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Day 6 morning. Hong Kong. The ship was now berthed at Modern Terminals Berth 1 Kwai Chung Hong Kong.

 

The Captain had announced that the ship would be repositioned from Junk Bay to the Berth 1 at 4am in the morning. They had to do this because the Berth was not available till then.

 

This was the view from our aft balcony.

 

Camera facing left - you can see the railings of the other balcony.

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Camera facing out.

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Camera facing right - you can see the railings as well as the berth.

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We had room service breakfast and enjoyed the scenery from our balcony. I love it that the Voyager OTS Windjammer had both a fried egg & omelette station. My kids love to have their eggs in the morning. So what we do is to order Room Service, and I would run up to the Windjammer to get the freshly cooked eggs for the kids.

 

WJ was on Deck 11 Aft. Our cabin was on Deck 7 Aft. It was much, much faster to use the stairs. This running up and down also ensure that I could burn more calories. Oh, all the food!

 

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Things got rather crowded in the Windjammer during peak times. It is not always easy to find an available seat. Oh well, that is the downside of a large ship.

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On Day 6, there were complimentary shuttles from the ship to Tsim Sha Tsui. The ride took about 45 minutes. But our family decided to take the shuttle and get dropped off at the port gate, in order to take a taxi to the other side of Hong Kong, namely the Tung Chung area.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tung_Chung

 

The Tung Chung MTR station is the western most MTR station. There is a nice and big outlet mall called Citygate Outlets. That was our destination for Day 6. The outlet is also beside the Ngong Ping 360 cable car. We had done the cable car ride last year, but my parents hadn't.

 

http://www.np360.com.hk/en/

 

The weather wasn't great at all. In fact, it rained the entire day.

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Many of us were caught in the rain. Royal didn't provide much shelter from the ship to the bus. This could be improved in the future.

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The bus ride to the gate was less than 3 minutes. It turns out that the gate to Berth 1 was a very isolated area, not exactly part of anywhere.

 

Fortunately, they had set up a tent with a couple of security guards. We could hide from the rain in the tent while the guards helped us to call for a taxi.

 

We had 4 adults and 2 young kids. Originally we thought that we had to take 2 cabs, since the taxis could legally take 5 pax. Well, it doesn't hurt to ask politely, and the taxi driver agreed to take our entire group. Helpful that my 2 young kids were still small and they could comfortably sit on the laps of the adults.

 

The distance to Tung Chung was further than I had thought - about a 30 minute cab ride. The cost was HK$175. On the way we had to cross very beautiful bridges. Pity the bad weather.

 

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This is HK's MTR map.

 

Tung Chung is the Western most station, on Lantau island. I believe the complimentary shuttle brought the passengers all the way to Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.

 

Look carefully and you can see the Disneyland line running from Sunny Bay to Disneyland Resort. Mickey Mouse!

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Here are more pictures from our previous trip to HK, when we went up the Ngong Ping 360 cable car on a very sunny day. The cable car station is just beside Citygate outlets, Tung Chung.

 

One of the ship's excursions was a cable car ride, lunch at the monastery, and then a cruise back to the ship. All this for almost USD$200 per pax!

 

It was a gorgeous day. Note that the cable car gets very crowded. Even though we were early ( I think 10am), there were already queues.

 

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The cable car ride is breathtaking. Takes about 25 minutes each way.

 

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This is not a trick picture. There are no masts to support the cable car cables across this stretch of water. It looks scary doesn't it?

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On a good day, you get gorgeous views of the Hong Kong airport. From this distance, the planes look like toys.

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This picture proves that the cable car technology and equipment was not made in Asia! I understand that Leitner Ropeways is a very reputable Italian conglomerate specialising in cable cars, ski lifts and the like.

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I didn't take any photos of the Casino!

 

Casino Royale is on Deck 4, under the Royal Promenade. We walked through it a couple of times during the day. I found it somewhat congested, there were many slots and many tables. But during the day, it didn't feel crowded at all. In fact, one time I noticed all the tables empty save one.

 

There seems to be a caged up area at one corner. There were 2 gaming tables inside. Each time I passed, nobody was playing.

 

And, on Deck 5, beside the entrance to Cleopatra's Needle, there was this door with a sign called Connoisseur Club. I peeped in and noticed that they were all gaming tables inside!

 

My parents told me that the casino was rather crowded in the late evenings, after the nightly shows.

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I didn't take any photos of the Casino!<br />

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Casino Royale is on Deck 4, under the Royal Promenade. We walked through it a couple of times during the day. I found it somewhat congested, there were many slots and many tables. But during the day, it didn't feel crowded at all. In fact, one time I noticed all the tables empty save one. <br />

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There seems to be a caged up area at one corner. There were 2 gaming tables inside. Each time I passed, nobody was playing.<br />

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And, on Deck 5, beside the entrance to Cleopatra's Needle, there was this door with a sign called Connoisseur Club. I peeped in and noticed that they were all gaming tables inside!<br />

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My parents told me that the casino was rather crowded in the late evenings, after the nightly shows.

 

I have photos of the casino but am still away (in Beijing) with intermittent wifi so maybe able to post photos soon or when home in about a week. I agree with your parents that it was quite busy late at night but hardly anyone in there during the day. I too only walked through it and did not participate though I did hear of some nice wins.

 

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loving the photos, especially of Hong Kong. Have fond memories of a trip there with my son in 2009, so nice seeing nothing has changed.

 

As for the casino, there are a couple of photos at this link http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1643776&highlight=voyager+of+the+seas of it. Honestly, without knowing what it looked like before hand, I wouldn't know how on earth they changed it. Didn't look what I would class as refurbished as such, and seemed in line with everything else on the ship. That being said I haven't been into many casinos so wouldn't know what to expect. Nothing stood out as being extra shiny new, if you get what I mean.

 

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Here are more pictures from our previous trip to HK, when we went up the Ngong Ping 360 cable car on a very sunny day. The cable car station is just beside Citygate outlets, Tung Chung.

 

One of the ship's excursions was a cable car ride, lunch at the monastery, and then a cruise back to the ship. All this for almost USD$200 per pax!

 

It was a gorgeous day. Note that the cable car gets very crowded. Even though we were early ( I think 10am), there were already queues.

 

 

Enjoyed the photo reviews - the market in HCMC was interesting for us, it was so crowded inside - god forbid if there's a fire, we'll have to squeeze to get thru - some of the food stands were very interesting, but we didn't want to "chance" it.

 

What RCL charged for the NP360 tour is sky $$$ high, as I'm sure you knew, except for the convenience factor and for those who's been to HK before - you can do it on your own for a fraction of money. As I recall, even a round trip in an exclusive, glass-bottom luxury (first class ??) cable car shouldn't cost more than $40 USD per person - with shorter lines & wait upon payment at the ticket counter. Otherwise, one still need to walk thru the shops in the sun/heat & humidity - then, up the steps to the monastery & then the vegetarian lunch (where a suggested donation p/p is made) ...

 

Did the ship-sponsored tour arrange for a bus ride down from the mountain to a nearby seaport/old town for the "cruise" back to the ship - now, that's an interesting/exclusive ride? On the other hand, we rode one of the scheduled air-conditioned bus once we're back by those shops, out to the transportation terminal with bus & taxi stands, and enjoyed a very scenic ride thru the vastly still rural & developing Lantau Island for the 45+ minutes trip back to the CityGate Outlet Mall & MTR Station - HK has an amazing mass transit system connecting everywhere & visitor/user-friendly. Being from the US, we thought CityGate resembled one of the indoor outlet malls here in America with many of our "hometown" brands & only window-shopped, whereas mainland China shoppers did their economic development until their hands were full & their backpacks stuffed no more ... the Coach store was full of "buyers" that it seemed they're giving everything away for free, NOT.

 

Keep those photos coming ... thank you, great job !!

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