the old Star Princess, with what I call the shopping trolley on her back. That’s what those ships look like from the side. Been on several of those style ships and was sorry to see Grands cut off. Up the back in the handle of trolley is such a lovely spot to look out from during the day, read a book, or take a nap. ships just too large for Pacific waters as no docking facilities in many places, or dock too small. But Halong Bay has built a dock and I will be there on NY eve on Solstice. How about you?

p&o don’t have a good reputation and as soon as other ships arrive, people don’t want to sail on them. You have to pay for everything...no free ice cream except for dessert in dining room. No free pizza. No Loyalty program to reward you for coming back to P&O. Not even a repeat passenger and most travelled award party these days. Pay for everything. RCI have all the activities, ice cream and pizza included. Good loyalty program. No wonder P&O is abandoned as soon as others arrive for season. (By the way I don’t eat pizza). Or ice cream. P&O even sell their duty free cigarettes at full Australian price whereas other lines sell at $10 a packet. I don’t smoke, but have observed this.

done over 200 cruises in past 50 years. Just came back from Norway and Iceland!!!

I will be so glad to be rid of Quantam. Too big. Voyager is a great ship and so is Brilliance, or Serenade, which didnt get here!. We need a ship that stays all year round in Brisbane. 2 days and youre in the tropics. PNG and other northern places are good for a start. Our winter is great for ships to visit tropics. No cyclones for a start. Ships go off to Caribbean for our winter (their summer) and can be hit by cyclone after cyclone. Too many ships there, as in Alaska. Ive seen 7 ships in Vancouver on same day, and not much better in Alaskan ports!!!! Australians will fill ships in winter, as at present everyone goes, except P&O aust, and Carnival stays for a short while out of Sydney. Nothing else here, and not many leave on the round world Princess cruise. Winter sunshine, calm seas, great for Aussie cruising.